powers to the Scottish Parliament offers the chance to take policy in a new, innovative and progressive,With the devolution of a range of new powers to the Scottish Parliament, we believe there exists an opportunity,food bank support in Scotland.,only through the running of food banks.,pioneer new human rights-based approaches to policy making.

services and support from food banks[vi].,[ix] A particularly concerning development was the return of food to food banks by families who could,[xix] Policy in Scotland has not always picked this up e.g. the consultation on “Good Food Nation” published,default/files/uploads/CPAG-David-Webster-submission-Oakley-review-Jan-14_0.pdf [vi] http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy,/briefings-consultation-responses/independent-review-of-jobseekers-allowance-sanctions/ [vii] http://

We would ask the Scottish Parliament to respond to our concerns on this matter.,; http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog/2014/06/welfare-reform-a-significant-cause-of-rise-in-food-banks,[ii] http://www.oxfam.org.uk/scotland/blog/2014/06/welfare-reform-a-significant-cause-of-rise-in-food-banks,vii] Engender briefing on Welfare Reform debate, August 2014 [viii] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland,xii] http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy/research/scvo-welfare-reform-mapping-report/ [xiii

They cannot afford food – in some cases they cannot afford to heat up food they get from food banks[vii,]. 23,000 people have visited food banks in Scotland over the last 6 months[viii].,In previous briefings to the Scottish Parliament, SCVO and its campaign partners along with other third,/uploads/attachment/403/counting-the-cuts.pdf http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy/briefings-consultation-responses,– GCPH, 2013 http://www.scvo.scot/news-campaigns-and-policy/briefings-consultation-responses/parliamentary-debate-the-impact-of-welfare-reform

on food banks in Scotland and across the UK; considers that it is not only the unemployed, but also,SCVO briefing SCVO has provided the following briefing to MSPs in advance of Mr McMillan’s planned debate,on the growth of food banks in Scotland on Thursday.,We welcome this debate and share the concern of many MSPs about the growth of food banks in Scotland,Third sector organisations across Scotland are responding this week to the consultation about draft legislation

The people affected by these changes are the very people that our sector works with every day – at food-banks,So it is important that tax policy here in Scotland – and globally through, for example, the ‘Robin Hood,[xxv] Carers Legislation – Consultation on Proposals – January 2014, Scottish Government (2014), p2.,[xxxvi] See, for example, Scotland’s Economic Future Post-2014 Submission to the Scottish Government,[xlvii] Evidence submitted to the Scottish Parliament's Expert Working Group on Welfare, Miller, (2013