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The cabinet secretary talked about the launch today of the education reform bill. She will be aware of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the process that the Scottish Government is undertaking on that.
At present, the most exciting thing is that we have still managed to push ahead with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill to incorporate the convention into our domestic law.
Indeed, due to the critical nature of the support provided by ILF Scotland to around 5,000 disabled people in Scotland and Northern Ireland, colleagues have had to deal with difficult and challenging circumstances on a daily basis alongside increased workloads.
These delays are not only a service challenge but a clear children’s rights issue. Under the UNCRC, every child has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, as set out in Article 24.
Anonymous submission of 14 October 2022 PE1964/E - Create an independent review of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman st I fully support the petitioner. In a 21 Century Scotland the primary role of the SPSO is to ensure a basic human right - the right to a fair hearing.
I have some questions about the Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill, but I will leave them until last because other members have lots of questions and I have asked quite a few.