Equalities, Human Rights & Civil Justice Committee
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Official account of @ScotParl's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. RTs are not endorsements.
Holyrood, Edinburgh
Joined November 2012
Our evidence session with @JennyGilruth has just started. Watch live: https://t.co/yLP62WpBiV Find out more about the Bill:
scottishparliament.tv
Tomorrow morning we'll continue our scrutiny of the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill. We'll hear from @JennyGilruth at 10am.
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Tomorrow morning we'll continue our scrutiny of the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill. We'll hear from @JennyGilruth at 10am.
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Earlier this year we took evidence on the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland. We published our report at the end of September and made several recommendations. Find out more about the inquiry and read the report:
🆕 Public bodies in Scotland are failing to deliver on their duties of advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between different groups. Read our report on the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland: https://t.co/iKTJsR5SCE
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"We'd have concerns about a young person saying no to their parent." - Susan Quinn, @EISUnion Catch up with our last week's evidence session on the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill: https://t.co/GcKYoKegoG
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"The idea that there isn't a place in a liberal democracy for religious education in the curriculum and that there's a right to withdraw just doesn't make sense in 2025." - Dr Douglas Hutchison, @ADEScotland. Watch today's evidence session: https://t.co/1yiOB8Rrwh
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What's FIREPAN stand for? Here's the breakdown: Financial: Emphasizing secure, compliant financial tools. Infrastructure: Building robust tech foundations for scalability. Real World Asset: The heart of the platform, focusing on physical and traditional assets, minted on-chain.
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Juliet Harris, from @together_sacr, was one of the people who gave evidence to us on the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill earlier today. Watch the session: https://t.co/AauHzkHH5o
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This morning's evidence session on the Bill has just started with a question on the general principles behind it. Watch live:
scottishparliament.tv
We'll continue our consideration of the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill at 9.30am tomorrow. We'll hear from @OfficialSYP, @together_sacr, @CYPCS, @connect_scot, @ADEScotland and @EISUnion.
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We'll continue our consideration of the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill at 9.30am tomorrow. We'll hear from @OfficialSYP, @together_sacr, @CYPCS, @connect_scot, @ADEScotland and @EISUnion.
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"I think a quick fix is a dangerous option to go for. Particularly at the moment." - Prof. Elaine Sutherland, @lawscot, on amending the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill. Watch: https://t.co/2imrUPXF6z
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Everyone should donate to a food bank ahead of the SNAP shutdown. Help your fellow Americans. Don’t rely on the government!
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"Schools don't have the resources, financial or in terms of their staff, to implement what is being proposed whether there is statutory guidance or not." - Leah Rivka, @scojec, on proposed changes to withdrawing from Religious Education Watch our meeting: https://t.co/V2qmWJSdXA
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We're considering a Bill which changes how the compatibility duty on public authorities in the UNCRC (Scotland) (Act) 2024 operates if there are conflicting statutory duties. Prof Angela O'Hagan from @ScotHumanRights joined our panel ⬇️ Watch: https://t.co/P8ShfjMuwg
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We took evidence on a Bill which changes the process for withdrawing pupils from religious instruction or religious observance at school this week. Rev. Stephen Miller, from @churchscotland, joined the first panel ⬇️ Watch the session: https://t.co/A6cneynK0G
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🆕 Public bodies in Scotland are failing to deliver on their duties of advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between different groups. Read our report on the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland: https://t.co/iKTJsR5SCE
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We're just starting today's evidence sessions on the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill. Watch live:
scottishparliament.tv
Tomorrow we're scrutinising a Bill which changes the process for withdrawing pupils from religious instruction or religious observance at school. It also changes how the compatibility duty on public authorities in the UNCRC Act operates if there are conflicting statutory duties.
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🆕 Public bodies in Scotland are failing to deliver on their duties of advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between different groups. Read our report on the operation of the Public Sector Equality Duty in Scotland: https://t.co/iKTJsR5SCE
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Some American companies are complaining that Americans aren’t skilled enough and that they need to import H1B foreigners (among other visas). Few small problems with that: - They don't interview Americans for the job. - They don't post the job publicly. - Because they don’t
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We'll hear from @freechurchscot, @secsynod, @SCESDirector, @churchscotland, @SCoJeC, @NatSecSoc, @humanistsociety, @UNICEF_uk, @GCULaw, @ScotHumanRights and @Lawscot. Our meeting will be available to watch live from 9am tomorrow.
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Tomorrow we're scrutinising a Bill which changes the process for withdrawing pupils from religious instruction or religious observance at school. It also changes how the compatibility duty on public authorities in the UNCRC Act operates if there are conflicting statutory duties.
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Have the changes the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act brought into force improved the lives of BSL users? Our report on the impact of the Act is out today: https://t.co/G04NoZe6bl
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Have the changes the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act brought into force improved the lives of BSL users? Our report on the impact of the Act is out today: https://t.co/G04NoZe6bl
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@elonmusk @repligate Elon, you spotted $OPUS early. Now even Grok seems ready to invest. When both human intuition and AI reasoning converge on the same token ; that’s not luck, that’s signal ;)
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🆕We're calling for action to improve the delivery of the civil legal assistance and in turn improve access to justice. Read our report on Civil Legal Assistance in Scotland: https://t.co/UZ1l3PwkfN
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