Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 23 March 2016
23 Mar 2016 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Anti-Poverty Initiatives (Glasgow)
Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports anti-poverty initiatives in Glasgow. (S4O-05698)
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3. Bob Doris (Glasgow) (SNP)
SNP
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports anti-poverty initiatives in Glasgow. (S4O-05698)
The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights (Alex Neil)
SNP
We fund a number of organisations to deliver anti-poverty initiatives in Glasgow. Those include advice services delivered by Macmillan Cancer Support, the ci...
Bob Doris
SNP
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Alex Neil
SNP
For a family with two children, the maternity and early years allowance means £1,900-worth of support over the children’s early years, compared with the £500...
Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (Lab)
Lab
I had thought that Mr Doris might declare an interest, given the recent happy birth of his son Cameron. I congratulate him and Mrs Doris on that. Does the c...
Alex Neil
SNP
The overall cut to the local government budget is less than 1 per cent of the total revenue expenditure after taking account of the additional money that is ...