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Official Report
Meeting date:
25 April 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 25 April 2018
It is shocking that a county that has been championed across Scotland and regarded as providing some of the best music tuition would contemplate abolishing strings and percussion tuition.
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 15 March 2018
However, we need to identify how we will best get the robust data that will be used to trigger payments, taking account of the points that Mr Griffin and Ms Fabiani have made.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 14 March 2018
We are making progress in a number of areas in recognition of the fact that the issue has an impact on people’s quality of life, and we need to endeavour, across portfolios, to alleviate that impact as best we can. I ask members to be a bit more succinct with their questions and ministers to be a bit more succinct with their answers, so that more members ca...
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 08 March 2018
Indeed, in December the UK Government said: “government supports the ... view that trustees should consider members’ ethical and other concerns, and may respond by acting on them where they have good reason to think members share the concern and it does not involve a risk of significant financial detriment.” The best way for trustees to know what fund mem...
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 March 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 07 March 2018
Following a showing of that film that I hosted at St Andrew’s house, the Government will be hosting later this month an extensive dialogue involving a range of ministers, local authority partners and a huge cross-section of stakeholders to find ways in which we can apply best practice in tackling adverse childhood experiences across the country.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 February 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 28 February 2018
Motion, as amended agreed to, That the Parliament recognises the strong cross-party support for the expansion of childcare, but expresses its grave concern regarding the findings of the recent Accounts Commission report, Early Learning and Childcare, which stated that there were “significant risks” that local authorities would not be in a position to deliver the Scottish Government’s target of 1,140 hours by 2020 because of the difference in estimated budget costs and additional pressures on staffing and additional infrastructure; notes the concerns expressed by the commission that the Scottish Government failed to undertake the necessary costbenefit analysis of the 600 hours provision, therefore failing to assess the impact on parents and providers of expanded childcare provision, particularly in terms of eligibility and the accessibility and flexibility of provision; demands that the Scottish Government takes immediate action to address the concerns of the Accounts Commission and to engage constructively with groups, such as Fair Funding for our Kids, the National Day Nurseries Association Scotland and local authorities, to agree a comprehensive strategy that will deliver quality provision across Scotland; acknowledges the Audit Scotland finding that, since 2016, the Scottish Government and councils have been working closely together to plan how they will deliver this expansion and assess its impact; believes that the expansion of early learning and childcare will transform the life chances of children in Scotland, helping to give all children the best...
Official Report
Meeting date:
31 January 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 31 January 2018
So far, the experience panels have been involved in initial design questions, particularly around the first wave of benefits that we have committed to delivering, such as the carers allowance supplement, the best start grant and funeral assistance.
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 January 2018
Meeting of the Parliament 11 January 2018
We will always look to work constructively with other Governments in the UK and beyond, but it is clearer than ever that decisions about our precious natural environment are best made here in Scotland, because we are leading the way.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 December 2017
Meeting of the Parliament 13 December 2017
In the previous period, our budget went down by £2.6 billion—8 per cent in real terms—and, over that period, we have protected local government as best we can. South of the border, where the Conservatives have been in control, the real-terms reduction for local authorities in England has been more than 20 per cent, showing that we have treated local governm...
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 November 2017
Meeting of the Parliament 29 November 2017
I am personally chairing the cancer improvement group, which is looking at rolling out some of the best practice that we see—for example, in NHS Lanarkshire, which is meeting the 62-day target.
