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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 17 August 2025
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Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 8 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

Energy Action Scotland’s written submission notes that the winter heating payment

“provides less impact on fuel poverty than the benefit it replaces”.

In addition to what you have said about the geographical impacts, Frazer, can you expand on that point so that we have an understanding of the gaps in addressing fuel poverty that this version of the payment creates?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 8 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

I appreciate that.

I have a quick question for Mark Simpson on the same theme. In your response, and again a few moments ago, you noted that there needs to be a review of the fuel payment infrastructure in Scotland. Have you discussed that with the Scottish Government, and can you comment on whether it is likely to—or wants to—do that?

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 8 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

You say that Social Security Scotland would need to go back to the DWP. I understand that, if it does that in one week, it gets the data from that week and that is it. However, if the mechanism is there to get that data once, surely it would not be administratively burdensome to get that data several times over a longer period.

Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 8 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

No, I do not think so. I asked about the unreliability of the cold weather, which you touched on. Do you have more to add to that?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Meeting date: 6 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

Good morning, and thank you all for the information that you have provided so far.

During the pandemic, a number of things had to be paused, and you did some work on the Covid inquiry. In your view, do the terms of reference, which have been updated as a result of Lady Poole’s resignation, now take account of human rights? Do you expect that the inquiry will be framed by that, and can the committee or parliamentarians do anything to ensure that that is the case?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Meeting date: 6 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

Do you have a view about what that would look like?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Meeting date: 6 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

I have one further question about staffing and resources. In your opening statement, you mentioned that you are a “lean” organisation and you said that you hope to build up to having 14.5 members of staff during the coming year. We will talk more about the incorporation of the new human rights bill, but if that was required, do you think that you would need to exceed that number of staff for further incorporation, and do you have a sense of why you are leaner? Are you proportionately leaner, or do you have less resource and staff?

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Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Meeting date: 6 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

What is your view on the Scottish Government’s response to the recommendations?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Meeting date: 6 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

Do you think that the inquiry will take your advice on that? Do you intend to give it advice to do that, or do you know how it will approach it?

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Meeting date: 6 December 2022

Pam Duncan-Glancy

Do you have a sense of the reason for that increase?