This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Stop the named persons scheme in Scotland.
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The Scottish government wants to appoint a "named person" to monitor the welfare of every child in Scotland.
Despite concerns from Scottish parents the scheme is to be ammended and pushed to threw.
The Scottish government has vowed to amend the legislation, and hopes to have it introduced by August of this year.The Scottish government wants to appoint a "named person" to monitor the welfare of every child in Scotland.
The scheme was due to have been rolled out across Scotland by 31 Aug 16 but that timetable was delayed after the Supreme Court ruled that some of the proposals around information sharing breached the right to privacy and a family life under the European Convention on Human Rights.
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