Question reference: S4W-09025
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 7 August 2012
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 30 August 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether electronic note-takers are available at public conferences that it organises.
Answer
The Scottish Government actively promotes and encourages inclusive communication, including communication support at public conferences and events, to ensure that disabled people have the same freedom, choice, dignity and control as other citizens.
The Scottish Government endeavours to ensure that appropriate means of communication support including electronic notetakers, if appropriate, are made available at public conferences that it organises, if requested and if identified as a requirement in advance.