I thank Clare Adamson for bringing the debate to the chamber. That was an interesting opening contribution, which highlighted the concerns around vapes for young people—an issue that is prevalent.

I am always happy to speak in the chamber on the wellbeing of Scotland’s children, including all aspects of keeping children safe. I commend the Child Accident Prevention Trust for its continuing work in that regard, in particular during this year’s child safety week, for which the theme—as has been stated—is “Safety. Sorted!”

In the words of the Child Accident Prevention Trust, child safety week is an

“annual community education campaign, acting as a catalyst for thousands of safety conversations and activities UK-wide.”

That conversation, and the recognition of all the little issues in and around our homes and communities, is so important.

When I was young, television was not broadcast all day. We had three channels, and a test card picture was the most viewed item on the screen. Our choice was limited—there was no breakfast television and no 24-hour children’s TV. We had a closedown of broadcasting after the lunchtime news, and programming restarted most afternoons at around 4 o’clock.

The reason that I mention that is because, at the start of the afternoon session, before “Play School” adorned the screen, a public information film was shown. That meant that, pretty much all over the country, children who were just in from school were watching a repetitive short cartoon highlighting the dangers of various households items, crossing the road or playing near water. I spent many an afternoon watching Charley, an animated cut-out cat, protect his owner from the perils of talking to strangers or standing too close to hot things in the kitchen, or even playing with matches. I will never forget the “Charley says...” phrase that ended every film.

Those films must have worked, because the information in them has stayed with me all my life. However, we cannot continue to do that, as we will never again have the ability to ensure that a simple 60-second message is replayed and relayed to parents and children daily. That is why action from groups such as the Child Accident Prevention Trust is so vital.

This year’s campaign, “Safety. Sorted!”, is focused on helping families feel confident that, by making one small change, they can prevent a serious accident from ever happening, and by making clear what they need to do to keep their children safe.

The parents’ pack is excellent, covering all the points that anyone could think of and what to do if something happens. That includes how to prevent a child from choking and what to do if the unthinkable happens; how to prevent poisoning from laundry products, cleaning products and medicines by storing them out of reach of nimble little fingers and understanding that children learn more about texture, feel and taste by putting items in their mouth than by simply holding them in their hands; and how to change the way that we view hot items and the little things that we can all do to make a difference and to keep children away from them, such as turning round the handle of a pan of boiling water, making sure that any cup of tea is pushed a bit further back when putting it on a side table, and putting cold water in the bath first before topping it up with hot water, to make sure that the bath is not too hot for little bodies. We should all be aware of that excellent booklet of safety tips.

I applaud the work that has been done. I am proud to take the opportunity to highlight this worthwhile campaign to keep all of our children safe. The conversation must be had to raise awareness. I am delighted to have added, in some small way, my voice to that today, so that we can get safety sorted.