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Scottish Parliament: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 (19 Jan 2021)

Alison Harris: ...sector—for example, a firm that looks after severely disabled children as part of a local authority arrangement. We also heard from those who were worried about some vulnerable young people who may reach the age of 18 and effectively become age-barred from a support point of view. The bill should create the potential to ensure that people are not allowed to disappear from the radar. The...

Scottish Parliament: Education ( 9 Dec 2020)

Alison Harris: ...will be heaped on to teachers, but what about our pupils? They are now living under huge pressure at school, where they are constantly being assessed, as opposed to aiming for a higher exam next May. That is affecting pupils’ mental health and should be flagged as an area of major concern. Let us think about what will happen when this generation of young Scottish people goes to...

Scottish Parliament: Disclosure (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 (16 Jan 2020)

Alison Harris: ...to the ones on which this bill legislates. Those acts include the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 and the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019—very recent acts that may need to be amended to correct the contradictions and discrepancies that could arise because of the introduction of the bill. I agree with the Education and Skills Committee's conclusion about the...

Scottish Parliament: Secondary Education (15 Jan 2020)

Alison Harris: ...of the Scottish survey of literacy and numeracy. T he SNP’s MSPs will say that standardised assessments provide us with more data than ever, but that is not quite accurate. Those assessments may provide teachers with diagnostic information that they can use to inform individual classroom decisions, but in terms of evaluating the education system, the commission on school reform said that...

Scottish Parliament: Nursery Funding (Deferred Entry to Primary School) ( 2 Oct 2019)

Alison Harris: ..., follow that the Scottish Government would make every effort to correct that? The Government’s amendment today surprises me only a little, because in an Education and Skills Committee meeting in May, the Minister for Children and Young People told the committee that she was confident that local authorities “make decisions on the basis of the best interests of the child and in...

Scottish Parliament: Education (15 May 2019)

Alison Harris: Here we are again. We are only two weeks into the month of May, and this is the second debate on education to have been led by Opposition parties in those 14 days. I want to be very clear to the Scottish Government on one point. Scottish Conservatives’ position on this issue is not about political opportunism, as the SNP is fond of saying; parties across the chamber are genuinely and...

Scottish Parliament: Year of Young People 2018 (13 Mar 2019)

Alison Harris: ...focused on young people; the first youth urban games; and the 3D festival, which enabled young people to be among the first to see the new V&A museum in Dundee. In my region of Central Scotland, in May, the Falkirk Community Trust hosted STEM@theHelix, which set out to encourage young Scots, visitors and families to explore science, technology, engineering and maths through the creation of...

Scottish Parliament: Social Security Spending (31 Oct 2018)

Alison Harris: 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the estimates for social security spending in the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s May 2018 economic and fiscal forecasts. (S5O-02490)

Scottish Parliament: Sexual Harassment and Inappropriate Conduct Inquiry (14 Jun 2018)

Alison Harris: ..., someone making deliveries or someone connected in some way to where we work. Harassment is usually experienced by women and perpetrated by men, but it can also be the other way around and it may involve people of the same sex. It can be difficult for someone to know what to do about it, especially if their job or prospects are being threatened. People may worry that they will not be...

Scottish Parliament: Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill (30 Jan 2018)

Alison Harris: ...-Hamilton’s amendment 1, which highlighted the need to address the tiebreaker situation whereby two candidates of equal measure, one a woman and the other a man with a protected characteristic, may compete for the same position. That was an important addition to the bill that recognised feedback from the committee evidence sessions. Despite wishing the bill to be in the best shape that...

Scottish Parliament: Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill (30 Jan 2018)

Alison Harris: ...bill will be in practice and is concerned that its existence could potentially delay the long-term change that is required to promote gender equality, on public boards and more widely. Although we may go back and forth over semantics and what exactly a statutory quota is, in essence, the bill sets a legislative target. Annie Wells believes that, instead of getting drawn into creating...

Scottish Parliament: Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill: Final Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Alison Harris: ...up to orphans. More recently, the fund regulations were updated to cover the civil partners of contributors to the fund. The bill was introduced as a private bill to the Scottish Parliament on 18 May 2017, and the Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill Committee was established to consider the bill during its passage through the Parliament. Private bills...

Scottish Parliament: Violence Against Women and Commercial Sexual Exploitation (12 Dec 2017)

Alison Harris: ...inequality gap is at its widest. Many countries lack the legal frameworks that help to protect women and/or the political will to counter patriarchal and traditional norms. Law enforcement agencies may be short of resources and too often fall short in their willingness to take action against male perpetrators of violence against women. In some countries, such as India, it has taken mass...

Scottish Parliament: Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 (30 Nov 2017)

Alison Harris: ...and numerous female party leaders. Many leading women have proven that they can succeed in what were once considered male-dominated roles. We have much to be hopeful about; fears that that progress may stall or even be reversed display a lack of confidence in the fact that women have now proven themselves capable of meeting the challenge, whether it is in politics, in business, in our...

Scottish Parliament: Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill: Preliminary Stage (16 Nov 2017)

Alison Harris: ...clearly needs further thought and, should the bill proceed to consideration stage, we will discuss it with the promoters and objectors. At this stage, it is the committee’s view that the bill may need to be amended to ensure that an appeal mechanism is put in place. Another issue that came to light during our scrutiny was that some prospective purchasers are not made aware of the pow and...

Scottish Parliament: Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill: Preliminary Stage ( 9 Nov 2017)

Alison Harris: ...’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill . First of all, I thank my colleagues Tom Arthur and Mary Fee for their work in getting the bill to this stage. The bill, which was introduced on 18 May 2017, is being promoted by the trustees of the writers to the signet dependants’ annuity fund. It is the third private bill to be introduced this session and the second to be discussed in the...

Scottish Parliament: Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 (21 Sep 2017)

Alison Harris: ...and Law Reform Committee. I have enjoyed the process and, over the months, my initial view that the measure was worthy of support has never wavered. Since I spoke in the stage 1 debate back in May, amendments have been made that make the bill even more fit for purpose. They included the tightening of the language that is used to ensure that the provisions are readily understood and other...

Scottish Parliament: International ME Awareness Day (11 May 2017)

Alison Harris: ...and almost 250,000 people across the UK. There is no known cure for ME and no proven treatment that can be guaranteed to work for everyone. Some people do recover from ME, but their recoveries may not be directly attributed to any particular regime or treatment. However, it is recognised that there are treatments and services that can offer real relief to some people with ME. ME awareness...

Scottish Parliament: Loneliness (21 Mar 2017)

Alison Harris: ...people count the days until they retire; it is often an eagerly anticipated event that gives people the long-awaited opportunity to spend more time with friends and family. However, for others, it may be the day when they lose contact with people, and when the routine that they have had for years disappears. One man described the day of his retiral as the first day of his loneliness, and...

Scottish Parliament: Endometriosis Awareness Week (28 Feb 2017)

Alison Harris: ...my relationships with my partner, family and friends but I have been lucky that they have all been very supportive and understanding. My work has been affected and there is a real prospect that I may lose my job due to my illness. I have come to accept that I shall be in pain on a daily basis. I try to remain positive. This debilitating, invisible disease is no longer going to control my...


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