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The Scottish Parliament at Holyrood
A PROPOSED LAW ensuring cost-free access to sanitary products is set to be debated in the Scottish Parliament after receiving cross-party support.
Labour MSP Monica Lennon is campaigning to end “period poverty” across Scotland by placing a “legislative duty” on the Scottish government to offer free supplies of tampons and sanitary pads.
Her member’s Bill would also compel schools, colleges and universities to stock sanitary products.
Evidence to peers from medical leaders, patient safety officials and the children’s commissioner has intensified fears that the Bill’s safeguards are inadequate, writes ADAM JAMES POLLOCK
Seventeen years after losing her council job due to needing endometriosis surgery, Michelle Dewar’s campaign for paid menstrual leave gained 50,000 signatures in a week, reports ELIZABETH SHORT