Excellent work Gillian - proud to support your bill. 👏👏

Life lessons are important. 👍

Following the passing of the Children (Care and Justice) Bill, Minister
Natalie Don MSP explains some of its key measures and how it is going to support victims and keep children out of prison. 🔽

Better Together lives on. Of course it does!

Justice Secretary Angela Constance met with New Zealand's Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith in Edinburgh.

They discussed the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform Bill, and other areas of shared interest such as the balance between the use of custody and justice in the community.

Community Safety Minister @SiobhianAyr met partners at @StirlingCE to hear from young people about how the project has supported them.

Scottish Government has invested £200,000 funding this year so they can continue to prevent young people from crime and into education, training or work.

An independent Scotland would:

🔵play a positive role in justice issues across borders

🔵apply to re-join the EU, giving our police tools to pursue criminals across borders, ensuring victims get justice and criminal networks are combatted

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Well said. So important that Scotland is aware of what is happening as a result of Brexit - huge pain and cost.

Our #ANewScotland paper sets out how an independent Scotland could continue to ensure a justice system that:

🔵 supports a safe and resilient Scotland
🔵 focusses on prevention and early intervention
🔵 places victims and witnesses at its centre

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Really good news for Scotland’s economy and public services. Important we continue to attract people to come, live work and stay in Scotland, these figures demonstrate Scotland is an attractive place to live and work, in spite of opposition determined to talk Scotland down.

Lovely to attend CPG on ‘Challenging Religious and Racial Prejudice- tackling Islamophobia’ chaired by Foysol Choudhury MBE MSP last night. Very informative and passionate discussions. Thank you for the kind invite.

More child & vulnerable adult witnesses of crime will get special support to give evidence following £2m of Scottish Government funding.

Justice Secretary Angela Constance also announced £0.5m for Victim Support Scotland to develop remote evidence suites for victims & witnesses.

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❌ Westminster’s Rwanda Bill violates international law, the policy is not only dangerous but also ineffective.

📢 The cost of living crisis is burdening households yet Westminster’s priorities are misplaced in the pursuit of an ineffective and inhumane policy.

The House of Lords is powerless and pointless. Abolish it.

🇮🇪 Ireland, a country with a population smaller than Scotland and without as many natural resources, is wealthier than the UK and has a huge budget surplus.

The power of being an independent country.

The Westminster parties have thrown obstacle after obstacle in the way of the #WASPI Campaign.

Labour promised they'd campaign for WASPI women, but have turned their backs on them.

The SNP will stand with the WASPI women until they get the justice and compensation they deserve.

Let’s not be distracted by the noise and keep our eye on the prize of Self Determination… #Independence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

At a Financially Included event to highlight the financial impact of gender-based violence, Community Safety Minister Siobhian Brown MSP reaffirmed Scottish Government’s commitment to eradicating violence against women and girls through the Equally Safe Strategy.