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They are entitled to the payment for a longer period—up to the age of 26. Has specific work been done to ensure that members of that group are aware of the new benefit?
I believe in trying not to disrupt committees if I can and in keeping people on a committee so that they can get comfortable and get to know the subject better.
The first is designed so that people who are unlikely to be able to get a connection by the end of next year can get one, whereas the second is for those who are not going to get one unless they are helped.
Breastfeeding rates across Scotland continue to rise. The latest statistics show that more than half of babies born in 2018-19 were, at the time of their first health visitor visit, breastfed.