This Bill seeks to amend the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
This is a Government bill
The Bill was withdrawn on 19 September 2019
This Bill has been withdrawn after Stage 1 of the process to determine if it should become an Act.
This Bill seeks to amend the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
The Bill makes changes to the rules about sharing information as part of the proposed ‘Named Person’ scheme.
This follows a Supreme Court decision of 2016 which found that certain rules in Part 4 of the 2014 Act were outside the power of the Scottish Parliament.
Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill as Introduced (255KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2017
Explanatory Notes (362KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2017
Policy Memorandum (233KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2017
Financial Memorandum (186KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2017
Delegated Powers Memorandum (164KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2017
Statements on legislative competence (86KB, pdf) posted 19 June 2017
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Financial Memorandum: this sets out estimates of costs, savings, and any changes to revenues expected to result from the Bill.
Delegated Powers Memorandum: this is needed if a Bill gives powers to make subordinate legislation or allows Scottish Ministers to issue directions, guidance or codes of practice.
Statements on legislative competence: two short statements, one by the Presiding Officer and one by the Member introducing the Bill. “Legislative competence” means the powers the Parliament has to make law.
The Presiding Officer has decided under Rule 9.12 of Standing Orders that a financial resolution is not required for this Bill.
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Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill SPICe briefing
The Bill was introduced on 19 June 2017
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The lead committee for this Bill is the Education and Skills Committee.
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