This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
I note that since the beginning of the summer recess she has asked only two questions on criminal justice, compared with 25 questions from her justice spokesperson.
If he cannot give a commitment on which option the Executive is likely to choose or a commitment to remove these homes from the council tax net, it would be helpful if he at least gave a commitment to publish the Executive's proposals, perhaps before the parliamentary recess. I congratulate Alex Neil on securing the debate, which is on a niche issue that is...
For the past decade, the only thing to be heard from a Tory about the two recessions, the double-digit inflation, the record unemployment, the 15 per cent interest rates and the doubling of the national debt was, "It wisnae me."
Although the minister assured us that the statement will be made, I was still wondering why we are having this debate, given that only seven weeks are left before recess and the clocks go back this weekend.Then I listened carefully to Des McNulty, who referred to limiting supply in relation to those who require or desire either to rent or to transfer to mor...
I can confirm that, as promised, Mr McCabe will make a statement on the identity cards bill and on the way in which it will affect the devolved Administrations, including the Scottish Parliament. He will do so before the summer recess. I welcome the indication in the Queen's speech that Westminster's regulation-making procedures will be examined.
If any confirmation were required of the slot's status, one has only to consider the fact that in the same slot in the first week after the recess we will debate the Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill.I genuinely welcome the debate, because it is one of the few financial debates in the Parliament during which we can talk about the levels of taxation that our ci...
Provided that Parliament passes the bill, I intend to announce the way forward before the summer recess. That consultation will also consider issues that concern self-funding students and those who are on gap years.
I knew Johann Lamont when she was a mere convener of a committee and it is nice to see her in a high ministerial office.It is highly appropriate that one of the first debates since the recess should be about the question of housing, which was long neglected under previous Governments.
Such pronouncements echo the great soothsaying of doom a couple of years ago when people were predicting a significant recession. Instead, today's debate is not on whether we can achieve economic growth but on whether we can achieve even greater economic growth.