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The Committee asks that the annual and quarterly progress reports produced by the Tackling Child Poverty Programme Board are shared with the Committee, to assist with its ongoing scrutiny of the effectiveness of cross-portfolio cooperation on tackling child poverty.
There were fears that if people are unable to secure adequate hospice or palliative care, then they may choose assisted dying as an alternative or be at risk of being pressured into assisted dying, rather than their preferred option. • The group also discussed the process as set out in the Bill for assisted dying.
We welcome independent governance to provide appropriate challenge and support for key decision and progress points, as well as providing assurance on the delivery of the programme.
HIAL identified areas where independent oversight could assist the ATMS project team with programme delivery and specific technical aspects within the programme.
The small organisations exemption was an attempt by the Government to exclude from the requirement to register organisations with fewer than 10 full-time-equivalent employees while ensuring that that does not exempt organisations that are small in terms of employees and staff but which represent a wider membership.
One of the risks identified in relation to staff is the increasing reliance on contractors. You note that the programme is clear that it wants to ensure knowledge transfer from contractor staff to permanent employees and for this to support growth of their staffing specialist areas.
It is for local authorities to determine what assistance to give, though persons assisted must be entitled to housing benefit, or universal credit that includes an amount of assistance with rent.