In June 2016, some of our pupils were invited to take part in a consultation exercise led by Children's Parliament (based at Summerhall) on behalf of the Scottish Government. The pupils gave their views on the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Scotland; set at eight years of age with a proposal to raise it to twelve years of age.
This report outlines some of the responses from all the young people who took part in the project:
http://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Minimum-age-of-Criminal-Responsibility-CP-Final-Report-2016.pdf
On Thursday 30th November, Early Years Minister Mark McDonald announced that the Scottish government is to introduce a bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-38160549
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