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Health and Sport Committee 15 March 2016 : 15 March 2016

Good morning. My question is about what you said in answer to Mike MacKenzie’s question about planning. I worry that planners perhaps do not have the necessary un...

Meeting of the Parliament 15 March 2016 : 15 March 2016

Thank you very much indeed, Presiding Officer.

Meeting of the Parliament 15 March 2016 : 15 March 2016

It was a very strong rope—and it was not held by Christine Grahame. [Laughter.]

Meeting of the Parliament 15 March 2016 : 15 March 2016

I thank the minister for clarifying the position.

Public Audit Committee 09 March 2016 : 09 March 2016

Quite a lot of what I had noted down has been mentioned in the first part of Nigel Don’s questioning. Having come from a local authority into Parliament, my exper...

Public Audit Committee 09 March 2016 : 09 March 2016

We cannot legislate for common sense.

Public Audit Committee 09 March 2016 : 09 March 2016

I thank the convener for his comments. I totally agree with the comments about the Auditor General and the support staff as well as, of course, those about my fel...

Public Audit Committee 24 February 2016 : 24 February 2016

Good morning, Mr Gray. Something that you said earlier about the method for financing the contracts and the like got me animated in my thinking, if you like, particularly on optimism bias an...

Public Audit Committee 24 February 2016 : 24 February 2016

How confident are we that the people who are in place from procurement to management and the gateway reviews are the right people to be doing those jobs? You talked about how carefully issue...

Health and Sport Committee 23 February 2016 : 23 February 2016

I am the MSP for Edinburgh Western.