It stated —11Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Convener, 26 June 2025. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/education-children-and-young-people-committee/correspondence/2025/restraint-and-seclusion-bill-cab-sec-es-to-convener-26-june-2025.pdf [accessed 1 December 2025]
...such a broad definition of restraint in primary legislation could risk, in the Scottish Government’s view, defining practices that are not of obvious concern as restraint (examples include holding a child’s hand as they cross a road or the use of hoists or other ‘moving and handling’ equipment for children with complex healthcare needs). ...The Scottish Government therefore believes there to be merit in exploring whether a narrower definition of restraint that includes the practices of the highest concern, such as physical and mechanical restraint, would achieve the aims of the Bill.