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Under Education, the Working Group said—
This is one of the areas in which action is most urgently required, at all levels: pre-school, primary, secondary and tertiary (the latter including teacher training).
A slight majority of respondents to the Member's pre-introductory consultation had favoured this proposal but, on reflection, he had decided not to proceed with it.
The difficulty in quantifying the amount of funding for health research was noted, with funding through schemes such as Horizon 2020 being distributed on a competitive rather than pre-allocated basis. However, the Health and Sport Committee was clear that such funding was of significance to healthcare and medical research in Scotland.
You will recall that in the south over recent months—pre-election—there has been a lot of discussion about which areas might or might not be protected.
The health service has been mentioned briefly, but what about local authorities and anything else in the public sector? I was recently involved in pre-consultation discussions with public bodies on the public duty guidance that the Government will put out to consultation this summer.
The Committee’s central theme for its pre-budget 2022-23 scrutiny is the Scottish Government’s progress in meeting the interim child poverty targets for 2023.