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In particular, the Committee considered the impact of COVID-19 and trends in eradicating child poverty (see the SPICe briefing for the 16 September 2021 meeting).
The original Bill would have moved responsibility for social care from local government to the Scottish Ministers – however, this proposal was rejected by the Scottish Parliament. SPICe tracked progress of the Bill through to its eventual transformation into the Care Reform (Scotland) Act in June 2025 through a series of blogs and briefings.