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Keeping you up to date on the progress of the Named Person scheme and the NO2NP campaign.
Named person database encouraging users to override consent ‘by default’
Posted 6 years ago(PIC: SEEMiS Wellbeing Application) It’s 2014. The Children and Young People Act has made its way through Holyrood and the…
Continue ReadingPresident of UK Supreme Court insists: Named Person legal victory was “most important”
Posted 6 years agoLady Hale, President of the UK Supreme Court and one of the judges who issued a unanimous ruling against the…
Continue ReadingFurther embarrassment as Govt panel unable to hit Code of Practice deadline
Posted 6 years agoRemember Holyrood’s education committee blocking the latest named person bill? They wanted to know how it was actually going to…
Continue ReadingEDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL’S COMMENTS ON TRANS CHILDREN REMIND US WHY WE FOUGHT THIS INSIDIOUS SCHEME
Posted 6 years ago[FB picture credit: Andy Smith] This blog has played host to diverse topics over the years. We’ve seen colourful acronyms,…
Continue ReadingGovt bullying over Named Person shows what a desperate fix it’s in
Posted 7 years agoThe Government’s dubious approach towards Named Person scrutiny is in the spotlight again today. The Times reports that civil servants…
Continue Reading‘Unworkable’ Named Person Bill blocked by Holyrood committee
Posted 7 years agoHolyrood’s Education and Skills Committee has refused to back the Named Person information sharing Bill, in what may be the…
Continue Reading‘Postcards from the Fringe’: Families give evidence about Named Persons
Posted 7 years agoGuest blog by Lesley Scott of Tymes Trust and Alison Preuss of Scottish Home Education Forum Evidence from families affected…
Continue ReadingEvidence is stacking up against the Named Person scheme
Posted 7 years agoYesterday Holyrood’s Education and Skills Committee had its sixth evidence session on the Named Person information sharing Bill. And it’s…
Continue ReadingTeachers and data-sharing officials turn up the heat on Named Persons
Posted 7 years agoWorries about teachers’ workload and anxiety around Named Person liabilities were at the forefront of today’s Education and Skills Committee…
Continue ReadingNamed Persons pummelled by lawyers and health professionals
Posted 7 years agoLawyers and health professionals have expressed major concerns about the Named Person information sharing bill. Giving evidence to the Scottish…
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