It provides an opportunity to highlight children’s right issues and concerns with MSPs. It is essential that balance is maintained in committee scrutiny, acknowledging the parliament’s legitimate interest in ensuring that the CYPCS is operating effectively and robustly, while respecting the office’s independence and particularly the provisions set out in Schedule 1 of the 2003 Act which state that (except for specific purposes) the Commissioner is not subject to the direction or control of the government, any MSP or the SPCB.