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Over the longer term, we must pick up the opportunities and challenges that are offered by our green new deal to provide the best possible outcome for the yards and Scotland.
The Scottish child payment was designed to build on the best start grant and best start food, which allowed us to bring in the Scottish child payment more quickly.
We would, however, support the funding of further research to better understand the prevalence of these conditions and how best to effectively screen for them on a whole population basis.
Local authorities agree with the Committee that resolution of issues at the earliest stage is the best solution. It is worth noting that widening the criteria for access to Tribunals would increase cost to councils, for legal representation, expert witnesses and the cost to implement Tribunal rulings.
The Scottish Funding Council’s (SFC) Review of Tertiary Education and Research in Scotland
You will be aware that the Scottish Government (SG) published its response to the SFC Review on 26 October 2021.
That response noted that there would be a period of capacity building and prioritisation across SG and SFC in order to augment staffing and determine how best to deploy time and funding to deliver and drive the system-wide change as set out in the report.