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Official Report Meeting date: 8 September 2009

Finance Committee, 08 Sep 2009

I know that there is a difference of opinion on that, but it is perhaps best to accept that we will always have differences of opinion.

Official Report Meeting date: 16 June 2009

Public Petitions Committee, 16 Jun 2009

I think that I am right in saying that such issues are arising in many places, so it is perhaps best that the petition is considered as part of a wider inquiry, if the Local Government and Communities Committee intends to do that for PE1231.

Official Report Meeting date: 4 November 2008

Public Petitions Committee, 04 Nov 2008

Is sending the petition to the Health and Sport Committee the best that we can do, or should we, in parallel, run the petition past the Government?

Official Report Meeting date: 30 October 2008

Plenary, 30 Oct 2008

It seems entirely reasonable that the job of the First Minister of Scotland—and, I hope, the job of the entire Parliament—is to defend the Scottish interest as best we can, whatever the circumstances.

Official Report Meeting date: 27 May 2008

Public Petitions Committee, 27 May 2008

The children's panel is the appropriate place to work out the best thing to do for a young child who has got into serious trouble.

Official Report Meeting date: 25 October 2007

Plenary, 25 Oct 2007

I undertake to ask the appropriate minister to contact the companies concerned to see how the best interests of the south-west of Scotland can be protected.

Official Report Meeting date: 7 May 2008

Plenary, 07 May 2008

Sometimes, the best thing to do is what he has just done—be gracious and accept that what we have announced today is good news for older people throughout Scotland.I remind Richard Simpson that council budgets have increased for this financial year by more than the rate of inflation.

Committee reports Date published: 17 September 2019

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