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To ask the Scottish Executive how many children currently live in low-income families. The proportion of children living in low-income households in Scotland was 30% in 2000-01.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 February 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of children live in the bottom (a) decile, (b) quarter and (c) half of households in terms of household income and what the equivalent figures were in 1997.
If not, can you advise me how the Parliament can formally disassociate itself from those remarks and send a strong message to the servicemen and servicewomen who are risking their lives to free Iraq that that comment does not reflect the view of the vast majority of members?
I commend Milnbank Housing Association and Councillor Elaine McDougall for being involved in that.In the words of the local community, Dennistoun is once again a decent place to live. People can live there without fear.