Report May. 31 2024

Found: Scotland; Joanne McMeeking, Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection; Megan Farr , Children

Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) child payment, which—as statistics that were published this week show—was benefiting more than 329,000 children - Speech Link
2: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) Given that around a quarter of children in Falkirk, in my Central Scotland region, are living in poverty - Speech Link
3: Choudhury, Foysol (Lab - Lothian) One Parent Families Scotland has found that“39% of children in single parent families live in poverty - Speech Link
4: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) It has successfully reduced food bank usage for specific types of households. - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) that the overall societal impacts caused by the Taliban restrictions reportedly include increasing food - Speech Link
2: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) the work of NGOs such as Emergency that is critical in the provision of health services for women and children - Speech Link
3: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) , as well as food packages for pregnant and breastfeeding women and for malnourished children. - Speech Link

Mentions:
1: None Save the Children has had parents saying that it is amazing and has enabled them to buy clothes and food - Speech Link
2: None access to the food that is required. - Speech Link
3: None from needing to use charitable food aid. - Speech Link
4: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) It can make parents feel guilty if they spend the money on heating and food rather than on their children - Speech Link

Found: The approach taken has been modelled on the Children and Y oung People's Commissioner Scotland.