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We have had an SNP Government for a long time. We have also had a UK Government for a long time that has refused to give the Scottish Government fiscal powers to make the change that the member is asking for.
I believe that Ireland has a discrepancy in its child benefit—is it one and half times more for those with twins and two times more for those with triplets?
That will take time, but it is absolutely a point that we fed into the UK Government generally and also more specifically in relation to the review of Ofgem as the regulator and how regulation in that sector needs to work.
The UKCRF process placed the responsibility on North Lanarkshire (as the lead authority for the North Lanarkshire area) to develop a system (at pace) for inviting and assessing applications – whilst this was supported by information from the UK Government it still took considerable time for officers to deliver, in ad...
Bureau members will be aware that under Rule 5.6.1(c) the Bureau has a duty to ensure that there is a period of time available for Members’ Business at each meeting of the Parliament. 2.