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One of the earliest policy documents to be produced by the new Scottish Executive was the strategy for carers in Scotland, which was launched in November 1999.
Perhaps it will be 399. A wider concern is to ensure that new efficiencies in procurement do not have a negative effect on economic growth in Scotland.
That the Parliament notes the Procedures Committee's 7th Report, 2005 (Session 2), The Sewel Convention (SP Paper 428); endorses its conclusions and recommendations, and agrees that the changes to Standing Orders set out in Annexe A to the report be made with effect from 30 November 2005, subject to the requirement in new Rule 9B.3.1 applying only in relati...
Therefore, it is important to get on the record exactly what a minister's new amendment means, so that its good sense can be demonstrated, if it has good sense.
The amendments to motion S2M-2240 fall, so the new first question is, that amendment S2M-2241.2, in the name of Kenny MacAskill, which seeks to amend motion S2M-2241, in the name of Hugh Henry, on victims and witnesses, be agreed to.
That is why there has been such a response to the Executive's consultation on a total ban on smoking in public places. You acknowledge that a lot of new evidence is being received, so would it make sense to wait and hear that evidence, which is being received in response to proposals for a total ban?
It is definitely a health issue and I was surprised to hear that it might not come to us. Being new to this game, I was not sure how that would affect progress in this committee.
The regulations before us today will restore that right to parents of children at local authority schools and will introduce a new right for parents of children at independent and grant-aided schools.The Scottish Executive issued guidance to local authorities in March 2002 to assist them in handling requests for access to records during the interim period u...
I am relatively comfortable about doing some work on the legislative timetable because there have been times when we have all been frustrated, particularly at stage 3, when we have had to consider amendments and new measures that have been introduced at that stage.