The executive will make a decision on whether to postpone the Protectionof Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Bill in the next week, sourcesrevealed.
The move comes after the Scottish Parliament's Education Committee lastmonth said information sharing plans in the Bill should be abandoneduntil more consultation had taken place.
The committee said that while "appropriate information sharing" was inchildren's best interests, the workload that the Bill's proposals couldcause meant that further consultation was needed.
MSPs on the committee also said the Scottish Parliament should not letthe Bill progress further until the executive has published the draftguidance and subordinate legislation connected to the Bill.
Liberal Democrat MSP Iain Smith, the committee's convener, said: "Thecommittee is concerned at the growth of a culture that is increasinglycharacterised by the desire to eliminate all risk and the negativeeffect this may have on children. We need to have a debate about how tobalance the need to protect children and the need to ensure theirwelfare."
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