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Time for Reflection: Ani Rinchen Khandro, Director of Kagyu Samye Dzong Edinburgh Meditation Centre and Honorary Buddhist Chaplain, University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy Service, led Time for Reflection. 2.
This week, we announced that we will double the Scottish child payment to support more than 106,000 children from April 2022, which will, in time, help to lift a further 20,000 children out of poverty.
It is noted in the motion, and it has been mentioned many times, that the bill would give UK ministers new powers over the work of the Electoral Commission, risking the independence of the election watchdog at a time when trust in politics is at an all-time low.
The Scottish ministers have written to the UK Government in relation to the bill five times, outlining our significant concerns, along with the Welsh Government, which shares those concerns.
One example is the M4 bus lane, and George Mair will know how well bus priority has played in Aberdeen from time to time, both with voters and with The Press and Journal.
There is no role at all for the public and there is only a very limited role for MPs. However, in future, the UK will be negotiating deals on its own, so now is the time to change that through the bill.