Issue - meetings

(i)             to note and endorse the intentions within the report in relation to realising legislative duties and how they would be reported;

(ii)            to note that the Council would continue to ensure brothers and sisters children who are safe and are loved would remain within their families; and

(iii)          to note the presumption that brothers and sisters remain together would be reported annually to the Public Protection Committee within the Corporate Parenting Annual Report.

The Committee had before it a report on Brothers and Sisters Legislation, the purpose of which was to provide to the Committee assurances that Children’s Social Work were taking full cognisance of the new duties set out in the legislation relating to the relationship between brothers and sisters.

Graeme Simpson, Chief Social Work Officer, introduced the report and took questions from Members.

The report recommended:

that the Committee:-

(a)           note and endorse the intentions within the report in relation to realising legislative duties and how they would be reported;

(b)           note that the Council would continue to ensure brothers and sisters children who were safe and were loved would remain within their families; and

(c)           note the presumption that brothers and sisters remain together would be reported annually to the Public Protection Committee within the Corporate Parenting Annual Report.

The Committee resolved:-

to agree the recommendations.