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Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022
The Stage 1 Report on the Good Food Nation Bill by the RAI Committee highlights the changes sought by GFN policy through the Bill.
In practice, this exception has caused most difficulty because assessing the risk posed to a child in a court hearing in another country can be challenging for the courts without full evidence.1Lamont, R. (2022). Family Law, Second Edition, chapter 13.
Patients not meeting these criteria are unable to access neurodevelopmental assessments. In 2022, NHS Ayrshire and Arran announced that they were commissioning the Purple House Clinic to deliver some of their neurodevelopmental assessments for children.
Background to the introduction of the Bill
The Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party shared Policy Programme published in August 2021 committed to:
promote legislation on electoral reform
During the course of the Parliament’s consideration of the legislative consent memorandum for the Elections Bill (lodged 21 September 2021), the Scottish Government indicated that it wished to bring forward Scottish legislation for a number of areas covered in the UK Bill.
In December 2022...
Background
The Committee agreed to hold a one-off evidence session to review how the expanded funded childcare hours are working at the end of May 2022.
In session 5 the Education and Skills Committee heard evidence on the set up of the 1140 hours.
Introduction
The Children (Care and Justice) Scotland Bill ("the Bill") was introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 13 December 2022.
The Bill makes changes to the law in relation to the care of children and the involvement of children in the criminal justice system.
A proposal for a Bill to pardon all those convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1563
The consultation closed on 15 September 2022
Proposal withdrawn: 19 April 2023
Link to Consultation Summary
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