Motion · S5M-19700 · 4 Nov 2019
ENABLE Scotland Campaign, In Safe Hands?
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the ENABLE Scotland campaign, In Safe Hands?, which seeks to end the inappropriate use of seclusion and restraint in schools against children and young people who have a learning disability and promote the rights of some of the country's most vulnerable pupils; recognises that the December 2018 report by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, No Safe Place, identified 2,674 incidents of restraint and seclusion relating to 386 children in the school year 2017-18; notes the calls for the implementation in Dumbarton and across Scotland of the campaign's call for the Scottish Government to issue strong, dedicated guidance on the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, to roll out Positive Support in all schools with a minimum standard that each has at least two trained staff on site at all times, to introduce a duty of candour around restraint and seclusion for all schools and to strengthen transparency and accountability with powers of oversight resting with the appropriate body, and commends all the children, young people and families who have bravely shared their experiences of restraint and seclusion in the hope of change.
Supporters (12)
- Jeremy Balfour 7 Nov 2019
- Sarah Boyack 7 Nov 2019
- Neil Findlay 7 Nov 2019
- Iain Gray 7 Nov 2019
- Daniel Johnson Scottish Labour 7 Nov 2019
- Colin Smyth 7 Nov 2019
- Andy Wightman 7 Nov 2019
- Alex Rowley 10 Nov 2019
- Mary Fee 11 Nov 2019
- Angela Constance Scottish National Party 21 Nov 2019
- Monica Lennon Scottish Labour 29 Jan 2020
- Alison Johnstone 25 Feb 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.