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Historic Scotland controls and opens to the public only about 300 buildings, yet it controls the listing of many sites that are of major importance.I declare an interest; as a member of the Andrew de Moray project, I submitted a petition during the first session of Parliament on this very subject.
Mr Raffan did most damage to the Tories when he was a Tory member of Parliament; he does not do such damage when speaking out against us in the Scottish Parliament. Mr Raffan is substituting for Des McNulty in today's debate and things do not feel quite right without a contribution from Des.However, there were some interesting speeches, not least from Wendy...
However, the purpose of the whole exercise is to appoint people on merit, whatever their political affiliations.The bill is another major step forward in the delivery of the Executive's pledge to modernise the approach to public appointments. It will ensure the de-politicisation of the appointments process; it will guarantee openness, transparency and accou...
Before Nora Radcliffe asks another question, I congratulate Des McNulty on his opportunism. I appeal to other members not to make bids for pet projects in their neighbourhoods.
At best, we are declining; at worst, in real terms, we are de-enterprising and going backwards.On Scottish economic growth, Scotland has had lower growth levels, historically, than the rest of the United Kingdom.
Malcolm Chisholm was honest in pointing out how difficult it is to garner information on how much is spent on dealing with the effects of alcohol. For example, Des McNulty spoke of alcohol-related brain damage in Glasgow.
They number about 140 very talented Scottish athletes in 10 different sports, including 16 who competed in the recent Olympics and nine who competed in the Paralympics. We are talking about the crème de la crème of Scotland's sporting talent.
However, we expect the running costs of the scheme—once it is established—to be de minimis, in the sense that no additional running costs should be generated.
For more than two years, Patrick and his mother were concerned about the care that he was receiving. My colleague, Des Browne MP—who dealt with the case before the advent of the Scottish Parliament—and I have been impressed by the commitment of Patrick's mother to his well-being and by her certainty that her son was inappropriately placed in a long-stay hos...
We have toyed with the idea of specifying a percentage or type of support, but the danger of that is that people see the specified level as de minimis and do not go above it. We are certainly willing to consider that.We are interested in the notion of how, at the centre—that includes the committee, the Parliament and the Executive—we incentivise listening t...