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Official Report
Meeting date:
19 March 2009
Plenary, 19 Mar 2009
The failure to renew the contract does not seem to be the best way for a company whose pre-tax profits last year were £1 billion to treat workers who have contributed so significantly to its success.I was genuinely pleased to read in this week's Rutherglen Reformer—a newspaper in which I have had many a public debate with the aforementioned Tommy McAvoy—tha...
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 December 2008
Plenary, 10 Dec 2008
Of course, there are also the horrors of torture for those who find themselves in that unjust place.People around the world have campaigned vocally for the closure of Guantánamo bay and for the individuals who are held there illegally to be transferred into the US justice system where they can be given a proper pre-trial evaluation, without threat.
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 June 2008
Local Government and Communities Committee, 25 Jun 2008
Historically, local government was created to be there when people needed it. I often say that pre-marriage and children I never used public services; now I am constantly at their door.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 May 2008
Finance Committee, 13 May 2008
The advantages to the Government and the Exchequer of postponing capital investment into an income stream over 30 years or so are obvious because it postpones accountability and so forth, but the sums of money that are involved outweigh the sums that would normally be expected in a conventional up-front approach to capital investment.At a time when we are talking about stringency in trusts and hospitals, it does not seem sensible to pre...
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 April 2008
Plenary, 30 Apr 2008
That shows just how vulnerable vulnerable witnesses are.At the pre-trial stage, witnesses are asked whether they would like special measures, which Pauline McNeill mentioned.
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 April 2008
Local Government and Communities Committee, 23 Apr 2008
That package should start to address the issue. That almost pre-empts my next question, which is about enforcement.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 March 2008
Plenary, 05 Mar 2008
Today, we know that we start construction during the life of this Parliament, with a two and a half year project to completion.I am pleased to note that tenders will shortly be awarded for the construction of two road overbridges, as part of the development of Shawfair, which demonstrates the Government's commitment that the railway will not only serve the people who live in the Borders but form part of the transport links for the new development to the south-east of Edinburgh.Work is continuing on pre...
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 February 2008
Plenary, 28 Feb 2008
Parents at Thrumster primary school are alarmed by the proposal to delete around £350,000 from the pre-school budget—the budget that impinges on nursery provision.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 February 2008
European and External Relations Committee, 05 Feb 2008
Greater flexibility is important for Scotland—in other words, less prescription and more ability for the Scottish Government to adapt the budget to the priorities that it feels are important.Competitiveness incorporates a lot of different things, including R and D and lifelong learning, but there is a potential challenge, because if the system continues as it is at the moment, funds might not always be pre...
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 December 2007
Plenary, 13 Dec 2007
For example, in education, we will work to improve the learning experience for children and young people in schools and nurseries; to reduce class sizes to a maximum of 18 in primaries 1 to 3 as quickly as possible; to make substantial progress towards a 50 per cent increase in pre-school entitlement with access to a nursery teacher for every child; and to ...
