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The minister for children and young people Maree Todd takes listeners' calls on childcare.

Maree Todd, the minister for children and young people, takes listeners' calls on childcare. Call: 0808 5 92 95 00. Text: 80295.

It's your chance again to 'Ask the Minister'.
The Scottish Government has committed to increasing the number of funded pre-school places for three and four year olds, and some two year olds, from the current 600 hours a year to 11,040 by August 2020 but there have been concerns about how that is going to be delivered .
Maree Todd, The Minister for Children & Young People, takes your calls on childcare.

Also on the show...

TRAVELLING TO THE UAE
A Briton jailed for life for spying in the United Arab Emirates pleaded guilty when he was confronted with "compelling" evidence, prosecutors say.   Matthew Hedges, 31, always said he was innocent and had been researching the country's security strategy for a PhD.   The organisation 'Detained in Dubai' say they have dealt with in excess of 10,000 human rights violation cases that have occurred in the UAE over the past decade.
Would you still travel to the UAE?

EILIDH MCLEOD TRUST
We speak to Suzanne White who set up a trust in memory of Barra Schoolgirl Eilidh McLeod who was killed in the Manchester Bombing.

KIDS MENUS
Is it time to scrap the kid's menu?  Food Standards Scotland say that the commonplace practice of providing separate children's menus leads to youngsters consuming more ice cream, breaded chicken, chips and burgers than the adults they are with.  And that, if they were abolished, kids would be "exposed" to a wider range of "food experiences."

GREEN DEAL 
We hear from 65 year old Irene Harris from Kilmarnock who was left with £16,500 bill after signing up to a rogue energy company.  Kate Morrison is a Spokesperson for Citizens Advice Scotland.

HEALTH SURGERY 
In this week's health surgery we are focusing on gender dysphoria in Children.  Sarah Clarke is a child psychotherapist, Michelle Bridgman is a psychotherapist and gender identity consultant and Dean Coyle started transitioning when he was around 15 years old.

BLACK FRIDAY 
Black Friday is almost among us - but is it all it’s cracked up to be?  Rachel Jones is from SnapDragon, Louise Blain is a Games Critic & Youtube Producer for Dialect Inc and Marie Moser is the owner of The Edinburgh Bookshop.

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