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Official Report Meeting date: 23 March 2016

Meeting of the Parliament 23 March 2016

I hope that we can develop a strategy specifically for Scotland. 10:26 I congratulate Alex Rowley on securing this important debate and join him in thanking the Fife water safety initiative for its work.

Official Report Meeting date: 18 June 2014

Meeting of the Parliament 18 June 2014

I held similar events with diplomatic representatives in Brussels and London on 26 and 27 November. We know that most Scots are unconvinced about independence and the decision will, after all, be theirs.

Official Report Meeting date: 18 February 2026

Public Audit Committee 18 February 2026 [Draft]

Those categories could relate to marital status, pension-sharing arrangements following divorce, job changes, working pattern changes, ill-health assessments, and transfers into and out of the scheme over the period.

Official Report Meeting date: 23 January 2024

Meeting of the Parliament 23 January 2024

Motion debated, That the Parliament welcomes what it sees as the contribution of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) to enhancing government scrutiny, and in bringing together members of UK and Irish legislatures to discuss, debate and report on a wide range of policy areas facing society across all of the BIPA constituent areas, namely Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man; understands that BIPA, established in 1990, has a core mission to promote co-operation between political representatives in Britain and Ireland for the benefit of the people who elect its members from all of the legislatures represented, while building on the close relationships established in recent years between politicians throughout Britain and Ireland; further understands that BIPA members engage in a wide range of non-legislative parliamentary activities through biannual plenary meetings and ongoing committee work, and that it consists of five committees, which are Committee A (Sovereign Matters), Committee B (European Affairs), Committee C (Economic), Committee D (Environmental and Social), and a Steering Committee, which brings together and links the work of the various BIPA committees; notes that BIPA plenaries alternate between the BIPA regions and serve to debate topical issues and committee reports, and include a question period with a senior minister from the host country; understands that there are many reports that BIPA has produced for consideration by UK and Irish legislatures, including recommendations on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), renewable energy, the transfer...

Official Report Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee 07 November 2023

Those powers do not seem easily to lend themselves to being transferred to the judiciary, and I am not sure that they lend themselves to being easily specified for a parliamentary committee.

Official Report Meeting date: 14 September 2021

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 14 September 2021

We know from successive annual reports that more than half our people who die have a history of overdosing, so when people survive a near-fatal overdose, we really need services to kick in quickly.

Official Report Meeting date: 2 September 2020

Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 02 September 2020

I was taken by the Scottish Government’s response to the GERS figures and its position on fiscal transfers, which now seems to be that fiscal transfers are a sign of failure, that they are locking in inequalities and that they are preventing local economies from growing.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 10 March 2020

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