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United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (Visit to the United Kingdom) To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report on the fact-finding visit to the United Kingdom by the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
This point is for Elspeth Macdonald. I recently had the pleasure of visiting the new Lerwick fish market and seeing for myself the fantastic variety of high-quality fish being landed.
To be honest, the virtual visits have been a revelation. I have heard stories about young children being able to show dad that they have new shoes for school.
As of 4 November, Police Scotland reached officer numbers of 16,600, with further intakes planned throughout this year. In 2025-26, we will increase police funding to £1.62 billion.
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Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 26 April 2022
A report on the subordinate legislation considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 26 April 2022.
However, we must ensure that people are claiming what they are eligible for. The latest statistics on benefits take-up in Scotland from November 2023 show that barriers persist for some benefits.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 November 2021
The guidance is available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-school-and-youth-work-visits-and-trips/pages/international-educational-visits/ S6W-03778
It continues: “targets for initiation on to hepatitis C treatment are a minimum and the latest figures for 2017/18 show that the treatment target for that year was exceeded.”
Rather than putting ourselves under pressure in considering that petition and not giving proper time and respect to the other new petitions, do members agree that we should deal with the other new petitions next week?