The Scotland branch of the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) wrote last week to Cathy Jamieson, minister for education and young people, calling on her to close the loophole, which it said was 'potentially damaging' to the Protection of Children (Scotland) Bill that is currently being debated in the Scottish Parliament. Under the proposed legislation, only nannies employed through an agency would be checked that they were suitable to work with children and had not been disqualified from doing so.
A Scottish Executive spokes- man confirmed that the only way parents would be able to check if a nanny was on the list of persons deemed unsuitable to work with children was to go through a nanny agency.
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