The Scottish Government’s statutory Named Person scheme would have undermined parents’ responsibility for their own children and allowed state officials unprecedented powers to interfere with family life. That’s why so many said NO2NP.
Undermines parents and permits the state unlimited access to pry into the privacy of families in their homes
Wastes limited resources on a bloated bureaucracy siphoning public money away from the protection of vulnerable children
Allows the use of intrusive powers to interfere in family life by scrapping the requirement to justify such intervention
Found by the UK Supreme Court to unlawfully breach European Convention right to respect for private and family life
Includes written legal advice from a top QC, evidence from opponents of the Named Person scheme, and the Government’s own explanation of its plans.
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