Thursday, 1 December 2016

Sciennes' Pupil Voices Heard by Scottish Government


In June 2016, some of our pupils were invited to take part in a consultation exercise led by Children's Parliament (based at Summerhall) on behalf of the Scottish Government. The pupils gave their views on the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Scotland; set at eight years of age with a proposal to raise it to twelve years of age.

This report outlines some of the responses from all the young people who took part in the project:

http://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Minimum-age-of-Criminal-Responsibility-CP-Final-Report-2016.pdf

On Thursday 30th November, Early Years Minister Mark McDonald announced that the Scottish government is to introduce a bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38160549

Article 12

You have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously.

Article 40

You have the right to help in defending yourself if you are accused of breaking the law.

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