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John Watt from the Parole Board for Scotland told the Committee that the system could be improved by Parole Scotland, the Board’s administrative arm, playing “a role as a single point of contact right from the earliest stage through to parole hearings and all that goes with parole hearings”.
Although grandparents are not mentioned explicitly in the 2020 Act, the second factor may turn out to have particular relevance in the context of grandparents seeking contact orders.
However, how much the substance of courts' decisions alters in future remains to be seen.