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.
I can confirm that I met with Susan McPhee, Acting Chief Executive of CAS, Yvonne MacDermid, Chief Executive of MAS and Rod Ashley, Chief Executive of Scotwest Credit Union on Tuesday 17 January 2012.
I am sure that everyone will be pleased to note that, in its response to our stage 1 report, the Scottish Government has agreed to remove at stage 2 reference to the expression, "any other clinically significant pathogen found in blood" from the list of notifiable organisms in part 2 of schedule 1 to the bill.
In the immediate wake of the announcement, I also took the opportunity to meet Diageo and visit the key sites in Kilmarnock. Following that meeting, I met East Ayrshire Council representatives, Willie Coffey MSP and Des Browne MP to identify immediate action and address the concerns.
However, Parliament can provide for departures from this rule by conferring an express power to sub-delegate. Section 21(2)(c) of the Bill contains an express power to this effect.
r=11860&c=2140757The Committee questioned the Cabinet Secretary on the views expressed by those giving evidence to the Committee which suggested that SE has not met the economic and social needs of the South.
The answer is that retrospective legislation cannot be done by secondary legislation unless there is an express power, which there is not in this case.
The gifts threshold is dictated by the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006, and is expressed as a percentage of a member’s salary at the start of each parliamentary session.
I recognise the frustration that members are expressing. I know that most members will not be aware of the full context of the matter, because it is a matter of great confidentiality.
Will the First Minister outline how she will support the investigation and what steps she is taking to enhance health and safety at work regulations in Scotland? I take this opportunity to express my deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by what was a very tragic incident and particularly to the family of Pawel Urbanski.
It is, of course, entirely legitimate for Spain to oppose independence for Catalonia, but it is a concern if any state seeks to deny people’s right to democratically express their will. The right of self-determination is an important international principle, and I very much hope that it will be respected in Catalonia and everywhere else.