After section 22
Amendments 83 to 85 in the name of Nicola Sturgeon MSP amend the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 to insert new provisions around outcomes, reviewing and reporting of children's service plans:
amendment 83 inserts regulation-making powers for Scottish Ministers, enabling them to set national outcomes, priorities and activities related to children's services and the wellbeing of children
amendment 84 inserts further provisions around the process and review of children's service plans
amendment 85 gives Scottish Ministers a regulation making power to prescribe other matters to be included in children's service plan reports
Speaking to the amendments, Nicola Sturgeon MSP said:
Amendments 83 and 85 would significantly strengthen children’s services planning by providing the Scottish ministers with regulation-making powers to ensure greater national consistency and oversight in relation to the aims of children’s services plans while, of course, retaining the flexibility for local lead children’s services planning bodies to respond to their local priorities.