Written Evidence Mar. 21 2024
Inquiry: Impact of the rising cost of living on womenFound: Larger employers such as Aviva, Diageo and NatWest, offer enhanced policies for new parents (detailed
Mar. 21 2024
Source Page: Flagship youth employment programme hits one million milestoneFound: increase in friction, stress and tension, particularly between spouses, but to a lesser extent between parents
Mar. 20 2024
Source Page: Part 13 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 (Support for Kinship Care) & The Kinship Care Assistance (Scotland) Order 2016 - Updated Guidance 2024Found: Jonathan’s parents were separated, and his mum had always taken care of him.
Mentions:
1: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) The tribunal should be the backstop; it is the last place where we want parents to end up. - Speech Link
2: Maguire, Ruth (SNP - Cunninghame South) How do you know whether the service is working for parents? - Speech Link
3: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) number of services, such as speech and language therapy, child and adolescent mental health services, counselling - Speech Link
4: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) We have a positive story to tell in relation to the counselling support that we have been able to provide - Speech Link
5: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) A lot of parents are really angry, and teachers are giving up. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Mar. 19 2024
Inquiry: Impact of industrial action on university studentsFound: Then finally on the mental health side, we had already greatly augmented the counselling and mental
Oral Evidence Mar. 19 2024
Inquiry: Impact of industrial action on university studentsFound: Then finally on the mental health side, we had already greatly augmented the counselling and mental
Mentions:
1: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) that, in the first evidence session on the bill, Alice Murray told the committee about the level of counselling - Speech Link
2: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) That is horrendous for the parents who are going through some of the worst times of their lives. - Speech Link
Mar. 18 2024
Source Page: Supporting development of a self-harm strategy for Scotland, what does the qualitative evidence tell us?Found: “Knowing that I’m not alone”: client perspectives on counselling for self -injury.
Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) support to encourage and support people into work, including training and one-to-one, face-to-face counselling - Speech Link
2: Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) Public Policy Research Scotland, which says that the Scottish Government are making employment for parents - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Adam Holloway (Con - Gravesham) Indeed, as well as respect parents. - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) tell young people, those who are experiencing gender dysphoria should be able to access appropriate counselling - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) age—free from conversion practices, free from medicalisation, and underpinned by appropriate and robust counselling - Speech Link