UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA)

Conclusion

7. As a result of the evidence gathered and analysed against all UNCRC requirements, what is the potential overall impact of this proposal on children’s rights?

Children’s Rights (Annex 1)

Applicable answer(s): Neutral

8. If you have identified a positive impact on children’s rights, please describe below how the proposal will protect, respect, and fulfil children’s rights in Scotland.

Not applicable

9. If a negative impact has been identified please describe it below. Is there a risk this could potentially amount to an incompatibility?

Not applicable

Mitigation Record

What options have been considered to modify the proposal in order to mitigate a negative impact or potential incompatibility?

As the overall impact of the Bill is neutral, mitigations are not required in terms of the rights of children and young people under 18.

However, there are wider mitigations in place around the Bill. These include:

• offering street traders alternative locations to trade during EURO 2028 (to help maintain their income stream);
• ensuring the street traders/pedlars/advertisers and advertising space owners potentially affected by the Bill are provided with guidance on compliance; and
• providing guidance in accessible formats (audio, audio description, braille, British sign language etc).

Issue or risk identified and relevant UNCRC requirement

Not applicable

Action Taken/ To Be Taken

Not applicable

Date action to be taken or was taken

Not applicable

10. As a result of the evidence gathered and analysed against all wellbeing indicators (Annex 2), will the proposal contribute to the wellbeing of children and young people in Scotland? (Guidance Section 2.3.2, pages 20-22).

Safe: Not Applicable

Healthy: Not Applicable

Achieving: Not Applicable

Nurtured: Not Applicable

Active: Not Applicable

Respected: Not Applicable

Responsible: Not Applicable

Included: Not Applicable

If yes, please provide an explanation below:

Generally, VisitScotland led research sets out^[12] the impact of events on wellbeing.

More specifically, the Bill will contribute to the safe well-being indicator because a secondary benefit of the commercial rights protection measures is to protect consumers from ticket touting, as a result of the restrictions imposed to meet UEFA’s requirements, helping ensure that consumers can obtain tickets for EURO 2028 matches at Hampden Stadium at a fair and equitable price for themselves and their party which could include young people under 18. The Bill will also include measures around street trading which ensure that only official merchandise is sold in event zones. As a secondary benefit, consumers are less likely to be offered counterfeit or lower quality merchandise. It should be noted that any contribution to the safe wellbeing indicator will be minimal as the street trading measures set out in the Bill will be only be effective in event zones in Glasgow during a relatively short period of time during EURO 2028.

11. How will you communicate to children and young people the impact that the proposal will have on their rights?

We expect that this CRWIA will be published on 13 March 2025 – along with the suite of other impact assessments undertaken – the day after the Bill is introduced to Parliament on 12 March 2025 so will be in the public domain for those wishing to access it.

We do not plan to publish a child friendly CRWIA given the minimal indirect impact of the proposed legislation on children and young people under age 18. The CRWIA will be accessibility checked in the normal way for all Scottish Government publications.

We will share information on introduction of the Bill with representative groups, including those representing children and young people under 18.