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The next meeting of the committee will take place on Thursday 26 November, when we will continue to hear evidence on the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. 11:25 Meeting continued in private until 11:31.
The committee is invited to consider whether the instrument has been laid under the appropriate procedure—it has been laid under the negative procedure. At its meeting on 26 March, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the instrument and agreed that it was appropriate for the instrument to be considered under the negative procedure.
Families with young children in receipt of Universal Credit, and who are therefore eligible for Scottish Child Payment, will be adversely affected by the withdrawal of the £20 uplift to Universal Credit.
Alexander Stewart left the Committee on 26 February 2020 and was replaced by Jeremy Balfour,
Meetings
During the parliamentary year, the Committee met 29 times.
The Cabinet Secretary added that— To do that, I would have to return to Parliament on a local authority by local 26 authority basis, which I would do if required. 59.
The reception building will welcome visitors to one of Scotland’s great cultural sites and provide a symbolic new gateway to the home of Sir Walter Scott near Melrose in the heart of the Scottish Borders.
It would be useful if the UK Government did a U-turn and continued with the universal credit payments that are being made at the moment, looked more closely at housing benefit and got rid of the benefit cap.