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What funding it has committed to educating the public on their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and what form any such education will take.

Started with S1W-11531 on 23 Nov 2000; latest 13 Dec 2000. Each later question says it follows up an earlier answer.

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23 Nov 2000 to 13 Dec 2000
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by Jim Wallace
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Gil Paterson

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  1. S1W-11531 23 Nov 2000 Gil Paterson SNP Answered

    To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has committed to educating the public on their rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and what form any such education will take.

    Jim Wallace, 7 Dec 2000: The Human Rights Act, which incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, is UK legislation. The Home Office's Human Rights Unit has taken the lead in an extensive information and advertising campaign right across the UK on people's rights under the Act. Guidance material has been provided to…
  2. S1W-11980 13 Dec 2000 Gil Paterson SNP Answered

    Whether it has any plans to run TV or radio campaigns to raise public awareness of the effect of the European Convention on Human Rights.

    Jim Wallace, 6 Feb 2001: The Executive has no plans to launch such campaigns. However, as I made clear in my answer to question S1W-11531, a range of information about the Human Rights Act has already been made available to the public.

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