The Facts, Bad Housing and Homelessness for Children and Young People in Scotland 2010

That the Parliament expresses its concern regarding the findings of the report by Shelter, The facts: bad housing and homelessness for children and young people in Scotland 2010; notes that the report reveals that 22,000 children in Scotland are made homeless each year and also highlights the fact that one in 10 children live in fuel poverty; considers that this is a glaring indictment of the housing and fuel poverty programmes of the Scottish Government, and calls on the Scottish Government to take strenuous measures to reverse these trends.