To ask the Scottish Executive whether the new procedures announced by it and the Home Office in respect of the treatment of asylum seeking families will ensure compliance with the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. None of the measures announcedby the Home Office affect the duties that local authorities and others have underthe Children (Scotland) Act, for example the duty on local authorities to provideservices to safeguard and promote the welfare of children in need, nor their abilityto comply with those duties.