Joanna Barrett (Barnardo’s Scotland, Children 1st and NSPCC Scotland)Īs you said, convener, I am here to represent three organisations-NSPCC Scotland, Barnardo’s Scotland and Children 1st. I welcome John Finnie’s human rights leadership on the matter and the committee’s role as a human rights guarantor to ensure that children in Scotland have their rights respected in relation to their physical integrity. It ensures that the state puts in place that guidance, support and education, and it corrects the issue that we have at present where the assault of children is allowable for the purpose of physical punishment.Īs the committee is aware, the issue has been a regular feature of concern about Scotland from the international community-the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Union. Article 19 of the convention says clearly that the state must put in place legislative protections to ensure that children are protected from all forms of violence and, alongside that, all the guidance, support and education to allow parents to fulfil that role. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is clear that children should grow up in a family environment of happiness, love and understanding, and that, although parents have the responsibility to ensure that children grow up in that environment, the state has an obligation to put in place clear protections. It is at odds with the values that we hold in Scotland. As Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland, my role is to promote and safeguard the rights of children and young people, and the bill’s aim is one of the most important legislative things that we can do right now to secure children’s rights.Īssaulting a child for the purpose of punishment should never be legal. Do you support the bill’s aim of preventing the physical punishment of children in Scotland? Bruce Adamson (Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland) I welcome our first panel: Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland Joanna Barrett, policy and public affairs manager, Barnardo’s Scotland, representing Barnardo’s, Children 1st and NSPCC Scotland Tríona Lenihan, advocacy and communications manager, Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children and Martin Canavan, policy and participation officer at Aberlour Child Care Trust. I welcome Gordon Lindhurst MSP and John Finnie MSP to the meeting.Īgenda item 1 is our second oral evidence session on the Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill. Please ensure that mobile devices are switched to silent. So Swampert's Ground addition is a mixed bag, but I'd say its Electric protection isn't usually worth the disadvantages (which also include reduced resistance to Water and Ice).Good morning and welcome to the sixth meeting in 2019 of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee. That said, it negates Water's Electric issue, which is nice, but then you suffer a quad weakness to Grass. Normally I'd say Ground is a poor secondary element it has many defensive weaknesses, and Water is already good against Rock and Fire. Jeremy Gill (author) from Louisiana on May 27, final form Swampert is interesting. Yes that's true Mudkip suffers a quad weakness to grass and that harshly low speed but with that base stat total higher than CHARIZARD and his high attack and defense you tend to forget the feeling I also choose the starter in every game that is the best against the first two gyms because in the beggining your starter is probobly the best pokemon on your team also your cathing rate is much more limited in the beggining