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A formal review, like the Feeley Review, is not planned for children’s services – instead we intend to gather evidence to understand the best delivery model for children’s services.
A lot of the behaviour, which is quite horrific, has to be addressed as a breach of the peace at best. My point related to Calum Steele’s position that the legislation will be new for police officers.
In Scotland, the child poverty rate is 22 per cent—which is far too high—but it is worth noting that the rate in the UK as a whole is 26 per cent, and it is 26 per cent in Wales, too.