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A lot of knowledge is already out there about ACEs. As ever, Scotland’s wonderful children’s organisations, such as Children 1st and Barnardo’s, among many others, are right at the forefront of how we deal with affected youngsters.
This document relates to the Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 61) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 17 March 2025 Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill —————————— Financial Memorandum Introduction 1.
However, despite that overheated—in my view—political climate, that committee produced unanimous reports on the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill and the Social Security (Scotland) Bill.
Wednesday 4 February 2026 Business Bulletin Iris Ghnothaichean Bill withdrawn on 3 February 2026 Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill—The Bill, introduced on 14 May 2025, was withdrawn.
Accountability for securing these rights is extremely complex and out of reach for many, and the delay to the Human RightsBill means that legislative mechanisms to improve this remain unavailable at present.
Additional factors were that the human rights landscape was changing, because of the UK leaving the EU, and the potential for a UK Bill of Rights which would supersede the Human Rights Act 1998.
In that respect, it is important to highlight the changes that the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill seeks to make to the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 to deliver a right to personalised breaks for support for any carer who is not able...