Motion: Fairer Fife Commission Report, Fairness Matters

Fairer Fife Commission Report, Fairness Matters

Lodged by Jayne Baxter Members' Business Motion 18 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament acknowledges the Fairer Fife Commission report, Fairness Matters, which was launched on 30 November 2015 at the Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy; understands that the commission was established by Fife Council in September 2014 and is independent of the council and its partners; notes that its remit was to take a strategic overview of the scale, scope and nature of poverty in Fife, to review the effectiveness of the activity being carried out to address this and to report with recommendations to the local authority and the Fife Partnership by November 2015; recognises what it sees as Fife Council's commitment to addressing poverty and acknowledges the commissioners and everyone who gave evidence to or participated in the process; commends the recommendation that outcomes should be delivered that will allow residents to be able to live good lives, make choices and reach their full potential and let children be safe, happy and healthy, and acknowledges all of the commission's 40 recommendations for a fairer Fife, which it listed under the headings, ambitious, poverty-free, fair-work, affordable, connected, empowered, skilled and healthier.

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