Mar. 28 2024
Source Page: Examining outcomes associated with Social Security Scotland spending: an evidence synthesisFound: is reducing child poverty in Scotland3.
Mentions:
1: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) I will just get to the end of my point.It should not be a one-size-fits-all situation in which, if someone - Speech Link
2: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) I am not a member of the committee; however, tackling child poverty should be the core task of this and - Speech Link
3: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) No area of Government should be left out of activity to tackle child poverty. - Speech Link
4: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) No child should be living in poverty anywhere, and the fact that so many do, in a hugely prosperous country - Speech Link
5: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) It is a shame on all of us that, in 21st century Scotland, children are still going to bed hungry. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The First Minister will take questions at the end of his statement, so there should be no interventions - Speech Link
2: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) That will be the single most important objective of my Government and my Cabinet, because child poverty - Speech Link
3: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) analysis that has been undertaken suggests that, should the two-child limit be lifted, around 10,000 - Speech Link
Written Evidence Nov. 22 2023
Inquiry: Impact of the rising cost of living on womenFound: You have to remember there is always an end. I have been pushing the buggy that had no wheels.
Mentions:
1: Anne McLaughlin (SNP - Glasgow North East) We do not give away food and we do not require people to be living in poverty to access it. - Speech Link
2: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) food waste reporting should be introduced in the future. - Speech Link
3: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) absolutely no stigma—and why should there be? - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) that could still be eaten going to landfill, incineration or waste treatment plants. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Jan. 23 2024
Inquiry: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero HungerFound: poverty through a movement of passionate, committed people.
Written Evidence Jan. 23 2024
Inquiry: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero HungerFound: The Government’s short-term interventions on food security and hunger need to be delivered at scale
Mentions:
1: Rosena Allin-Khan (Lab - Tooting) many children will be going to bed cold and hungry. - Speech Link
2: Amy Callaghan (SNP - East Dunbartonshire) Childhood should be a time of happiness and freedom. - Speech Link
3: Amy Callaghan (SNP - East Dunbartonshire) The End Child Poverty Coalition analysis estimates that almost 90,000 children in Scotland are impacted - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Michael Shanks (Lab - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) Member think his own Government are reducing child poverty as much as they could be? - Speech Link
2: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) Scotland has chosen to say no to child poverty. - Speech Link
3: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) -15 according to the End Child Poverty coalition. - Speech Link
4: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) The North East Child Poverty Commission’s February 2024 report highlighted that there has been no child - Speech Link
Written Evidence Nov. 15 2023
Inquiry: Impact of the rising cost of living on womenFound: The project is a partnership between the University of York and Child Poverty Action Group.