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Official Report Meeting date: 21 February 2008

Plenary, 21 Feb 2008

Will the First Minister explain why every household in Scotland has to pay a massive subsidy of £100 every year for Scottish Water on top of its water bill when under mutualisation he could be giving money back?

Official Report Meeting date: 17 January 2008

Plenary, 17 Jan 2008

Why is it that, with Alex Salmond, top-quality sports leaders have to go, but his Fosbury flop of a sports minister can stay?

Official Report Meeting date: 7 June 2007

Plenary, 07 Jun 2007

(S3O-156) People in Scotland rate climate change, energy and recycling as their top three environmental priorities. A growing number of households recycle paper, glass, plastic or cans and many take action to reduce their energy use.

Official Report Meeting date: 17 December 2009

Plenary, 17 Dec 2009

That does not mean giving it up for ever; it just means that if land is vacant and nobody wants to buy it or build on it, it should be used for something useful.

Official Report Meeting date: 16 December 2009

Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 16 Dec 2009

Paragraph 3.13 on page 22 of the report makes good sense—I buy everything that you say—but the issue sounds incredibly complicated.

Official Report Meeting date: 28 January 2009

Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 28 Jan 2009

How do we encourage people to reuse their packaging so that, instead of buying new containers of Fairy Liquid, they refill their old container?

Committee reports Date published: 17 March 2026

Transparency of intergovernmental activity and its implications for parliamentary scrutiny - A Standing IGR Secretariat

This stands in contrast to the British Irish Council Secretariat, which maintains a useful website containing information on what the BIC is, its themes and workstreams, recent activity, history, and more.

Last updated: 2 December 2025

British Islands and Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities Forum - February 2026

Changes to our privacy statement We keep this privacy statement under regular review and will place any updates on this website. Paper copies of the privacy statement may also be obtained using the contact information below.

SPICe briefings Date published: 28 October 2025

Scotland's water industry: overview of regulation and key challenges - 6.2 Water scarcity

Weekly water scarcity reports are published between May and September and are available on SEPA's website.14Scottish Environmental Protection Agency.

Last updated: 3 October 2025

Review of complaints process (complaints about MSPs)