Contents
- Scottish Parliament Wednesday 4 April 2001 (Afternoon)
- Time for Reflection
- Looked-after Children and Adoption Services
- Decision Time
- Water and Sewerage Charges
Decision Time
There are no Parliamentary Bureau motions today so we move straight into decision time. I ask members to check that they are registered as present and that the console light in front of the card is extinguished.
The first question is, that amendment S1M-1818.1, in the name of Irene McGugan, which seeks to amend motion S1M-1818, in the name of Jack McConnell, on looked-after children and adoption services, be agreed to. Are we agreed?
I heard a no, but I hope that it was a mistake. I will put the question again.
On a point of order.
We have a point of order.
Oh, it is all right. My console is working now.
I will put the question again.
The question is, that amendment S1M-1818.1, in the name of Irene McGugan, which seeks to amend motion S1M-1818, in the name of Jack McConnell, on looked-after children and adoption services, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
That is what I thought.
The second question is, that motion S1M-1818, in the name of Mr Jack McConnell, on looked-after children and adoption services, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to.
Resolved,
That the Parliament endorses the principles contained in the Adoption and Children Bill concerning restrictions on bringing children into the UK for the purpose of adoption and on advertising children for adoption; agrees that the relevant provisions to achieve these principles in the Bill should be considered by the UK Parliament; recognises the importance of the place of adoption services within the spectrum of care for children and young people looked after by local authorities; agrees that a review of adoption policy and practice is desirable; supports the drive towards more integrated services for the benefits they bring to all children and young people within the care system, and agrees that the Executive should seek to promote the interests of such children with quality educational and other opportunities, and calls upon the Scottish Executive to undertake a comprehensive review of adoption and fostering legislation for Scotland, with a view to bringing forward a clear legal framework.