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At the same time, the committee report was not conclusive with regard to the best approach to oversight and, today, we have a number of amendments that take quite different approaches.
Certainly, in the Parliament, we have heard some criticism about the delivery of neonatal services, and the best start report recommended moving to three neonatal intensive care sites for patient safety reasons.
Somethin that could come oot o the Scots strategy would be tae have the community across Scotland decidin where that money would be best spent. There was some earlier discussion about separating Scots out.
Therefore, we suggest that any future legislation requires a bit of autonomy built into it to allow flexibility in how best to involve communities, businesses and the third sector.
In explaining the decision to uprate benefits such as the best start foods payment and the best start grant this year, the Scottish Government told the Scottish Commission on Social Security that that will “strengthen our collective action on child poverty”, which I understand.
However, it is important to me that I have dialogue with the committee and others, because I want the bill to be the best that it can be and to be effective.