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We spoke earlier about the benefits that the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 has realised. I was on the Education, Children and Young People Committee when that bill went through stages 1 and 2.
—Official Report, House of Lords, 29 February 2024; Vol 836, c 193GC. I agree. 13:47 I have listened very carefully to the powerful contributions from across the chamber this afternoon, and I align myself with most of them.
It is why we are investing in the most generous free school meals provision of any nation in the United Kingdom. The 2024-25 budget also commits to further roll-out in relation to the Scottish childcare element of that.
The three-year UNCRC implementation programme is set to conclude in March 2024. Together Scotland, alongside other organisations, has asked for that timeframe to be extended.
I was also mindful of the potential negative tax reconciliation quantum for 2024-25. We are now in a different space with the quantum, but at the start of the process, we did not know what it would be and it would have had a material impact on our budget next year.
I believe that the replacement will not be completed until 2024-25. I have lodged a parliamentary question on the matter but I am still waiting on an answer.
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Good morning and welcome to the fifth meeting in 2024 of the Criminal Justice Committee.
Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Good morning, and welcome to the fourth meeting in 2024 of the Criminal Justice Committee.