The Scottish Government currentlyhas no plans to establish a telephone helpline specifically for children and youngpeople with mental health and/or emotional problems.Childline already provides afree, confidential 24-hour helpline across the UK for children and young people,who can talk to Childline’s trained volunteer counsellors about any problems theymay be experiencing, including abuse, bullying, family issues and teenage pregnancy.A 24-hour helpline for peoplein emotional crisis is also well established across the UK through Samaritans.The Scottish Government supports Samaritans’ work in Scotland throughcore grant funding, and in addition Choose Life (the implementationteam for the Scottish Government’s strategy on suicide prevention) has providedfunding to enable Samaritans to develop a co-ordinated...