Question reference: S6W-05728
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 14 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 January 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what mechanisms are in place to embed core human rights principles into the use of COVID-19 emergency powers.
Answer
All decisions made in the development of measures under the Covid-19 emergency powers have included careful assessment of the necessity and potential impacts of the powers and their compatibility with the Convention rights set out in the Human Rights Act 1998.
Appropriate impact assessments are carried out as part of this process and are reported to the Scottish Parliament.