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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
Neil, Alex SNP Airdrie and Shotts Watch on SPTV

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 being put into social care, so there will be no excuse for Labour-controlled Glasgow City Council to make Glasgow a less fair city than it is.

In the same item of business

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
I hope that the new maternity and early years allowance that the Scottish Government is rolling out will help some of the poorest families in the communities...
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 ...