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The board of St Mary's is committed to the principles outlined in the foreword of "Improving our Schools", the consultation document on the improvement in Scottish education bill: to raise standards; to be responsive to local needs; to"give every child the best start in life so that they can have the best opportunity for life";to involve parents and the local community in the school; and to aim for "excellence in schools and never accept second best."
The same applies in Edinburgh, in East Kilbride and elsewhere.I presume that, when Mr Swinney visits those hospitals around Scotland, he does not see improvements such as those highlighted in the news this week.
I hope to conclude questioning of the minister by 12 noon, at the latest. Minister, would you like to make a statement or shall we move straight to questions?
New Opportunities Fund To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the out-of-schools learning funding under the New Opportunities Fund will be allocated to Scotland.
In the recent Scottish Television poll, two thirds of respondents did not feel that the Executive's latest proposals went far enough. We said that we would be a listening Parliament, but it is no use our simply listening and not acting.