Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 02 March 2016
02 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Alternative Care Providers (Maintenance of Frontline Support)
Health, Wellbeing and Sport
I thank the minister for that response. Is he aware that the Scottish National Party’s council budget in Clackmannanshire has imposed across-the-board cuts of 7.1 per cent cash—or 8.4 per cent in real terms—on third-sector providers including the Scottish Association for Mental Health and many children’s organisations? That comes at a time when those organisations have been asked to pay a living wage and to implement employers’ pension contributions of at least 2 per cent. Does not that fly in the face of the Government’s stated commitment to the health and wellbeing of children and young people?
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9. Jayne Baxter (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Lab
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that front-line patient and carer support from alternative care providers can be maintained, in the light o...
The Minister for Sport, Health Improvement and Mental Health (Jamie Hepburn)
SNP
Integration of health and social care is one of Scotland’s major programmes of reform. At its heart, health and social care integration is about ensuring tha...
Jayne Baxter
Lab
I thank the minister for that response. Is he aware that the Scottish National Party’s council budget in Clackmannanshire has imposed across-the-board cuts o...
Jamie Hepburn
SNP
No, I do not think that it does. This Government has a strong record on commitment to children and young people. I note that the original question related to...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
Lab
Before we move on, I say that I am afraid that we will not make much further progress unless questions and answers are much briefer.