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—Official Report, Finance and Public Administration Committee, 29 October 2024; c 17. That is just for the assessment programme to find out what is required.
I extend the invitation to colleagues to work together to find that common ground.”—Official Report, 4 September 2024; c 23. Liz Smith has done more than accept that invitation—she has sought to find common ground, and the Scottish Government has fallen short.
That is helping them and their families to cut the costs of essential and leisure travel. In December 2024, the Child Poverty Action Group reported that free bus travel could save a child in Scotland up to £2,836 annually.
The fact that the Government has decided to look at the urban waste water treatment regulations in the round is positive. In late 2023 and early 2024, it consulted on an approach to managing waste water, and that set out quite clearly some of the challenges that the water industry faces.
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.