This is the list of documents available for the submission Emergency motion by Councillor Richard Bell:- "Council welcomes the publication of the Scottish Government's Programme for Government, Ambitious for Scotland. The PfG seeks to deliver tangible improvements in the lives of our people and creating new opportunities for all to succeed by focusing on eradicating child poverty; growing the economy; tackling the climate emergency and delivering a stronger NHS and public services. Council supports the aims of eradicating child poverty and supporting families with the cost of living; recognises the ambition to go further by transforming the childcare offer for families, delivering a £2 bus fare cap across all of Scotland, and investing record public sector funding in affordable housing; welcomes the focus on ensuring support for families is integrated, person-centred and accessible, including through delivery of the £20 million Whole Family Support Third Sector Fund; supports the commitment to build on action set out in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan for 2026-31, which is estimated to keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty this year. Council further welcomes its aims for a strong and sustainable economy; welcomes the commitment to deliver economic growth and make Scotland the best place to invest and do business; recognises that raising living standards through supporting the creation of more good, secure and well-paid jobs, can help generate the resources needed to invest in high-quality public services; and welcomes continued investment in infrastructure, connectivity and innovation so that more opportunities can be realised in Scotland. Council knows that Glasgow will have a huge part to play in ensuring that our economy, climate and all communities benefit from a green industrial transition, through decarbonising heat in buildings by 2045; introducing a Heat in Buildings Bill, while also supporting clean heating and energy efficiency measures for around 100,000 properties in Scotland, enabling the scale up of heat networks; and by investing in a transport network that is more resilient. Council also realises that no problem in Scotland is solved by one public body, or one policy choice, and supports the aim to simplify the public sector landscape to best deliver for the people of Scotland, and welcomes the opportunity for dialogue over the coming months with SG and other partners about the reform of local government. While there is much in the PfG to commend, Council notes that the seriousness of the housing emergency is not as acutely addressed as we believe it should be. While we welcome a wider move towards prevention instead of crisis management; it is undeniable that we are currently still in a crisis which requires an ongoing emergency response, including additional funding provided to support the impact of Scottish Government policy on Glasgow. Council also acknowledges that Glasgow City Council, along with our cities other elected representatives, needs reassurance that the Scottish Government can go as far as it can in this Programme for Government to help Glasgow help Scotland meet these ambitions. Council therefore asks that the Chief Executive write to relevant Ministers to ask them that they continue the work being undertaken already between GCC Officers and SG Civil Servants and: - Ensure that funding for the 110,000 affordable homes due to be delivered by 2032 is allocated by need and not divided equally among 32 Local Authorities, recognising Glasgow's particular circumstances but also particular ability to deliver compact urban growth, local living and rebalanced development. - Go further than simply supporting progress on Clyde Metro proposals and recognise the strategic regional and national imperative for a link between central Glasgow and Glasgow Airport, via the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, GRID, Renfrew and the AMID. - Acknowledge the significant work already undertaken by Glasgow City Region in advancing the next stage of regional devolution during the upcoming dialogue on local government reform, and ensure that it can act as a pathfinder for devolution of economic development, transport, planning and skills powers to help the Scottish Government deliver their ambitious agenda.".

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