The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.
The Official Report search offers lots of different ways to find the information you’re looking for. The search is used as a professional tool by researchers and third-party organisations. It is also used by members of the public who may have less parliamentary awareness. This means it needs to provide the ability to run complex searches, and the ability to browse reports or perform a simple keyword search.
The web version of the Official Report has three different views:
Depending on the kind of search you want to do, one of these views will be the best option. The default view is to show the report for each meeting of Parliament or a committee. For a simple keyword search, the results will be shown by item of business.
When you choose to search by a particular MSP, the results returned will show each spoken contribution in Parliament or a committee, ordered by date with the most recent contributions first. This will usually return a lot of results, but you can refine your search by keyword, date and/or by meeting (committee or Chamber business).
We’ve chosen to display the entirety of each MSP’s contribution in the search results. This is intended to reduce the number of times that users need to click into an actual report to get the information that they’re looking for, but in some cases it can lead to very short contributions (“Yes.”) or very long ones (Ministerial statements, for example.) We’ll keep this under review and get feedback from users on whether this approach best meets their needs.
There are two types of keyword search:
If you select an MSP’s name from the dropdown menu, and add a phrase in quotation marks to the keyword field, then the search will return only examples of when the MSP said those exact words. You can further refine this search by adding a date range or selecting a particular committee or Meeting of the Parliament.
It’s also possible to run basic Boolean searches. For example:
There are two ways of searching by date.
You can either use the Start date and End date options to run a search across a particular date range. For example, you may know that a particular subject was discussed at some point in the last few weeks and choose a date range to reflect that.
Alternatively, you can use one of the pre-defined date ranges under “Select a time period”. These are:
If you search by an individual session, the list of MSPs and committees will automatically update to show only the MSPs and committees which were current during that session. For example, if you select Session 1 you will be show a list of MSPs and committees from Session 1.
If you add a custom date range which crosses more than one session of Parliament, the lists of MSPs and committees will update to show the information that was current at that time.
All Official Reports of meetings in the Debating Chamber of the Scottish Parliament.
All Official Reports of public meetings of committees.
Displaying 1481 contributions
Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: 20 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
I fully support the First Minister’s stance regarding nuclear power. Has any MSP ever written to the Scottish Government to propose or support the building of nuclear power stations in their communities in areas that they represent?
Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: 20 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
Given the delays in the UK Government providing clarity on consequentials, can the minister provide further information regarding the impact that that has had on planning for the Scottish Government? Can he advise what steps the next UK Government could take to avoid the same problems occurring in the future?
Meeting of the Parliament
Meeting date: 19 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
We know that restoring damaged peatland is a cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions in Scotland. Earlier this month, we celebrated over 10,000 hectares of damaged peatland restoration. However, although the UK Government continues to benefit from Scotland’s peatland and forestry potential, the weight of that work still falls on Scotland. Does the cabinet secretary agree that it is only right and fair that the UK Government should contribute towards a fair funding agreement in that area?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 18 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
So you do not think that that would be fair.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 18 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
I do not mean to put words in your mouth, and you will correct me if I am wrong, but you do not see there being an issue in principle with small diversifications, depending on what they are, but you would have an issue with big diversifications.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 18 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
As long as it does not harm the land at the end of the day, of course.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 18 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
I have two quick questions, as I notice that the time is getting past us. What are your views on the provisions for compensation payments when improvements have been made and the tenancy comes to an end? Are they clear enough? If not, how can they be improved?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 18 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
Okay. If a tenant farmer is making improvements to the land before a tenancy ends, should that be considered with the rent?
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 18 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
Thank you.
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Meeting date: 18 June 2024
Jackie Dunbar
My second question is about the proposals on diversification and their operation. Are they sufficiently clear?