Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Virtual) 04 February 2021
04 Feb 2021 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Child Disability Payment (Design and Delivery Plans)
Social Security and Older People
We have a short supplementary question from Jeremy Balfour.
Mr Balfour, I am afraid to say that you are silent. I do not know why but it is not like you. We will move on and, given time, we will try to bring you back in later with your supplementary to question 1.
In the same item of business
1. Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (Ind)
Ind
I note my interest in that I am the parent of a child in receipt of disability living allowance. To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People (Shirley-Anne Somerville)
SNP
The Scottish Government has worked with people who have lived experience of the current social security system since powers over social security were devolve...
Mark McDonald
Ind
I thank the cabinet secretary for her answer and for meeting me prior to the pandemic to discuss these matters. The cabinet secretary will know from the corr...
Shirley-Anne Somerville
SNP
I assure Mark McDonald that we are taking the issue very seriously. I know that the issue causes great concern to many parents and young people themselves, a...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
We have a short supplementary question from Jeremy Balfour. Mr Balfour, I am afraid to say that you are silent. I do not know why but it is not like you. We...