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.
The Liberals Democrats have put forward a plan to get Scottish education back up to being the best. We even supported measures in the budget on education—that is how determined we are to turn the situation around.
The situation is frustrating for everyone, and I know that it is frustrating for the committee. We have done our best to give the committee as much notice as we can, but the timing of these instruments depends on the UK Government.
Will the minister outline what changes the SNP Government has made to previous ring-fenced funding streams to provide local authorities with greater flexibility in deciding how best to allocate their total resources to services?
They will help to restrict or prevent short-term lets in places or types of building where they are not considered appropriate and they will help local authorities to ensure that homes in their communities are used to best effect. The Scottish ministers will consider and approve proposals for control areas to ensure that they are justified and that the pla...
On the other side, Covid-19 is something that none of us has ever had to face and we are all struggling and trying to do the best we can. Universities and colleges have, in the main, done well.
Ministers, including me, read the media coverage on Covid in the widest possible sense as best we can every day, although it is not possible to read everything.
We are determined to deliver it, and we are determined that parents will have the flexibility to choose the type of childcare that suits their family needs best. We want childminders to be part of that offer.
What will the First Minister do today to provide the enhanced staffing that is needed, so that teachers can do the best for all pupils with additional support needs in this challenging time?