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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 4 April 2025
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Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Thanks. We will now move on to theme 6, which is delivery models. I will reach out to each of you and ask: how should the partner provider model develop as funded childcare is due to expand? I will bring Matthew Sweeney in first.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Thank you. I will bring in Graeme McAlister, as he has his hand up, and Gordon MacDonald will come in after that.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Thanks. That concludes our session. Irene, I add a welcome to your cat, who joined us on screen and was a welcome addition to the evidence session.

I thank the witnesses for the evidence that they have given today. In two weeks’ time, we will hold a further evidence session on childcare, with a focus on the delivery of services.

We now move into private session to consider the remaining items on the agenda.

10:52 Meeting continued in private until 11:09.  

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Irene Audain, would you like to come in?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Thank you very much. I call Katy Clark.

10:00  

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

I will bring in Gordon MacDonald again, and then we will move on to the next theme, with questions from Katy Clark.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Our next item of business is consideration of the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2023. The instrument makes amendments to the Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Consolidation and Amendment Order 2003, to update the qualifying benefits that are listed in the order. Entitlement to one or more of those qualifying benefits is one condition that is used to determine whether a resident is disregarded for the purposes of a council tax discount. The order also clarifies how the changing entitlement to disregard—because of having an award of universal credit—is to be applied to the case of a person who is currently disregarded on the basis of universal credit.

The instrument Is laid under the negative procedure, which means that its provisions will come into force unless the Parliament agrees to a motion to annul it. No motion to annul the instrument has been lodged.

As members have no comments to make on the instrument, I?invite the committee to agree that it does not wish to make any recommendations in relation to the regulations. Do members agree to note the instrument?

Members indicated agreement.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Miles Briggs, do you have any further questions?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

We move to theme 4, which is the childcare workforce. We have some questions from James Dornan, who is joining us online.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Collette Stevenson

Miles Briggs has a supplementary question.