Contents
- Attendance
- Decision on Taking Business in Private
- Subordinate Legislation
- Review of Responses
- Previous Committee Reports
Previous Committee Reports
The next item is the more general and detailed response from the Government to the recommendations that we made in previous reports. I think that you had made most of your points and you had started a point about the panels, Ms Lamont.
My point was about the consistency of the panels.
Was that the children’s panels issue?
Yes.
Are there any other points on the more detailed Government responses?
We made a point about the importance of thematic inspection of personal and social education. The Government’s response is that that can be inconsistent but that it found good practice, which simply misses the point. On access for young people across Scotland, we wanted to make sure that, even if things are not done in the same way, at least some basic things are the same.
The Government has given guidance on the roll-out of the Time for Inclusive Education campaign recommendations. Should we ask the Government to report back on that?
I think that would be useful.
The other point was about the role of the inspection system in identifying how consistent the approach is across Scotland. I accept that there will be local flexibility and different priorities, but the response saying that there is good practice is not good enough.
Do members agree that we should write for further detail on those points?
Members indicated agreement.
The only other point that I thought we might want to highlight is on our recent work on additional support needs. We have written to the Government about that, but we could highlight to it the importance of that work and get some further information in relation to the most recent evidence sessions that we had.
The response on additional support needs is a bit disappointing and thin. It would be good to highlight that.
We should highlight that. Is everybody content with that way forward?
Members indicated agreement.
Thank you very much. That concludes the public part of today’s proceedings.
10:10 Meeting continued in private until 11:44.Previous
Review of Responses