Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 20 June 2019
20 Jun 2019 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
First Minister’s Question Time
Care System (Outcomes for Young People)
Despite the limited progress that has been made, in this country we still have a care system in which more than 60 per cent of children do not attain even one national 5 qualification, care-experienced young people are around 10 times less likely to go on to higher education and, in every age group and at every level, young people are behind their peers in literacy and numeracy. Those statistics embarrass me, and they should embarrass Scotland. If they embarrass the First Minister, what is she going to do about it?
In the same item of business
Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Lab)
Lab
Despite the limited progress that has been made, in this country we still have a care system in which more than 60 per cent of children do not attain even on...
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon)
SNP
I am grateful to Kezia Dugdale for raising that issue, which is very close to my heart. I have made it clear that I consider that I have made not just a poli...