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(As agreed by Parliament on 1 February 2023)
Convener: Finlay Carson (Con)
Deputy Convener: Beatrice Wishart (LD)
Membership: The committee has 9 members
Committee meetingsThere were 32 meetings in the parliamentary year.NumberTotal meetings of the Committee32Meetings held wholly in private3Meetings held partly in private20Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference0Hybrid meetings7Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Karen Adam (until 14 February 2024)SNP21 (24)Alasdair AllanSNP31 (32)Ariane BurgessGreen32 (32)Finlay CarsonCon30 (32)Jim Fairlie (until 9 February 2024)SNP20 (24)Kate Forbes (29 June 2023 – 10 May 2024)SNP26 (26)Christine Grahame (until 29 June 2023)SNP5 (6)Rhoda GrantLab32 (32)Rachael HamiltonCon31 (32)Emma Harper (from 20 February 2024)SNP8 (8)Elena Whitham (from 20 February 2024)SNP8 (8)Beatrice WishartLD30 (32)Substitute membersSubstitute membersPartyNumber of meetings attendedKaren Adam (from 6 March 2024)SNP2Christine Grahame (5 September 2023 – 1 November 2023SNP3Jamie Halcro Johnston (from 29 June 2023)Con3Emma Harper (until 29 June 2023); (31 October 2023 – 20 February 2024)SNP3Liam McArthurLD1Edward Mountain (until 29 June 2023)Con1Mark Ruskell (from 29 November 2023)Green1Evelyn Tweed (29 June 2023 – 5 September 2023)SNP0Mercedes VillalbaLab0Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Emma Johnston
Advisers
Professor Paul Fernandes, Heriot-Watt University, adviser on post-EU exit fisheries policy
Dr Mary...
In responding to this report, the Committee calls on the Scottish Government to set out in greater detail how the new Child Poverty Delivery Plan will contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people currently living in poverty and how it will measure success against this parameter.
In an effort to tackle poverty, Mary Glasgow o...
However, she also highlighted the importance of ensuring the workforce is afforded appropriate time to undertake trainingScottish Parliament Official Report: 7 December 2021. Dr Mary Ross Davie, Director for Professional Midwifery, Royal College of Midwives further highlighted the endless cycle of staff shortages and the impact this has on available time fo...
Stage 2 amendments
Main amendments agreed to at stage 2Definition of woman10 (Mary Fee) agreed without divisionAmendment 10 provides a definition of ‘woman’ in section 2 of the Bill.
To support the inquiry, the Committee appointed two advisers:
Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, Queen Mary School of Law, University of London, and
Professor Michael Keating, Director, Centre on Constitutional Change.
We do not want those who cannot work as a result of ill health or disability to be relegated to a life of disadvantage, financial uncertainty and poverty.On the issue of protecting vulnerable people, it is worth noting the views of Mary Taylor of the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations.
Lews Castle College UHI: http://www.lews.uhi.ac.uk/courses/course-a-z-and-filter?search=Search+by+keyword...&area=mari&level=+&mode=+&submit=submit. Mallaig Marine Training Centre (West Highland College UHI): http://www.whc.uhi.ac.uk/courses/certificate-maritime-skills.