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The guidelines are, as I said, not written in stone, but they reflect most practitioners' views of current best practice and of what is best for children in that age group.
However, I am not sure that the Fostering Network or Barnardo's would have recommended what we did as best practice.I think that we all agree that we must aim for the best overall outcomes.
It is only right that we amend the commencement date of the ex gratia payment, but how best should we do that? Should we accept Shona Robison's amendment 57?