Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government is not committed to changing the law in this area. However, in line with paragraph 9.15 of the Family Justice Modernisation Strategy Family Justice Modernisation Strategy - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) , the Scottish Government is carrying out a review of section 6 of the Child Abduction Act 1984, on the offence in Scots law of a parent taking or sending a child out of the United Kingdom without consent. As part of this review, we are speaking to key stakeholders to obtain their views. We are also taking account of previous work, such as report 102 by the Scottish Law Commission in 1987 on child abduction Child abduction (SLC 102) (scotlawcom.gov.uk) . I am aiming to publish the outcomes of this review by the Scottish Government, along with Impact Assessments on the effect any change in the law would have, later this year.