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Section 26(1)(a) of the 1995 Act enables local authorities to provide accommodation to a looked after child by placing them with "any other suitable person".
On Saturday, I will be in Fort William to join local people who are campaigning for a new Belford hospital. The hospital is urgently needed, and local people have been waiting for it for almost 20 years, but it is now on pause because of the Scottish Government’s latest budget.
On Saturday, I will be in Fort William to join local people who are campaigning for a new Belford hospital. The hospital is urgently needed, and local people have been waiting for it for almost 20 years, but it is now on pause because of the Scottish Government’s latest budget.
Yesterday, the Deputy First Minister and I, along with a number of ministers, visited the new headquarters of JPMorganChase, which employs more than 2,500 staff at a magnificent state-of-the-art campus that it has opened in the centre of Glasgow.
I am glad that the Members of the Committee found the Thank you for your kind letter of 12 visit to be a worthwhile and informative use of their time and I will pass on your thanks to my colleagues who assisted in the visit.
Inspection powers
Sections 6-11 of the Bill provide new inspection powers for Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) under enforcement, to investigate unregistered settings suspected of breaching the law.