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On 20 February 2009, the Welsh Assembly Government hosted the twelfth British-Irish Council (BIC) Summit in Cardiff, attended by myself, the First Minister and Michael Russell MSP, Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution.
I declare an interest as the constituency MSP for Rutherglen and as someone who has publicly opposed the closure of Rutherglen district court and the transfer of that business to Glasgow.
You are saying that the current policy is deliberately to overbudget by £100 million in order to try to ensure that the budget comes out closer to the actual figure, but that is not detailed in the budget documents at a level that would be clear to MSPs and this committee. As I think that Angela Cullen said a moment ago, the language of this is really diffi...
It will also be reported to the noise liaison group, which we have established with the local authorities and which will be responsible for monitoring and assisting us with planning the noise management regime that we will put in place throughout the life of the project. My colleague Margaret Smith MSP and many of her constituents have raised concerns with ...
I also welcome our witnesses: Richard Lochhead MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment; Paul Gray, the Scottish Government's director general environment; Ross Scott, the finance team leader for the rural affairs and environment portfolio in the Scottish Government; and David Barnes, the deputy director for agriculture and rural dev...
If he approaches one of you gentlemen—or any other MSP—and you agree that the matter is of serious interest and importance, what will happen if you raise the issue on the floor of the Parliament?
After all our evidence taking and, indeed, in the course of our work as MSPs, we should be aware of the particular challenges that are faced by looked-after children, who are the subject of amendment 14.
The committee is invited to decide to take in private item 7 on today's agenda and any future consideration of draft reports on the legislative consent memoranda—LCM(S3)15.1, LCM(S3)16.1 and LCM(S3)17.1—lodged by Kenny MacAskill MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice. Is that agreed?
The draft Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act 2005 (Modification) Order 2008 is subject to the affirmative procedure.This is the first time that the Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison MSP, has appeared before the Justice Committee.
On resuming—Regulatory Framework Inquiry Regulatory Framework Inquiry I welcome Bruce Crawford MSP, who is the Minister for Parliamentary Business; Ken Thomson, who is director of the Scottish Government civil and international justice directorate and the constitutional and parliamentary secretariat; and Al Gibson, who is a policy adviser in the constituti...