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The idea—this was always the intention—was to provide a springboard for introducing new policy choices. That has been done in Scotland and by the UK Parliament”.
Supplemental provision
The Scottish Government takes the view that the new proposed provisions are supplemental to the existing provisions of the section.
It has had to get out the sticking plasters again. The fact that this is the latest in a string of such cases highlights the need to ECHR proof all our legislation rather than only responding after the fact.
I am pleased to open this debate on the new carers and young carers strategy for Scotland, which we produced jointly with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and launched on 26 July.COSLA and the Scottish Government did not produce the strategy on our own.
We will continue our stage 1 consideration of the bill on 26 November, when we will take evidence from two panels of witnesses representing various stakeholder groups.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 September 2025
When the Scottish Government published the second National Plan in November 2023, it committed to establishing a BSL National Plan IAG with representatives of the BSL community to enable it to be “at the heart of our decision-making process in this area… to ensure that the views of the community are properly represented” and to “help us deliver the actions within this plan and make the cross-cutting connections required to progress BSL equality in Scotland”13Scottish Government. (2023). New...
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2025