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We have received apologies from Maurice Golden. I would like to express my thanks to him, Ben Macpherson and Dr Alasdair Allan, who are all moving on to new parliamentary duties, for having served on the committee.
I have one more question, which is about housing. The report expresses significant concern about the record number of children who are trapped in temporary accommodation, failing homelessness services, and a chronic shortage of social housing across the country.
Fishing industry representatives such as the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation have expressed concern about spatial squeeze in Scotland’s waters due to expanding marine renewables and conservation measures.
For us, one of the bigger challenges has been stakeholder engagement. I have not heard it expressed in the way that you have described, but certainly groups like the patient advice and support service will make inquiries and say to us, “We need to get things moving.
There are ethnic minority groups that particularly need the language to be expressed in a literate way that they and their community leaders can understand.
We are dealing with such basics, but nearly 25 per cent of children in Scotland live in poor households—how can that be tolerated? It is about expressing policy priorities that recognise the current state of play and what causes inequalities, driving resources to address them.