Wed Aug 18, 2021 – 7:44 pm EDT
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EDINBURGH, Scotland (LifeSiteNews) – The Scottish government published a proposal to extend temporary powers to lock down the country, including the ability to close schools and impose mask mandates permanently.
Under current emergency powers granted to the incumbent Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP), led by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the government is able to enact temporary laws forcing businesses and educational establishments to close their doors, as well as release prisoners from incarceration early, if ministers deem the cause “necessary and proportionate.”
A new consultation has been established to “seek the public’s views” on extending a host of ministerial powers in relation to public health measures far beyond their March 2022 expiration, with proposals such as “prohibiting or limiting numbers at gatherings, introducing lockdown measures, and requiring that face coverings are worn” set to become permanent fixtures in Scottish public life.
The proposal determines that Scottish Ministers should be given “the same powers to protect the people of Scotland from any incidence or spread of infection or contamination which presents or could present significant harm to human health in Scotland, not just COVID.”
John Swinney, Scotland’s deputy first minister and cabinet secretary for COVID recovery, announced that some measures
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