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Presentation: Children's Social Services - Will we ever get it right?
PAG PUBLIC MEETING "Children's Social Services - Will we ever get it right?"Allan Norman
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PAG Event: Children's Social Services - Will we ever get it right?
PAG PUBLIC MEETING "Children's Social Services - Will we ever get it right?"a presentation by Allan Norman |
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What’s on tonight?
That’s the question heard in my home as evening approaches. At one time a quick gander in the Radio Times would provide the information for viewing or listening. Nowadays it’s the webpage of that publication that informs us. So we’ve moved with the times? Well apparently not.
This summer our teenage grandson spent two weeks with us. He and his smart phone were inseparable. It was as though the gizmo was a permanent extension of his hand. He seemed to spend hours, eyes glued to the screen.
COMMENT: ABUSE - it's NOT OK
This comment is solely the opinion of writer Sandy Gorst to the PAG Public Meeting 05.09.16 - "ABUSE - it's NOT OK".
Last Updated on Sunday, 02 October 2016 17:44
The title holds nothing to disagree with, no one in their right mind could argue with it. What I question is definition. The definition of abuse, as used by the speaker, does not tally with the definition which I am familiar with. The word abuse is a combination of two other words those being 'ab' which is used normally as a prefix meaning 'off', 'away from' as in words such as 'abduct, abnormal, abuse'. The remainder is the word use meaning, as we all know, how something is employed as in 'use a hammer', 'use a shopping basket' the use of a word or words. In this discourse however the word abuse was used in a very narrow context, or so it seemed. Here it appeared that the word abuse implied the presence of violent undertones, both in language and also physical behaviour, this to the exclusion of any possible acceptability of the language or physical action under consideration. IOM Freedom of Information under threat!
 Successive IOM governments procrastinated for many years about introducing a Freedom of Information Act. It was finally implemented on February 1st 2016, but only applies to requests made to the Cabinet Office and the Department of Environment Food and Agriculture (DEFA).In the first 6 months 41 requests have been made. There is already concern about the cost or potential cost. The plan is to extend the scope of the Act to all government departments on 1st January 2017 and to fully complete the process by January 2018.
The threat, written in a consultation paper, is to impose a cost limit for any request. Above that limit the public body may refuse to give an applicant the requested information.
PAG lobbied long and hard to get this law on the statute book. We consider it far too early to even be considering such a move and will be responding to the consultation. The Act has been in operation for far too short a period and the sample size is too small.
We urge government to extend the scope as promised and then review all aspects of the operation of the Act. It is in the public interest not to make an hasty decision now.
You of course can make your own submission and we urge you so to do!
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PAG Event: 3S Abuse presentation
PAG PUBLIC MEETING - 6th September 2016 "ABUSE - It's NOT OK"A presentation by Marcia K Brabbs of Safe, Strong, Secure (3S)*Presentation videoIt's not OK - filmed on IoM That's not love Bystander intervention Bystander Culture PAG Event: Abuse
PAG PUBLIC MEETING "ABUSE - It's NOT OK"A presentation by Tamasin Wedgwood & Marcia K Brabbs of Safe, Strong, Secure (3S)* |
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