show_all_questions=0&sort=submitted&order=ascending&_q__text=&uuId=733416347 The Trussell Trust stated that a statutory body was its “strong recommendation” from its experience of the role of the Poverty and Inequality Commission in achieving the aims of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017.xiRural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee, Official Report, 26 January 2022, col. 23
Over half of the respondents to the call for views argued the implementation of the bill should be overseen by a public body, although views differed over whether a new body should be established and different options were suggested to the Committee.