Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill: After Stage 1

Agenda item 9 is consideration of the Scottish Government’s response to the committee’s stage 1 report on the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill. Members have seen the briefing paper and the response from the Scottish Government. Do members have any comments?

Members: No.

The committee will note from the Scottish Government’s response that it is considering giving the Scottish ministers the flexibility to extend Scotland’s adoption register in future to allow it to cover other forms of permanence care planning for children, in addition to adoption. If, however, the Scottish Government concludes that the register should be restricted to adoption, the committee may consider that amendments should be lodged at stage 2 to narrow the breadth of the power.

Does the committee therefore agree to write to the Minister for Children and Young People to ask her to inform the committee of what the Scottish Government proposes once its consideration of the issue is complete, in order to allow the committee to form a view on whether its concerns in relation to the power have been addressed?

Members indicated agreement.

I think that that is the appropriate thing to do.

Thank you.

That brings us to the end of the meeting. The date of our next meeting will be Tuesday 3 December.

Meeting closed at 11:17.