Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to note the proposed repeal of Parts 4 & 5 of The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and instruct the Chief Officer Integrated Children and Family Services to remove reference to the Named Person from single and multi-agency guidance; and

(ii)        to agree that the key point of contact in schools be referred to as the

Establishment Contact.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which suggested a direction of travel following the Scottish Government’s proposal to repeal Parts 4 and 5 of The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and sought approval to remove reference to the term ‘Named Person’ from Council and multi-agency documentation.

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       note the proposed repeal of Parts 4 & 5 of The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and instruct the Chief Officer Integrated Children and Family Services to remove reference to the Named Person from single and multi-agency guidance; and

(b)       agree that the key point of contact in schools be referred to as the

Establishment Contact.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.

-     COUNCILLOR JOHN WHEELER, Convener