This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
My role as an academic is to ensure that we use the best available evidence. I am in favour of full decriminalisation because it is proven to lower the rates of violence against sex workers.
I am interested in your thoughts on how we make best use of the data that is already out there to help to set targets, monitor progress and guide decision making.
Can you set my mind at rest and convince me that you are going to be digitally ready by November 2025? To the best of my ability, yes. We are identifying how best to engage with our customers on a user-friendly platform.
If they make their way into the act—we have to consider that at stage 1—how might the process best take account of crofting communities and local contexts?
Nevertheless, following Dame Elish’s review, we did more to publicise that direct route, with the caveat that the most efficient and best way of doing it is still to go through the usual process.
The Scottish Government came to tell us that it was planning to look at that, and we will be able to provide advice on the best way of approaching target setting in the future.