Question reference: S6W-05874
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on legislation to provide a statutory right to food.
Answer
In the 2021-22 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government committed to the introduction of a Human Rights Bill within this Parliamentary session.
The Human Rights Bill will incorporate into Scots law, as far as possible within devolved competence, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. This includes a right to adequate food, as an essential part of the overall right to an adequate standard of living.