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The important point, and the system's strength, is that it applies to and concentrates on the rights of the child. It concentrates entirely on getting the right, supportive outcome for the child who is in difficulties.
However, I think that he will be difficult to get at short notice.To pick up on David Davidson's point, this programme allows for a certain amount of slippage before Easter, which is not until mid-April.
I understand that the SSI sets fees for the Scottish Executive's involvement in the process, but I suggest that we let local authorities get on with it and that we do not set fees on their behalf.
We should do whatever we can to arrest the roll out until all the questions are raised.I do not think that writing to the petitioners to ask for their response to the responses will get us any more information than we already have.
If a committee has gone through such a rigorous process to get the Parliament to agree to its proposal, there must be some trust and faith in the committee's drafting of the bill.
Is it not the case that because the European Union has not passed the regulation we cannot get any undertaking? That was my reading of it, but I may well be wrong.