Correspondence regarding the Human Rights Bill not being in the Programme for Government 2024/25: FOI release

Information requested

All correspondence received by the Scottish Government which complained about the Human Rights Bill not being in the programme for government, between September 15, 2024, and October 31 2024.

Response

For the purposes of the freedom of information request we have included all correspondence received from stakeholders, where they have expressed a complaint or strong dissatisfaction at the Human Rights Bill not being in the Programme for Government 2024/25.

I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested via email. A total of six documents were identified by officials. Where information has been redacted we have done so in relation to section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act (2002) to protect personal information contained in the documents, such as names and contact details.

List of documents

Below is a list of documents that were identified in relation to your request.

• Human Rights Consortium Scotland letter to the First Minister on behalf civil society organisations (Annex A)
• Invitation to event hosted by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (Annex B)
• Letter from Perth Amnesty Group (Annex C)
• Letter from Stop Climate Chaos (Annex D)
• Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice from the Civil Society Working Group on Incorporation (Annex E)
• Making Rights Real SNAP2 resignation letter (Annex F)

In addition to these document a further document has been included to provide further detail on redactions we have made (Annex G).

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