Under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, every child under the age of 18 in Scotland is set to be assigned a state-employed Named Person who will be able to share information with a wide range of public authorities. Professor Hayes noted that, as a result of this law, a decisive battle in the war against parents is about to take place: ‘What this Act does for the first time is to say to parents that a person appointed by the state has authority over them and their child.’