Mr Ingram has met with local authorities to discuss child protection on the following occasions: 5 February 2008 Clackmannanshire Council 17 March 2008 Visit to Dumfries GIRFEC Domestic Abuse Pathfinder with Dumfries and Galloway Council 18 March 2008 All areas at Child Protection Committee Chairs meeting 27 March 2008 East Renfrewshire 3 June 2008 Moray 18 June 2008 Aberdeen City 29 July 2008 Visit to Clydebank GIRFEC project with West Dunbartonshire Council 12 September 2008 Stirling 11 December 2008 All areas at Child Protection Committee Chairs meeting 16 December 2008 Visit to Falkirk Domestic Abuse Pathfinder with Falkirk Council 12 January 2009 Aberdeen City 13 January 2009 Meeting with Moray Council 10 March 2009 Renfrewshire 10 March 2009 East Lothian 13 March 2009 Attendance at National Domestic Abuse Projects Board Managers Ms Hyslop met with local authorities on the following occasions, where child protection was on the agenda: 29 July 2008 Dumfries and Galloway 4 August 2008 West Lothian 5 August 2008 Highland 6 August 2008 Orkney 12 August 2008 Renfrewshire 12 August 2008 East Dunbartonshire 13 August 2008 South Ayrshire 19 August 2008 Perth and Kinross 21 August 2008 East Renfrewshire 26 August 2008 Highland 27 August 2008 Argyll and Bute 11 December 2008 East Lothian 27 January 2009 Edinburgh 28 January 2009 Renfrewshire 2 March 2009 West Lothian In addition to the above meetings, Ms Hyslop met with various Chief Executives of the 32 Local Authorities at a meeting with the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) on 30 January 2009 where the topic of child protection and children''s services was discussed.