In asking the Parliament to reject Brian Monteith's amendments, I am not asking members to reject people's concerns, rather to recognise what is already being done to meet concerns.The amendments seem to disregard the safeguards that are already in place, or which are in the process of being developed. Section 26 of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Bill provides for a new general duty on local authorities, when exercising powers"which relate principally to children, to have regard to—(a) the value of stable family life in a child's development".That applies across the full range of local authority functions that relate to children, not just school education.