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She could lodge a motion on the subject, debate it and then one or two list members could come along and claim the credit— You will find that that is why I do not lodge motions to have such stupid debates. If the Airdrie scouts were celebrating their centenary or something, it would be fair enough to have a debate about it.
We accept that some young people require to be educated in special schools and we should celebrate and support those schools. If someone can attend a mainstream school with additional support, they should be in that mainstream school.
Indeed, around the time of the bicentenary of the American constitution, the Smithsonian ran a project, in which I took part, to celebrate the roots of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton's thinking in the Scottish enlightenment and the relationship with Wilson and Witherspoon.
From Japan to America, people have St Andrew societies, St Andrew's day celebrations, Burns suppers and so on. We should be going to those kinds of things rather than concentrating our resources on a one-day or one-week festival that is quickly forgotten.
Robin Harper knows that I am anxious to see many improvements to the rail network; I am sorry that there are so many that I occasionally miss one out.Our final meeting in this chamber is a time for all who have been involved over the past five years to reflect on some of the events that we have seen here, but we should celebrate and be positive about today'...
I appreciate what the minister says about "I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!", but the point is surely that, although there is allegedly apathy about politicians, we had an average audience of 46,000, which we have managed to reduce to 18,000.
Young people are now seriously talking about a choice of career and what they want to do with their lives, rather than wondering whether they will have a career at all. Let us celebrate that fact and the work that the UK Government has done.
Together, they make up the package of action that we will take in the first stage of our four-year programme to deliver on the commitments we have made to the people of Scotland.We want to build a Scotland that delivers social justice and creates opportunities for all its citizens to live and prosper; a country whose institutions are open and accountable and reflect the people's priorities; and a Scotland that rejoices in and celebrates...
That heralded the start of a fortnight of events to publicise the problem, which will conclude on 10 December with a celebration of international human rights day.As the minister said—and Mr Rumbles should realise this—there is overwhelming evidence that the vast majority of domestic abuse is perpetrated by men against women.