I, too, congratulate Clare Adamson on securing the debate. It is a pleasure to follow Jackie Dunbar, and I echo her tribute to Clare Adamson for securing the debate and for the facts that she has shared, over a long period of time, as a result of her interest in the topic.

It is very powerful for young people to hear adults talking about young people’s safety, holding the matter up and asking members to consider it. As stated, child safety week this year falls between 3 and 9 June, and is oriented towards the theme of “Safety. Sorted!” It promotes the ideas that we educate ourselves and spread awareness, and that we engage with children, who are such an important part of this. It means that we organise in our own communities, and undertake home safety checks.

Child passenger safety has been discussed, as have safe routes to school. We also, this year, have to talk about online safety for our young people, which is so important.

One Scottish child each month dies from an accident, and one in seven emergency admissions is due to an accident.

The work of the Child Accident Prevention Trust is vital in supporting parents and families to understand and navigate the risks of modern family life. Child safety week is a welcome opportunity to highlight the work that the trust and many other organisations are doing, and to highlight—as colleagues have done—the resources that are available online and in leaflets. Those organisations have created the resources to make it much easier for parents and families to access the information.

Public Health Scotland data shows that, in 2022-33, children aged under 15 who were living in our most deprived areas were more likely than children in the least deprived areas to have an emergency admission to hospital for an unintentional injury. The standardised discharge ratio was 19 per cent higher in the most deprived areas than the Scottish average, and in the least deprived areas the discharge ratio was 19 per cent lower.

Clare Adamson rightly mentioned incorporation of the UNCRC, which is the most important step that has been taken. I draw the attention of people who are watching the debate to articles 6 and 19, which sit within the jigsaw of rights. Article 6 states that,

“every child has the inherent right to life”,

and that

“States Parties shall ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of the child.”

Article 19 requires

“appropriate legislative, administrative, social and educational measures to protect the child from all forms of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation”.

That is important, because from next month, the UNCRC must sit at the heart of legislation that is passed in this Parliament.

There is good news. For example, I take the opportunity to mention the Risk Factory in Edinburgh, which opened its doors in 2007 for primary 7 pupils from Edinburgh and the Lothians to attend. It has welcomed more than 100,000 pupils. I know about it because I had a group of P7s go to the Risk Factory in that first year. That first time was, I think, as frightening an experience for me as it was for the children. The staff who work in the building allow young people to discover risk in a safe and supportive environment—they allow them to ask questions and to make fools of themselves sometimes. It enables young people to take away important messages, which—like the message from Charley the cat, who leaves the bones of a fish at the door—they will remember for their whole lives.

It is important that organisations and groups exist in our communities to support the development of our young people and children. As has been said, it is most important that we take every opportunity to highlight all the good work, give the warnings that are necessary, and point to the resources that are out there.