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Keeping you up to date on the progress of the Named Person scheme and the NO2NP campaign.
NO2NP ACTION DAY: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ROADSHOW, ABERDEEN
Posted 8 years agoDeputy First Minister John Swinney told the Education and Skills Committee a few weeks ago that he wasn’t prepared to…
Continue ReadingOut-of-date ICO data-sharing advice assigned to the dustbin
Posted 8 years agoLike out-of-date milk was the Information Commissioner’s 2013 data-sharing advice to public bodies following the Supreme Court ruling in July….
Continue ReadingScot Gov ordered to pay petitioners’ legal bills
Posted 8 years agoThe Scottish Government has repeatedly tried to claim the Named Person Supreme Court legal challenge failed, even though judges stated…
Continue ReadingLord Advocate ignored human rights concerns before bill passed
Posted 8 years agoIf only someone had sounded the alarm about the potential of the Named Person scheme to breach human rights **…
Continue ReadingThe facts behind Swinney’s Highland Council ‘utopian’ claims
Posted 8 years agoUtopia: “an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.” You would perhaps expect to see ‘utopian’…
Continue ReadingNO2NP wins award for ‘Public Campaigner of the Year’
Posted 8 years agoNO2NP has won the award for “Public Campaigner of the Year” at The Herald’s Scottish Politician of the Year Awards…
Continue ReadingNO2NP Action Day: Scottish Greens Autumn Conference
Posted 8 years agoReport by Lesley Scott of Tymes Trust It was a cold, damp Saturday morning as our dedicated NO2NP volunteers gathered…
Continue ReadingSwinney accused of snubbing concerned parents and constituents
Posted 8 years agoDeputy First Minister John Swinney has been accused of arrogance for ignoring concerned parents and constituents over the Named Person…
Continue ReadingIdeaSpace debates child protection: wellbeing or a climate of fear?
Posted 8 years agoAlongside the SNP Conference in Glasgow last week, IdeaSpace hosted a fringe event debate on Friday on the subject: “Is…
Continue ReadingNO2NP Action Day: SNP Conference
Posted 8 years agoReport by Lesley Scott of Tymes Trust The NO2NP campaign was back in action again on the streets of Scotland…
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