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To take the Sighthill example, the land remediation at Sighthill relates to the fact that there used to be a munitions factory there, which dated back to the French revolution. Some of the projects that we are talking about have been on the shelf before shelves existed.
We are all ambitious to have more accessible homes, and we all think that the housing for varying need guidance is dated and needs to reflect the needs of people in their homes in Scotland today.
My understanding is that it will probably be June 2024 before the SCIM, as it is known, is fully in place. I hope that I have got that date correct. You are right—that is one element.
Ultimately, as he said, 250,000 children are living in poverty. To date, social security has done the heavy lifting, particularly through the Scottish child payment, in trying to reach the upcoming interim targets.
In the early days, I found myself in a long queue with a two-hour delay before people were being taken in, so I left and came back on another date. Those days are gone; yesterday, I went straight through.