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.
People in poor sections of our society now pay for services that they previously received for free, while MSPs, doctors, lawyers and millionaire bankers benefit from the council tax freeze.
Once more, the standards system that the Parliament introduced to protect the public, preserve trust in the institution and help to maintain MSPs' integrity has been used to undermine those goals.
I welcome our first panel of witnesses, who are Kenny MacAskill MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice; and, from the criminal law and licensing division of the Scottish Government, Philip Lamont, head of branch, and Jim Wilson, policy officer.
Many of us felt that some decision making was politically influenced; I do not know whether that is down to MSPs who want funding for a constituent or a charity that they have supported.
It was announced on 20 June that an independent panel would be set up to consider all aspects of MSPs' allowances, including the Edinburgh accommodation allowance.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been a change in protocol since May 2007 regarding the advance notification of constituency and list MSPs and MPs of ministerial visits by Scottish ministers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2007
I believe Sandra White and I were the only MSPs to attend.Following that conference, Sandra White and David Whitton secured debates on the plight of the industry.