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It has chosen to use some pupil equity funding resources to employ a link worker whose role is to work in dialogue with young people to address issues that they had expressed concerns about to do with how they were feeling, which might have affected their learning and their behaviour.
When we last considered the petition, on 29 June, the committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport expressing our view that it would be appropriate for the Scottish Government to launch a national public awareness campaign.
For completeness, I put it on the record that I have also visited a salmon farm recently and have met representatives of the petitioner, so views were expressed to me personally that I will not directly share.
Among other things, regulation 6 of SSI 2017/129 modifies the 1995 regulations in their application to the “relevant road” to make provision for how restrictions on stopping and other traffic restrictions apply to an “emergency refuge area”. The definition of that expression in regulation 6(a)(i) appears to be defectively drafted.
There will an opportunity for the Parliament and MSPs to express our sympathy and condolences. On behalf of us all, I say to his family that we are thinking of them at this difficult time.
If you would like to make some opening comments, we would like you to do so, but the matter appears clear. You have expressed to us the view that the committee could and should meet your nominee early in September.
An interesting point is that when we faced terror attacks in London—our company also sells into London—we saw a decline in visitor numbers coming into London, but our visitor numbers coming into Edinburgh or Glasgow suffered no adverse effects.
The Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland has expressed concerns that closing schools poses “a serious risk of harm to the wellbeing of children and young people”.