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Their expertise will be of great value to him. Views have been expressed through the consultation, but I am more than happy to meet the cross-party group to which the member refers.
Cabinet (Meetings) I echo the sympathies and condolences that have been expressed by the First Minister and Mr Swinney about the terrorist outrages in Madrid.
I do not want the committee to pursue the matter any further than is necessary to allow people their democratic right to express their view. I hope that there will be a consultation on the sexual health strategy.
To be fair to the petitioner, he submitted two separate petitions—the one on parental alienation syndrome was separate from the one about resources to pursue through the courts the right to meet siblings.The article in the Sunday Herald refers to Dr Richard Gardner, whose research was cited by the petitioners as evidence of the existence of parental alienation syndrome and the bias against fathers. In the article, Dr Gardner expresses...
I will not force a vote on the business motion, but I want to express my disquiet and concern. The SNP business manager has not fully understood what will happen next Wednesday afternoon.
Sir David, I will give a dignified response to that question and, as you have done, express my concern at the tawdry tone that David McLetchie has taken.As the Presiding Officer has said, the matter is not for the Scottish Parliament.
I hope to be able to report back on those options.I have continued to visit a variety of voluntary bodies, some of which have expressed the view that they would have more confidence in a review that was conducted by the committee than in one that was conducted by the Executive, which may be carried out by civil servants who are tied into the existing system...
Because of that misinformation, there was a drive not to hear the minister's statement. I expressed my concern at the time about the fact that the people who suffered as a result of anxieties about leaks from the Scottish Executive were the back-bench members, who did not have access to the statement and were not allowed to hear it.
I do not think so. Perhaps we could express the point that Nick Johnston raised that, in usual circumstances, we expect that people will report within the time scale.