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I am also delighted that, for the past two years, we have had the opportunity to fund directly Fighting With Pride’s journey home project through the veterans fund.
Over the past few weeks, we have seen many demands to increase funding for all sorts of things. There was a demand for the Scottish welfare fund to be increased, even though it was underspent.
Another key intervention was the establishment of the Nature Restoration Fund, which invested around £65 million in nature restoration projects from 2021-2026.
There is information on what will be phased out - direct payments, but little on what will replace it.
There is an absence of funding guarantees beyond 2022.
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David McGill welcomed the flexibility in the Bill for the date of the first meeting of the Parliament to be later than the statutory seven days explaining—
“… so much needs to be done in that period—we need to register and induct members.