Official Report: search what was said in Parliament
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.
Searching by different views
The web version of the Official Report has three different views:
- Report: this is the whole Official Report for a particular meeting of a committee or Parliament
- Item of business: this is each individual agenda item in an Official Report. For example, Portfolio Questions would be the item of business in a Meeting of the Parliament report
- Contribution: this is each time someone has made a spoken contribution to a meeting.
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.
Search by MSP
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.
Searching by keyword
There are two types of keyword search:
- A keyword search without quotation marks will look for every instance of each word used and rank the results by frequency and proximity. It will also include variants of the keywords using “porter stemming”. This is when the search looks for the “stem” of a word regardless of its ending. So, for example, a search for [salmon farm] will return each instance of “salmon” and each instance of “farm” as well as potentially including results for “farms”, “farmed” and “farming”.
- A keyword search with quotation marks will only return instances of that exact phrase used. So, for example, a search for “salmon farm” in quotation marks will only return instances of that exact phrase.
Combining search filters
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.
More complex keyword searches
It’s also possible to run basic Boolean searches. For example:
- a search for “salmon farm” AND “Loch Lomond” will return only results which include both exact phrases
- a search for “salmon farm” NOT “Loch Lomond” will return results for “salmon farm” but exclude results which also include “Loch Lomond”
- a search for “salmon farm” OR “Loch Lomond” will return all results for “salmon farm” and all results for “Loch Lomond” regardless of whether they appear together
Searching by date
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:
- Current session (all Official Reports since the current sessions started)
- Last 6 months
- Last 12 months
- each of the previous sessions of Parliament. (Selecting the information icon above the “Select a time period” menu will give you the exact dates for each session.)
- All sessions
- You can also choose to select a custom date range, although adding a Start or End date will mean the search automatically defaults to this option.
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.
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Meeting of the Parliament
Portfolio Question Time
Meeting date: 27 February 2025
Clare Haughey
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the rise in employer national insurance contributions on local authority partnership early learning and childcare settings. (S6O-04377)
Meeting of the Parliament
Portfolio Question Time
Meeting date: 27 February 2025
Clare Haughey
A partnership nursery in my Rutherglen constituency has estimated that the impact of changes to national insurance, coupled with wage rises that its staff deserve, will cost approximately £2,500 per employee. Does the minister agree that it is deeply regrettable that the Labour UK Government voted specifically to exclude an exemption from the rise in employer national insurance contributions for early learning and childcare settings—thereby adding significantly to their costs—especially given their vital contribution to the education of Scotland’s children?
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
The result of the division is: For 5, Against 5, Abstentions 0.
As there is a tie, I must exercise a casting vote. My casting vote is to vote against amendment 117.
Amendment 117 disagreed to.
Amendments 42 and 43 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Amendment 118 not moved.
Amendment 119 moved—[Gillian Mackay].
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
The result of the division is: For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0.
Amendment 96 disagreed to.
Amendment 15 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 14—Complaints service
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee [Draft]
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
The result of the division is: For 3, Against 7, Abstentions 0.
Amendment 99 disagreed to.
Amendment 17 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 16—Directions to care boards
Amendment 18 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 17—Removal of care board members
Amendment 19 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 18—Transfer of care board’s functions in an emergency
Amendment 20 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 19—Transfer of care board’s functions due to service failure
Amendment 21 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 20—Emergency intervention order
Amendment 22 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 21—Application for emergency intervention order
Amendment 23 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 22—Variation and revocation of emergency intervention order
Amendment 24 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 23—Research
Amendment 25 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 24—Training
Amendment 26 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 25—Support for other activities
Amendment 27 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 26—Compulsory purchase
Amendment 28 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 27—Power to transfer functions from local authorities
Amendment 29 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Schedule 3—Enactments giving rise to transferable local authority functions
Amendment 30 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 28—Power to bring aspects of healthcare into the National Care Service
Amendment 31 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 29—Power to re-organise the National Care Service
Amendment 32 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 30—Consultation before bringing children’s and justice services into the National Care Service
Amendment 33 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 31—Transfers of staff
Amendment 34 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 32—Transfers of property and liabilities etc
Amendment 35 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 33—Interpretation of expressions about functional transfers
Amendment 36 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 34—Consequential modifications
Amendment 37 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Schedule 4—Modifications in connection with Part 1
Amendment 38 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 35—Interpretation of Part 1
Amendment 39 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
After section 35
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
Amendment 123, in the name of Brian Whittle, is grouped with amendments 125, 134, 135, 138 to 141, 148, 155, 156, and 159.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
The result of the division is: For 3, Against 7, Abstentions 0.
Amendment 99 disagreed to.
Amendment 17 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 16—Directions to care boards
Amendment 18 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 17—Removal of care board members
Amendment 19 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 18—Transfer of care board’s functions in an emergency
Amendment 20 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 19—Transfer of care board’s functions due to service failure
Amendment 21 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 20—Emergency intervention order
Amendment 22 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 21—Application for emergency intervention order
Amendment 23 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 22—Variation and revocation of emergency intervention order
Amendment 24 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 23—Research
Amendment 25 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 24—Training
Amendment 26 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 25—Support for other activities
Amendment 27 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 26—Compulsory purchase
Amendment 28 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 27—Power to transfer functions from local authorities
Amendment 29 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Schedule 3—Enactments giving rise to transferable local authority functions
Amendment 30 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 28—Power to bring aspects of healthcare into the National Care Service
Amendment 31 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 29—Power to re-organise the National Care Service
Amendment 32 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 30—Consultation before bringing children’s and justice services into the National Care Service
Amendment 33 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 31—Transfers of staff
Amendment 34 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 32—Transfers of property and liabilities etc
Amendment 35 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 33—Interpretation of expressions about functional transfers
Amendment 36 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 34—Consequential modifications
Amendment 37 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Schedule 4—Modifications in connection with Part 1
Amendment 38 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 35—Interpretation of Part 1
Amendment 39 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
After section 35
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
The result of the division is: For 2, Against 8, Abstentions 0.
Amendment 96 disagreed to.
Amendment 15 moved—[Maree Todd]—and agreed to.
Section 14—Complaints service
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
The question is, that amendment 128 be agreed to. Are we agreed?
Members: No.
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Meeting date: 25 February 2025
Clare Haughey
The result of the division is: For 2, Against 5, Abstentions 3.
Amendment 128 disagreed to.
