Parliament Live from Holyrood – 08/06/2021
Join us for Parliament Live from Holyrood, including the First Minister’s Statement on COVID-19.
2:00pm – Topical Questions
Rachael Hamilton S6T-00043
1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report by the Scottish Children and Young People’s Commissioner, which suggests that some at-risk children might have been detained unlawfully in secure accommodation.
Alex Cole-Hamilton S6T-00055
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its preparations for Euro 2020, including the fan zone.
Pauline McNeill S6T-00044
3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to increase Police Scotland’s capacity to tackle online crime, in light of reports of a 6% year-on-year increase in online child sex abuse crimes.
First Minister’s Statement – COVID-19 Update
Scottish Government Debate – Shona Robison S6M-00263 – Tackling Poverty and Building a Fairer Country
That the Parliament agrees that tackling child poverty and building a fairer, more equal country should be a national mission for the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and society; acknowledges that action is required across all the drivers of poverty reduction, including delivering fair flexible work, affordable, accessible childcare, sustainable transport options, affordable housing, and reductions in the costs of living; commits to tackling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty and inequality; recognises the impact of UK Government welfare cuts and policies that exacerbate poverty, including the two-child cap, which could remove £500 million from the incomes of families in Scotland; recognises the positive action of the Scottish Child Payment and notes the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland’s assessment that removal of the £20 uplift to universal credit will effectively “knock out the benefits that the Scottish Child Payment brings into families”, undermining the work and mission of the Scottish Parliament to eradicate child poverty; urges the UK Government to devolve all employment and social security powers to the Scottish Parliament, in order that it may take the further steps needed to make workplaces fairer, including through payment of the real Living Wage, and to establish a Minimum Income Guarantee, so that everyone has enough income to live a dignified life, and calls on the UK Government to match the ambition of the Scottish Parliament to eradicate child poverty.
5:00pm – Decision Time
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