Topical Questions

Audrey Nicoll S6T-01903 1. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on how women born in the 1950s were affected by increases to the state pension age, and given that women are more likely to live in poverty than men, what assessment it has made of the potential impact that changes to the state pension age have had on the poverty rate among women in Scotland. Roz McCall S6T-01893 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Scotland has become the "worst country in Europe" for unqualified beauticians injecting customers with cosmetic treatments. Katy Clark S6T-01899 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to tackle child poverty.