Sturgeon announces ‘ambitious’ Bill to enshrine UN convention in Scots law

The legislation was announced in the programme for government on Tuesday (Danny Lawson/PA)

Scotland’s First Minister has announced plans to make a UN convention law.

During the programme for government announcement on Tuesday, Nicola Sturgeon announced that a Bill will soon be introduced to enshrine the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), describing the Bill as “one of the most ambitious pieces of legislation in the 20- year history of devolution”.