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Items in Private We will go straight to item 1, which is to decide whether to take items 7 and 8 in private. Is that agreed?Members indicated agreement.
The danger in reading sections 9(4)(a) and 9(7) together is that, at worst, seeking the views of the child could be reduced to a tick-box exercise, with such views being sought only at the age of 12.
We may need to do that in questions 6 and 7, because question 6, which looks at how the changes in employment opportunities affect different groups and how they relate to poverty, social exclusion and housing, links with the other services as well.