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r=11508&c=2089273and Satwat Rehman from OPFS said—
A lot of families say that they get the school clothing grant and buy what they need to buy, but they need to keep replacing things [...]
The Committee notes that the negotiations for the 2025-26 Budget were based on “principles of the fiscal framework”iiLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee,Official Report, 4 March 2025, Col 24.
In its Programme for Government for 2025-26, published in May 2025, the Scottish Government outlined four principal areas of focus: growing the economy; eradicating child poverty; tackling the climate emergency; and ensuring high quality and sustainable public services.
The Bill's provisions
The Bill would establish the office of 'Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland'. The purpose of the new Commissioner is described in the Policy Memorandum1Scottish Parliament. (2022, October 6).
According to the Policy Memorandum (paragraph 26):
"It will establish a public body called Consumer Scotland with the primary objective of providing consumer advocacy and advice.
There are currently 112iiiScottish Government. (2019, November 26) Letter to the Health and Sport Committee: Primary Care [accessed 26 November 2019] Scottish Government-funded Community Link Workers supporting people within the most deprived areas in Scotland according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (...
Sadly, it remains the case that the lowest price very often wins.viiiEEFW Committee, Official Report, 26 February 2019, col 5
Despite the wealth of evidence presented to the Committee, the Cabinet Secretary did not think that there is a predisposition towards lowest cost in public sector procurement.