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Meeting of the Parliament 18 December 2025 [Draft]

18 Dec 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Temporary Accommodation and Homelessness (Support for Local Authorities)
Social Justice and Housing
McAllan, Màiri SNP Clydesdale Watch on SPTV

Rona Mackay is absolutely right to mention the new prevention duties. I have focused a lot of my answers on the work of the housing emergency action plan, which was published at the start of September, and, of course, the Parliament passed the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 at the end of September. That contained what can be gold-standard homelessness prevention duties, which we have developed alongside experts such as Crisis. To ensure that the duties can have the effect that we know that they can, we are investing an additional £4 million this year in pilots to work out exactly how the prevention duties can best function and can best begin supporting people to avoid homelessness.

In the same item of business

6. Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) SNP
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local authorities, such as East Dunbartonshire Council, to reduce the use of temporary accommodation and ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing (Màiri McAllan) SNP
The best way to reduce the need for temporary accommodation is to help people to stay in their homes in the first place; namely, to prevent homelessness in t...
Rona Mackay SNP
East Dunbartonshire Council is working hard to reduce the use of temporary accommodation, but prevention is the key. Will the cabinet secretary outline how t...
Màiri McAllan SNP
Rona Mackay is absolutely right to mention the new prevention duties. I have focused a lot of my answers on the work of the housing emergency action plan, wh...
Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (LD) LD
The reason why East Dunbartonshire Council is having to put people in hotels or bed and breakfasts is that it has access to only 50 council-owned temporary p...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
Always speak through the chair.
Màiri McAllan SNP
What I have to say to them is that every effort that I have made since becoming housing secretary has been put into ending children living in unsuitable acco...