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The updated guidance, which was published on 12 October, provides advice on ways to support and enhance those visits. It remains the recommendation that essential visits are safely and generously supported by care homes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 February 2020
This meeting is being held virtually. Agenda item 1 is consideration of new petitions. The first new petition for consideration today is PE1804, which was lodged by Alasdair MacEachen, John Doig and Peter Henderson on behalf of Benbecula community council.
Latest figures from the European Commission’s Taxation and Customs show that New Zealand useage of their sheep meat quota in 2012 was well below 100 per cent for the third consecutive year.
Local authorities and schools will work closely with peripatetic teachers to work out how we can minimise the number of visits that they make to schools. One of our priorities will, unfortunately, be to reduce the number of school visits so that we avoid unnecessary circulation of the virus.
We must therefore work even harder to ensure that intolerance of any form is not accepted, and the latest social attitudes survey gives cause for hope.
Scotland’s physical activity charter will shortly be published. It is based on the latest international expertise on what works in tackling inactivity, and contains our long-term vision for a more active population.