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That will be followed by pension-age winter heating assistance, which will mirror the current winter fuel payment and is provisionally scheduled for winter 2024. That is clearly a packed programme requiring significant amounts of legislation, and I am grateful for the committee’s support.
Review of relevant powers - 16 April 2024
Following its meeting on 5 March 2024, the Committee wrote to the Scottish Government on some of the delegated powers in the Bill.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2020
We recognise the need to phase out support for fossil fuel heating, which we will do between now and 2024, where it is appropriate and does not adversely affect achieving our statutory fuel poverty targets.
She found a lump in her breast in September 2023 and died in October 2024. She was fairly well until August 2024 and continued to have good days until mid-September.
I welcome the extension of the rent cap to the end of March 2024, plans to implement rent controls and plans to invest to reduce the reliance on temporary accommodation for those experiencing homelessness.
—Official Report, Social Justice and Social Security Committee, 23 May 2024; c 17. Unfortunately, however, we also heard that the full potential of the payment is being held back by the UK welfare cuts.