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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

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 26 December 2024
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Building Safety

Meeting date: 30 May 2023

Miles Briggs

That is helpful. It is important to understand where liability lies and to take into account companies merging and things like that. Of the 105 buildings, you do not have a linked builder for half. Is that correct?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Building Safety

Meeting date: 30 May 2023

Miles Briggs

Okay. I think that the committee would like to be kept up to date on that. There has been a lot of secrecy around this. We understand the situation that home owners are in, and having more public accountability and information is really important.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Building Safety

Meeting date: 30 May 2023

Miles Briggs

The greatest concern is about who has professional capacity and how it can be maximised at pace. That is a potential solution.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Building Safety

Meeting date: 30 May 2023

Miles Briggs

The convener is waggling her pen—

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Building Safety

Meeting date: 30 May 2023

Miles Briggs

I think that she was waggling it at me, minister.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Miles Briggs

Sure.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Miles Briggs

In relation to other models around the world, have we missed an opportunity to look at, for example, the national health service? I know people here, in my region and in Edinburgh, who have not gone back to work because the childcare offering is just not effective for them due to the time that it takes to cross the city and the lack of flexibility, sometimes, in NHS shift patterns.

Do we need to look at public services? Since we are trying to achieve a few outcomes—not only providing the opportunity for childcare but also getting people to come back to work in our public services, with the workforce challenges there—why have we not looked at the NHS providing that in-house opportunity to actually cater for real-life experiences?

Does anybody want to tackle this question?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Miles Briggs

Does anyone else want to add anything?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Miles Briggs

I have no more questions on this issue, but I may come back in later.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Child Poverty and Parental Employment

Meeting date: 25 May 2023

Miles Briggs

Some of my questions have already been answered, but I want to ask a few further questions on the topic of eligibility. How can we avoid income thresholds becoming a disincentive for parents to increase their earnings? Do you have any views on that specifically?

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