Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 25 March 2026 [Draft]
25 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026 to 2031
As this is the last time that I will speak in the Parliament, I thank all my colleagues for all the help and support that they have given me in the past five years. It was an honour to serve as an MSP.
Given that the City of Edinburgh Council housed 42 per cent of Scotland’s children who live in temporary accommodation in 2025 and given that rough sleeping has doubled in three years, what action is being taken urgently to eradicate child homelessness and poverty in Lothian and nationwide?
In the same item of business
1. Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Ind)
Ind
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that it is not currently on track to meet its target to reduce child poverty to less than 10 per cent by ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice (Shirley-Anne Somerville)
SNP
The tackling child poverty delivery plan, which was published earlier this month, commits to concrete action for the year ahead. That includes helping parent...
Foysol Choudhury
Ind
As this is the last time that I will speak in the Parliament, I thank all my colleagues for all the help and support that they have given me in the past five...
Shirley-Anne Somerville
SNP
Between the work that is outlined in the tackling child poverty delivery plan and the work that my colleague Ms McAllan has been doing on the housing emergen...
Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)
SNP
I welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to tackling child poverty and its investment through the whole family support third sector delivery fund. Will...
Shirley-Anne Somerville
SNP
It is important that we learn from the good practice that is happening across Scotland. Emma Harper rightly pointed to some examples in her area of how impor...