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Scientists from Scotland and from our neighbouring Coastal States provided advice to managers throughout the negotiations, and the best available evidence was used as the basis for decisions.
When making their housing allocation decisions, local authorities are encouraged to take a children’s right approach and are expected to consider the Scottish Government’s statutory guidance on meeting the best interests of children facing homelessness: https://www.gov.scot/publications/best-interests-of-...
This includes ending poverty, supporting fair wages and families, and improving our physical and social environments through initiatives, such as the Scottish Child Payment , Best Start Foods and Best Start Grants.
This will be important to ensure openness and transparency but also for the purpose of consistency and sharing best practice. Sharing information as early and openly as possible will also help to avoid disputes emerging at a later stage.
This committee could look at the interaction between the different budget holders and what represents best value for money for us as an investable case.
I welcome the Government’s commitment to putting the best cost of living support package anywhere in the United Kingdom front and centre of its approach.
(S6O-05219) The Scottish Government supports the establishment of a common housing register in Glasgow, either citywide or on a district basis, only where the council and housing associations that are involved are in agreement that that is the best way forward to manage their allocation policies.
In the light of the Government’s evidence, I wonder whether the committee would consider closing the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders, on the basis that the Scottish Government’s position is that the extensive clinical examination, which was introduced by the NHS dental payment reform in 2023, is based on the best clinical practice guidelines, an...