She spoke in particular about the Poverty Truth Commission’s contribution to the Scottish Government’s Fairer Scotland action plan and in the delivery of social security.iOfficial Report, 10 May 2018, Col 4 Child poverty delivery plans, as provided for under the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017, would, the Cabinet Secretary said, “demonstrate the way in which we are trying to make real and meaningful the right of children to live free of poverty”.iOfficial Report, 10 May 2018, Col 4
For the first time, the Scottish Government’s National Performance FrameworkiiiThe National Performance Framework was introduced in 2007 and aims to set out a clear, unified vision for Scotland including an overarching purpose and a number of broad policy aims that the Scottish Government intends to work towards achieving, known as the National Outcomes. includes an explicit human rights outcome “we respect, protect and fulfil human rights and live free from discrimination”.