Dear supporter,
We give thanks to God today that Scotland’s intrusive Named Person scheme has finally been axed.
It has been three years since the UK Supreme Court struck down the central planks of a law which foisted a state official on every child in Scotland to look after their ‘happiness’.
The Christian Institute spearheaded the legal action against the scheme, starting back in 2014. We always said it was unwanted and unworkable. It has taken until now for the Scottish Government to accept this.
This afternoon, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced the Scottish Government would repeal parts 4 and 5 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.
This brings an official end to this disastrous and unwarranted attempt to interfere in family life.
Some local authorities may continue to operate something they call ‘named persons’ but it will be legally toothless. The statutory scheme has been scrapped.
Parents in Scotland will be delighted and relieved at the news. Understandably so. The spectre of state officials delving into the personal minutiae of family life has remained for too long.
Christian parents in particular were fearful that state guardians would try to undermine their stance on ethical issues.
It is parents, not the state, who have the ultimate responsibility for raising children. Rightly, the threshold for state intervention in family life has always been set high. It must remain that way. The Supreme Court ruling underlined this.
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