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We have given the Government a chance to take action over the past year and a half.Before the summer recess, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning agreed—at last—to set up a teacher employment working group.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 19 February at 2.15 pm, after our short, late-winter recess. Before I close the meeting, I thank the clerks and our legal advisers.
We have also announced an indicative date of 15 July for all other childcare settings to reopen, including early learning childcare and out-of-school care—that will be welcomed by parents and grandparents the nation over.
I must correct Alexander Burnett on one point. He said that no support to date has been provided; that is factually incorrect, as we are currently advertising with 79 local titles across the country, to a value of £440,000.
Could a future trade agreement prevent the Scottish Parliament from putting environmental principles into Scots law at a future date? I am not an expert in international trade; I am more of a domestically focused specialist.
Lastly, the order will repeal certain provisions of the Land Settlement (Facilities) Act 1919 relating to allotments, principally because those provisions are now out of date and are no longer required, as a consequence of the 2015 act.
I have heard from countless people that work has been done with teachers and that schools and education authorities are up to date on resources for training their teachers.
With the 2001 and 2011 censuses—even the 2011 census is already five years out of date—we have seen a doubling of the number of carers in minority ethnic populations.