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Scottish ParliamentEducation, Culture and Sport CommitteeTuesday 26 November 2002(Afternoon) The Convener opened the meeting at 14:03 I call the meeting to order.
I am delighted that Lewis Shand Smith is with me today, as he takes the lead responsibility in the local government field. He visited all 32 local authorities—I visited almost all of them.
If we were to use the labour force survey, we would find that the average earnings of a graduate, by the age of about 26, have risen to somewhere in the region of £20,300.
We have undertaken to update guidance to draw attention to the range of legal obligations that are most relevant to the sector and to issue new guidance to all existing schools and to new schools that seek registration.
I am content with the rest of the code, but I still have concerns about paragraph 26. I share the concerns that Fiona Hyslop has expressed about paragraph 26 and I hope that we can monitor the situation, especially with regard to IEPs.