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Who can orient local health visitors to a new way of working and encourage them, for example, to abandon the old practices of weighing babies and measuring their heads and to try new things?
None of those things should be add-ons; they should be at the heart of our education system.When I visited one of the new schools in Rosshall, Glasgow, earlier today, I was pleased to see excellent drama, sporting and other facilities.
I do not want to add anything at this stage, either. First, we will consider new regulation. One of the issues that we are concerned about is the use of plain language.
We have introduced the bill to address that specific problem.In our consultation paper, we suggested that ministers might have the power to extend the new provision to apply to other diseases or conditions if necessary.
It would be helpful if, in her winding-up speech, the minister could provide information on the likely timescale for that review.There are other more pressing priorities for St Andrews at present such as the need for a new school at Madras college and a new hospital.