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Official Report
Meeting date:
2 April 2014
Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 02 April 2014
CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (Amendment) Order 2014 (SI 2014/502) Good morning and welcome to the 10th meeting in 2014 of the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee, which is our last before the Easter recess. I remind everyone to switch off their mobile phones, as they can affect the sound system.I understand that, subject to parliamentar...
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 March 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 20 March 2014
I cannot understand, given the extent and depth of the recession and the suffering that has been endured by people in all categories of income, why on earth the second biggest impact of all should, in a situation in which all families are less well off on average, fall on those who are least able to pay and to bear that burden.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 March 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 13 March 2014
Regardless of people’s politics or views, are we going to tolerate a situation in which, according to the Child Poverty Action Group’s forecast, that progress will be reversed, or should we in this country take the ability to control the welfare system and ensure that, whatever else happens, the children of Scotland will not be made to suffer the brunt of the economic recession that we have endured? The Deputy First Minister and I attended the launch of “Poverty in Scotland 2014” this morning, and CPAG made it clear that it does not want the Scottish Government’s focus on the independence debate to cloud its view of the things that we should be doing now.
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 January 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 30 January 2014
I hear the Labour members saying that that is ridiculous. Since the recession of 2008, under the Labour Government and the Tory-Liberal alliance, the minimum wage has failed to keep pace with the cost of living.
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 September 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 25 September 2013
We have been in discussion with some rural communities, particularly in the islands—I discussed the issue when I was up there during the summer recess—and we continue to talk with them about that.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 September 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 05 September 2013
As Willie Rennie knows, we have extended the provision to looked-after two-year-olds and we have expanded provision for three and four-year-olds to, from next year, 600 hours from 412.5 hours under the previous Labour-Liberal Administration.I am puzzled by Willie Rennie’s continuing the argument, given the information that is coming to light about the much-vaunted scheme south of the border. Before the recess...
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 April 2013
Public Petitions Committee 30 April 2013
My point was not directed at the hospice.Are we agreed that we will leave the petition open until we receive resolution—until after the summer recess?Members indicated agreement. Many thanks to the committee.
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 January 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 30 January 2013
Does the cabinet secretary agree that, at a time when the economy is teetering on the brink of a triple-dip recession, and farmers in the agricultural sector are facing huge challenges, it would be wrong-headed of the United Kingdom Government to consider increasing the level of fuel duty?
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 December 2011
Meeting of the Parliament 22 December 2011
For North Ayrshire as a whole, the situation is no better and it has been steadily worsening since before the recession. We are consistently above the Scottish average for all the indicators of deprivation, so there is now a real concern in my constituency and throughout North Ayrshire that unemployment—particularly youth unemployment—has reached a crisis l...
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 December 2011
Meeting of the Parliament 01 December 2011
In the Scrooge-like world of the inner recesses of the Conservative Party, a reduction of only £3 billion is something to be rejoiced at and welcomed, but in the streets and homes of Scotland people want to see a Scottish economy that is increasing investment at this time in order to bring our people back into employment.
