Meetings with Scottish Government Ministers

Meetings with Scottish Government Ministers

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MACS met:

  • Ministers for Transport, Graeme Dey and Jenny Gilruth
  • Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants Rights, Patrick Harvie
  • Minister for Social Security, Ben McPherson
  • Minister for Equalities and Older People, Christina McKelvie
  • Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Authorities, Shona Robison

The meetings were about:

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  • making sure that disabled people and older people help to design their communities
  • the Fair Fares Review and the concessionary travel scheme
  • making sure our islands:
  • have lifeline services
  • have better pavements for walking and wheeling
  • making sure disabled people are more involved in active travel programmes
  • using the active travel budget to make pavements and public spaces more accessible
  • Motability value for money, looking at its grants scheme and the new Accessible Vehicles and Equipment Scheme
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The actions from these meetings

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The Minister for Transport – who was Graeme Dey at this time – asked the Committee about using funds in a different way.

The Minister for Social Security and Local Government said that it might be good for MACS to:

  • talk with the Minister for Disabled People in the UK Government
  • write to the Social Security and Justice Committee

He also said he will talk to Motability about MACS worries about:

  • the grants scheme
  • the rebate scheme
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The Minister for Equalities and Older People said she would talk to her officers.

She will ask them how companies are chosen to do Equality Impact Assessments.

She also said she would get a written update to MACS about the Equality Data Improvement Project (EDIP).

MACS met with the Cabinet Secretary. They talked about:

  • the 20-Minute Neighbourhood work
  • the review of the Public Sector Equality Duty

 

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