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To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on revising (a) section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and (b) the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 to allow greater rights for grandparents to have access to their grandchildren.
Reflecting those changes in Scotland will also ensure that Scotland cannot be seen as a more attractive location for state threat actors compared with England and Wales.
A long-standing view among human rights advocates and organisations in Scotland has been that a broader understanding of human rights is needed in the parliamentary committee system.
Graham Simpson asked about flight and accommodation costs. Most housing associations in Scotland are very well run, so why is it difficult to find the right people with the right skills here in Scotland?
If that cannot happen, it is difficult to see how the bill, or a system of assisted dying in Scotland, can go ahead.3Scottish Parliament. (2024, November 12).
Explanatory Notes: UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill. Retrieved from <a href="https://beta.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/current-bills/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill-2020/introduced/explanatory-notes-uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill.pdf" target="_blank">https://beta.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/current-bills/uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill-2020/introduced/explanatory-notes-uk-withdrawal-from-the-european-union-continuity-scotland-bill.pdf</a>
What is judicial review?
Executive Summary
The Scottish Government's Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill sets out reforms relating to:1Edinburgh: Scottish Parliament. (2018, February 22).
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
It said that reports are published, but this doesn’t mean they understand the aims of the PSED.8Age Scotland. (2025). Written submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee.