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Official Report Meeting date: 16 September 2003

Audit Committee, 16 Sep 2003

It is not easy, especially with something new, but this is not new; we have experience from last time.

Official Report Meeting date: 8 December 2010

Local Government and Communities Committee 08 December 2010

The bill makes provision for the financial settlement to be improved to allow for the new responsibilities. Do you want to say a bit about how that arrangement was arrived at?

Official Report Meeting date: 7 December 2010

Public Petitions Committee 07 December 2010

Access to Justice (Environment) (PE1372) We have seven new petitions to consider this afternoon.

Official Report Meeting date: 11 March 2010

Meeting of the Parliament 11 March 2010

Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament agrees with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning that “choice and diversity are the hallmarks of a mature and confident society” in the provision of state-funded education and that it is now time to explore alternative models for delivery of school education with a view to empowering head teachers, raising standards and increasing parental choice; welcomes the community trust model for schools put forward by East Lothian Council as worthy of further examination and believes that this and other models to be found elsewhere in Europe should be the subject of detailed consideration and debate; recognises that Scottish education is generally of good quality with many important strengths; believes that any alternative models that are considered should build on these strengths and preclude academic selection as a legitimate criterion for school entry, and calls on the Scottish Government to publish an options paper on models of school organisation to facilitate this; believes that any changes to the model of school organisation should be motivated by raising attainment and improving pupil outcomes rather than profit and dogma; recognises the benefits of greater community and parental involvement in the management of schools; notes that the implementation of a new...

Official Report Meeting date: 24 February 2010

Meeting of the Parliament 24 February 2010

Other than the influence of her name and office, what was she giving to the court that could save a twice-convicted serious offender from getting what most people would regard as his just deserts? What new and compelling information was she providing that might affect Abdul Rauf’s sentence that could not have been conveyed by the silver tongue of Mr Rauf’s ...

Official Report Meeting date: 15 January 2009

Plenary, 15 Jan 2009

Resolved, That the Parliament notes the Scottish Government's choice of conventional capital funding for construction of the Forth Replacement Crossing and welcomes the fact that Scotland's biggest infrastructure project for a generation will be delivered without the need for tolls, and calls on the Scottish and UK governments to work together to ensure that the new crossing is delivered at the earliest possible opportunity.

Official Report Meeting date: 23 January 2008

Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee, 23 Jan 2008

Of course, the Government might have to introduce other policy instruments to bring that about.It is for ministers to decide whether the level and quality of information is such that the Government needs to commission new research or simply continue collating the information while finding a way of presenting it accurately.

Official Report Meeting date: 20 December 2007

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