Mentions:
1: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) We are keen to press ahead, so the period might be shortened if it is open procurement; of course, it - Speech Link
2: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) I feel strongly that if we want to tackle child poverty we must encourage and support parents who want - Speech Link
3: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) During the pre-election period, I am probably straying too far with that remark. - Speech Link
4: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) It has been affected by the pre-election period: we wanted to do a public survey in June: it will now - Speech Link
5: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) I know that you cannot say too much in a pre-election period but, given that that policy came from a - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) deprived areas are disproportionately impacted by accidents and unintentional injury: child safety is a poverty - Speech Link
2: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) tribute to Clare Adamson for securing the debate and for the facts that she has shared, over a long period - Speech Link
3: Don, Natalie (SNP - Renfrewshire North and West) During that period, CAPT helped raise awareness of important issues such as the dangers of button battery - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: None over the past couple of years—for example, restraints and seclusion, additional support needs, fuel poverty - Speech Link
2: None experience worse living standards than non-disabled people, and the proportion of disabled adults in poverty - Speech Link
3: None Therefore, it is a matter for you to determine what is realistic and what is doable over the time period - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) Of course, that has been delayed until September, because of the election period. - Speech Link
2: Smith, Liz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) However, when it comes to the measurement of achievements, such as on child poverty, on attainment and - Speech Link
3: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) are not necessarily trying to deliver a service.However, you could also look at, for example, child poverty - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) Eradicating child poverty is this Government’s defining mission. - Speech Link
2: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) However, after that period, we then had austerity, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. - Speech Link
3: Whitfield, Martin (Lab - South Scotland) There are, of course, symptoms and causes of child poverty. - Speech Link
4: Wishart, Beatrice (LD - Shetland Islands) It is both a driver of poverty and a source of stress for families experiencing poverty who require childcare - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) into accepting a new decision on their entitlement straight away but should be offered a cooling-off period - Speech Link
2: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) I also thank the Child Poverty Action Group, the Poverty Alliance and the Law Society of Scotland for - Speech Link
3: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) read out might sound relatively technical, but we heard suggestions that included having a cooling-off period - Speech Link
4: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) I am happy to discuss that with the member, but we do not feel that a cooling-off period is needed, simply - Speech Link

Report May. 31 2024

Found: the Criminal Justice Committee 2023-24 The annual report of the Criminal Justice Committee for the period

Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) public services, and that that would be one of the four major themes, along with eradicating child poverty - Speech Link
2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) The Government remains determined to close the poverty-related attainment gap and to reduce teacher workload - Speech Link
3: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) announcement on the small vessel replacement programme will be made before the end of the pre-election period - Speech Link

Report May. 30 2024

Found: Annual Report 2023-24 The Annual Report for the Public Audit Committee covering the period 13 May 2023

Found: less likely to hold any formal qualification or to be in work, and are more likely to live in income poverty