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We want a Scotland in which everyone can play a full part in society, with empowered communities that are able to shape their individual and collective futures.
That sense of belonging helps in building resilience and reduces loneliness and isolation for those coming from elsewhere to make Scotland their home and for those who were born in Scotland.
Recent figures from the UK Government on equivalent discretionary housing payments in England and Wales show that, remarkably, that total spend on DHPs adds up to only slightly more than the payments in Scotland. Will the cabinet secretary join me in expressing frustration that Scotland is forced to spend a proportio...
The Scottish Youth Parliament is the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people and, as we are never shy of telling people, we are one day older than the Scottish Parliament.
I hope that Rachael Hamilton has noticed what we are not doing here in Scotland: we will not sell out Scotland’s farmers and food producers in trade agreements that threaten to undermine standards and prices and we will not cut the level of payments that our farmers receive.
That is an important step towards creating the foundations of our bairns’ hoose vision in Scotland, which we are committed to delivering by the end of the parliamentary session.
Furthermore, we have introduced to Parliament the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill, which, along with our planned consultation on a specific offence of domestic abuse, will seek to strengthen the law in this area.