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In advance of formal evidence sessions, the Committee held two informal sessions, one with people with lived and living experience of Long COVID on 12 January 2023 and one with parents of children who have Long COVID on 2 February 2023.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (the 1995 Act') sets out a range of parental responsibilities and rights (PRRs) in respect of all children living in Scotland.iThe 1995 Act, sections 1 and 2.
Heather Fisken (Inclusion Scotland) said—
We know that 44 per cent of disabled people aged 16 to 24 are likely to live in poverty. That is an issue when it comes to Covid-19 because we know that people who live in poverty and in areas of multiple deprivation are more likely to contract and die of Covid-19.iiEqualitie...
Accessing food in rural areas
Other challenges were faced by those living in rural areas. One member of the ASLRG noted “in Skye, while people could register for supermarket home delivery, many supermarkets were not able to deliver around all parts of the island and that a compromise had been made to collect shopping from local pick up points.
For the purposes of section 10, a sibling includes:
a sibling "by virtue of adoption, marriage or civil partnership and whether of the half-blood or of the whole-blood"; and
"any other person with whom the child has lived or is living and with whom the child has an ongoing relationship with the character of a relati...