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The Scottish child payment will be a new top-up benefit given to those who are in receipt of universal credit. It will be paid for by the Scottish Government and delivered by Social Security Scotland.
The bill as introduced includes a requirement for ministers to make a statement to Parliament 12 months following receipt of advice that targets should be changed if they do not act on that advice.
On top of that £200 million reconciliation, there is likely to be a negative impact because Scottish income tax receipts are expected not to grow as much as those in the rest of the UK.
We continue to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and people who are in receipt of universal credit in order to help us to develop the policy on how payments should be split.
I do not think that I need to remind the select company present to switch off their mobile phones and pagers.The first item is declaration of interests, so in accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament I ask members to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee’s remit.
Under our proposals, if labour market participation were increased, more national insurance would be paid, while increased spending would boost VAT receipts and companies would pay corporation tax on the profits generated by their employees.
Before we start, I ask members to turn off any mobile phones and pagers, as they interfere with the sound system.No apologies have been received.In accordance with section 3 of the members' code of conduct, I invite new members to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee's remit.
Availability Status Codes (Abuse) To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list any proven cases of abuse of the system of availability status codes in the last two years.