Steve Grounds and I met with the internal auditors as port of the preparation for the pending Audit Advisory Board meeting.
I met with Hilary Third, who has joined the team within Scottish Governmentresponsible for implementing the early years ambitions. I shared with Hilary my views and opinions on the Early Years Framework and implementation.
Maire McCormack, Nico Juetten and I met with Jonathan Sher, Children in Scotland and Mark Ballard, Barnardos to consider the approach to the opportunities for early years legislation.