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This is the Scottish Government view, as set out in our Equally Safe strategy and we agree with Ms Regan that men should not be able to purchase sex, that women should not be seen as buyable – quite simply that women are not for sale. The Scottish Government agrees with this clear principle in the Bill and its overall aim of supporting women.
It is important to understand the interplay between the legislation and the commission’s policy plan. The bill provides the necessary framework and the plan provides the detail of how the commission will administer and regulate.
Yes—a precondition that the register of controlled interests is filled in and is accurate before there is any sale or change. That goes back to the aims of the two registers.
Where there have been challenges in dealing with the new virus, the foundations of our resilience planning have allowed us to adapt our response arrangements where necessary.
Paul O'Kane moved amendment S6M-11537.2— As an amendment to motion S6M-11537 in the name of Emma Roddick (Championing Disability Equality and Human Rights), leave out from “recognises” to end and insert “acknowledges that the Scottish Human Rights Commission has warned that the Scottish Government has not done enough to ensure that disabled people's human rights are fully realised; is deeply concerned that disabled people's organisations believe that the gap in political leadership has led to disabled people feeling deprioritised and dehumanised; notes the Scottish Government's commitment to develop and implement an Immediate Priorities Plan...
Digital access routes to advice are likely to remain the default position For some local authorities, the pandemic brought forward existing plans to increase digital access, whilst others had to quickly plan and deliver digital advice services.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
11 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its draft Budget2025-26 that it plans to mitigate the UK Government’s two-child benefit cappolicy in Scotland, what it estimates the cost will be of doing so, peraffected child.