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Scottish Affairs - First Report

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 12 July 2000.


CONTENTS


Terms of Reference

LIST OF WITNESSES

LIST OF MEMORANDA INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

LIST OF UNPRINTED MEMORANDA

REPORT

1.   INTRODUCTION

2.   DEFINITIONS

3.   THE EXTENT OF POVERTY IN SCOTLAND

Data

4.   THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF POVERTY IN SCOTLAND

Causes

Rural Poverty

Homelessness

Housing

Fuel Poverty

Health Inequalities

Debt

5.   THE UK GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO POVERTY

Child Poverty, Child Care and Lone-Parents

Education and New Community Schools

The Elderly

Disabled People

Working Families' Tax Credit and the Minimum Wage

Minimum Income Standard

New Deal

Job Creation

ONE, the Benefits Agency and the Employment Service

The Poverty Trap

6.   THE ROLE OF BENEFITS

Benefit Increases

Means-Testing

Social Security Innovation

Welfare Rights

Poverty Prevention and Poverty Proofing

7.   THE RESPONSE OF THE SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE

8.   LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR

9.   JOINT WORKING

10.   CONCLUSION

SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE REPORT

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE


 
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