United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 20 November 2019.

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That mechanism will be built into the bill that I introduce, to enable the Parliament to take account of any changes in the powers of the Parliament and to ensure that any of the issues on which we are, regrettably, unable to legislate to protect children’s rights, as a consequence of the limitations of our powers, can be addressed as the Parliament’s powers change in the years to come.