This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
At the moment, for example, Scottish MPs are examining the new deal. I know that Mr Salmond will join me in rejoicing at the fact that, during the past 18 months, youth unemployment in Scotland has been cut by 59 per cent, which is excellent.
There is concern about the proposal to confer a new power on Scottish ministers to make remedial orders and about the consequential lack of opportunity to amend the orders.
Many of those regulations provide more detail on how some provisions of the act should operate in practice.The 2003 act provided for a limited number of regulations to be made under the affirmative procedure, such as those that appear on the agenda today. In general, they will make new provisions on specific matters, such as the cross-border transfer of pat...
Last week, the First Minister asked all members of the Scottish Parliament to mark the opening of this fabulous new Parliament building by raising our game.
If it were acceptable to them, they could come in and give the committee joint comments, as new petitioners and as petitioners from whom we have heard in the past.
Have you conducted any negotiations about renting the current premises in parallel with the new project? No. However, we have prudently budgeted for retaining the premises for some time.