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The Scottish Government has made clear to the UK Government that ISDS provisions must not affect Scotland’sright to regulate and has raised such risks with the UK Government.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 October 2024
Any deployment of new technologies should be lawful, effective, proportionate and compliant with the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR).The use of live facial recognition technology is an operational matter for Police Scotland, under the scrutiny of the Scottish Police Authority.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 April 2023
The Scottish Government’s Fire and Rescue Framework for Scotland 2022 sets out that SFRS should ensure that the capability of its assets and staff, combined with technological improvements, enable it to respond to incidents with the right resources at the right time across communities in Scotland.
Regardless of their parent or carer’s working status, all children have a right to play, to learn and to access experiences that meet their physical, social, emotional and cultural needs; and a right to associate with their peers.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to include any provisions in the proposed Heat in Buildings Bill specifically relating to buildings in rural and island areas.
Equalities
The Equality and Fairer Scotland Statement accompanying the Budget sets out where the Scottish Government is proposing to spend money and how it aims to reduce inequality.
This could be read as suggesting that rights can be derived from a provision of this particular EU Directive after the UK leaves the EU, whereas, section 4(2)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 provides expressly that rights under EU Directives do not become part of domestic law on exit day (subject to ce...