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Opinion polls on the physical punishment of children
Two opinion polls have sought the views of people in Scotland on whether smacking children should be banned.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2017
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Civil%20Litigation%20(Expenses%20and%20Group%20Proceedings)%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill14PMS052017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Civil%20Litigation%20(Expenses%20and%20Group%20Proceedings)%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill14PMS052017.pdf</a> It goes on to note that nothing in Part 1 of the Bill limits the potential liability of the unsuccessful pursuer to pay the expenses of the successful defender.
To ask the Scottish Executive what organisations were issued briefings regarding the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill; on what dates, and based on what criteria.
There is a pressure to move petitions on because other petitioners are in a queue waiting to come in. It is a matter of balancing the rights of petitioners against the rights of new petitioners.
Our next item is consideration of the Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill. I propose that we take a 15-minute break first. 10:37 Meeting suspended. 10:51 On resuming—
Some of them were poor families, but they were given help by the state at that time. The creation of Scotland’s adoption register was a welcome step in the right direction towards securing a good home for all children who need one.
I thank the Education, Children and Young People Committee for its stage 1 report on the Education (Scotland) Bill in relation to education reform and for its support for the general principles of the bill.