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That the Parliament agrees that the Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 draft be approved.
Many people in Scotland are struck by the contrast between an energy-rich Scotland and the price hikes that severely affect many of the vulnerable in Scotland. The energy assistance package is aimed at a much broader range of people who are in fuel poverty than the previous central heating programme was.
The Scottish Government’s intentions in this area have been well publicised through the announcement of these emergency measures in the Programme for Government on 6 September 2022.
The college is a member of two defined benefit pension schemes for its employees: the Scottish teachers’ pension scheme and the Highland Council pension fund.
The amendments also provide prison officers and employees with powers that will allow them to photocopy a prisoner’s general correspondence, provide the prisoner with a photocopy of that correspondence and retain the original correspondence for return to the prisoner on their release.
I thank broadcasting staff for making this meeting possible and our committee clerks and the Scottish Parliament information centre for their assistance in bringing together this evidence session.
Other members of the group were Vicky McSherry; David McGill, who is one of the three assistant chief executives of the Parliament; three members of the Scottish Parliament—Michelle Ballantyne, Rhoda Grant and Rona Mackay—Gillian Mackay and Cheryl Kreuger, who are MSP staff; and Emma Ritch from Engender.