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Item 4 is on the child protection update. Obviously, the next agenda item on our stage 1 report on the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Bill has some relevance to the matter. Do members have any comments on the update that the Scottish Executive has issued?
Why have we got the report? I know that we asked for six-monthly updates, but we had one fairly recently. It reads as though it is the six-monthly update. I see that the clerk is nodding, so the report must be the six-monthly update. That is fine.
It is the six-monthly update.
There is a great deal of justification for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Bill written into the report, which I suppose is timely and appropriate.
You may say that, but I could not possibly comment.
Much of the work will have to be revisited, depending on what happens with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Bill.
If members have no more comments, we will simply note the update.
We should note that the report is comprehensive and thorough and identifies specific issues. It is one of the most useful updates that we have had to date.
That comment is noted.
Meeting continued in private until 12:19.
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