As John Swinney addressed parliament about plans to reintroduce the Named Person scheme, CARE spoke out about continued concerns about how the scheme will work in practise. CARE reiterated its stance that parents are in the best place to take care of their children and hopes that John Swinney uses the evidence he gathered during the consultation to put parents at the heart of this bill.

You can read our full press release here.

CARE is part of the NO2NP campaign group alongside other leading Christian charities (the Christian Institute, TYMES Trust and the Family Education Trust.)

In response to John Swinney's address to parliament CARE was quoted in two national newspapers and mentioned in two others:

• John Swinney puts 'named person' scheme plans on hold for second time - The Scotsman

• Campaigners claim Scottish government named-person policy 'climbdown' - The Herald

• Further delay to Named Person scheme - BBC News

• Named person plans face a new vote by MSPs - The National Scot