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New results from Growing Up in Scotland now available

Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children & Young People, responds to new findings from the sixth year of Growing Up in Scotland.

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Lords Reform: Does the public have a clear view?

The debate about what to do with the House of Lords has been rumbling on now for over a century.  It all ...