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It aims to protect candidates, future candidates, campaigners and elected officeholders from intimidation and abuse, both online and in person. It creates a new offence of intimidation of candidates and someone convicted of intimidation will face a five-year disqualification from standing for, being elected to and holding elective office.
Common themes emerge around:
health, stigma and wellbeing
education and employment
intimacy, relationships and family
being online and offline.
It is important to explore the pandemic's impacts upon specific groups, while also being attentive against overly homogenising groups, or failing to explore resilience.
Most interviews occurred in person (45) and others online (15). Interviews were followed by a postcard activity during lockdown periods, constituting a chance for respondents to write back with further thoughts post-interview: 30 postcards were received.
We asked for views on how effective the Sub-Committee has been in session 5, if it still required and, if so, what issues it should consider. These responses can be viewed online.
The newly appointed chair of the SPA said in his submission that:
“The Justice Sub-Committee on Policing has played a driving role in improving the work of the Authority and the g...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2020
The Committee recommends that Marine Scotland and Marine Planning Partnerships should establish an online resource to improve knowledge transfer and sharing best practice on approaches to community and stakeholder engagement.
This process supports someone who alleges they have been defamed online to discover the identity of the person who has made the statement or have the material removed.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
Scope (retailers) – implications of the scheme applying to all retailers selling single-use drinks containers, including online retailers, and exclusion of businesses such as pubs and restaurant that sell drinks for on-site consumption.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
Require retailers selling products by means of distance sales (e.g. through an online grocery sale and delivery service) to provide take-back services from the site of delivery to consumers who have purchased those items.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2019