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Family Mediation Services (Funding) (PE1120)

Tuesday 9 September 2008 Public Petitions Committee Petitions 3 contributions · 2 speakers

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Frank McAveety Lab The Convener · Glasgow Shettleston
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PE1120, by Brian McNair, asks the Scottish Government to review its family law policies and spending levels to ensure that greater emphasis is attached to family mediation services and to the provision of more focused family support to children.In my view, we should write to the Government to ask what funding will be made available in each year up to 2010 and what other mediation and child support policy measures are planned to address the petitioner's concerns. That is not unreasonable.

Nigel Don SNP North East Scotland
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Many of the issues that are raised in the petition will be addressed in Thursday evening's members' business debate, which is on a motion in my name. We could ask the Government about legal aid, in particular. This is one area where spending a bit more on legal aid would save a great deal of money in the courts. We need to support mediation services and to encourage people to use them. If services are not adequately funded, we need to encourage the Government to fund them, in one way or another.

Frank McAveety Lab The Convener · Glasgow Shettleston
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Do members accept those recommendations?Members indicated agreement.

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