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You can open your eyes. 28 January 2011 is a date that is impaled on my brain forever: the day that I walked into an operating theatre and woke up paralysed from the chest down—the day that my life changed forever.
People in Scotland are being invited for their autumn and winter vaccinations. To date, we have followed JCVI advice by inviting those who are eligible for boosters according to the same priority as for the initial vaccination programme.
I cannot speak for the Highlands and Islands but, to date, I have not had any emails about cases in my constituency of Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.
That will be analysis that the Government undertakes urgently as our understanding of the new strain of the virus develops, and I will keep the Parliament updated as necessary, including over the recess period if that is necessary. The second decision that we took on Saturday was to maintain the current ban on travel to and from Scotland and the rest of the...
The lack of skills that we are suffering from is the result of the recession. People who left school during the recession were not going to go into a trade that had basically ground to a halt.
It has been the first debate since the Easter recess, and it is refreshing to witness the benefit that the holidays have had on some members across the chamber, although the news that was announced earlier today might mean that some of us feel much more weary than we did at 9 o’clock this morning.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 April 2010
The Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Scotland will be published before the summer recess. The action plan will set out a suite of ambitious policies and programmes to reduce Scotland''s energy consumption across all sectors.