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.
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Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 18 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
Oh!
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 18 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
I ask Caroline Lamb whether she can explain the reasons why patients are struggling to access GPs and why they are less satisfied with GP services relative to 2017-18.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 18 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
Presumably, that is about increased pressure, with the older demographic increasing. The committee has also heard about the impact of waiting lists for secondary care. I am also interested in the plans that are in place to improve the public’s understanding of the changes to the way that services are provided, which we have also spoken about.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 18 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
That is a really interesting prospect. I have not yet had a chance to read yesterday’s report.
I have a final question. From what you have said already, I wonder whether there is any intention to consider incorporating, for example, mental health issues or adverse childhood experiences in the future, or is the approach more about directing the service to areas of deprivation, where perhaps those issues are more likely or more common?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 3 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
Sorry, convener. I could not unmute myself.
Given the 5 to 25 per cent chance of a new pandemic that has been mentioned, learning from past experiences will clearly be crucial. I will focus on the planned autumn exercise, which is not that far away. The UK inquiry identified a number of limitations across previous exercises. Can the witnesses detail how this year’s Pegasus exercise will be different from previous exercises, particularly around containment strategies, following up recommendations and addressing the disproportionate impact that falls on vulnerable people and groups that we have already spoken about?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 3 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
The inquiry report also recommended that guidance should be kept in a single UK-wide online archive, which would make it much easier from the sharing and access point of view. What work is under way to develop the UK online archive, and is there an expected timeline for completion?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 3 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
My camera is on.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 3 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
I am wondering how confident you are that those actions and follow-ups will happen, because that has certainly been quite a weakness in the past.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 3 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
Sorry, convener. I could not unmute myself.
We have talked about families and how it is often difficult to get information when patients are very ill, which makes family support all the more important. Often, families will know the individuals best and will have the strongest desire to ensure that their wellbeing is taken care of and that they get home as quickly as possible. Is there a need to formalise family involvement? Could we have structured interviews in which family input is recorded and reviewed? Are there any other suggestions about how we could listen to what families have to say and act on their input?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 3 June 2025
Stephanie Callaghan
That is fine. Thank you, convener. I am aware that the line is quite bad.