SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Debate between Marion Fellows and Adrian Bailey(5 years, 6 months ago)
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Mr Adrian Bailey (in the Chair)
I now invite questions. I stress that they should be questions, not speeches.
Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)
I congratulate the right hon. Member for North Norfolk (Norman Lamb). He rightly said that the Scottish Government already have a strategic plan in place. In fact, they held a conference recently on adverse childhood experiences, and that issue is at the core of what they are trying to do. The right hon. Gentleman mentioned in his speech that he did not think additional funding, or much additional funding, would be required to carry out this plan. However, at a time when so many local authorities in England are failing and overspending their children’s budget, does he think that this is actually going to happen?