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Official Report
Meeting date:
4 June 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 04 June 2013
The debate will be concluded without any question being put.Motion debated,That the Parliament expresses deep concern for what it considers the many private sector tenants in Scotland who remain at risk of unfairly losing their rental deposits; notes reports in the Evening Times that most private landlords in Scotland are not yet complying with the legal requirement to lodge their tenants’ deposits with an approved deposit scheme, despite the deadline for compliance having passed on 15 May 2013; further notes the concern expressed about this issue by the Glasgow Central Citizens’ Advice Bureau, which has been receiving new clients every day seeking help in recovering deposits and which has described the issue as the biggest facing young people in the city; would welcome an end to exploitative and unscrupulous practices in the private rented sector and believes that this is vital if tenants are to have confidence in taking on tenancies, and considers that the forthcoming housing bill provides the opportunity for measures, including the regulation of letting agents, that will safeguard the interests of tenants.17:02 I put on record my thanks to the 27 MSPs...
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 May 2013
Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee 22 May 2013
There is a desire on the part of stakeholders and MSPs of all parties to address this specific decrofting issue quickly.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 May 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 07 May 2013
The debate will be concluded without any question being put.Motion debated,That the Parliament congratulates Dads Rock on its first anniversary; understands that it is Scotland’s only free musical playgroup for dads and their kids; believes that it provides a fun, positive environment for men to play with their children and to speak to other dads; understands that two groups have been established, at Sighthill and Granton in Edinburgh, since it started in February 2012; notes its expansion plans for 2013, which include starting a group in Fife and establishing a Dads Rock academy, which will aim to provide one year of free music tuition to children and dads in the Sighthill area; notes the endeavours of the unpaid volunteers, and wishes them well.17:02 I declare an interest in Dads Rock, as an unpaid trustee of that new Scottish charity, which is based here in Edinburgh and was started in my constituency. I thank the 40 MSPs...
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 March 2013
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 20 March 2013
We did not want to threaten jobs; we want to see jobs created. The constituency MSP, Brian Adam, lobbied strongly for the Arjowiggins plant—it was appropriate and quite right for him to do so—as did the company.
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 March 2013
Public Petitions Committee 01 March 2013
I will take a couple more questions from MSPs before I throw the floor open to members of the Scottish Youth Parliament.
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 December 2012
Public Petitions Committee 11 December 2012
In 2015, Wales will become the latest country to switch to opt-out, which it views as an effective means of increasing the number of life-saving transplants.All of that is why we began our opt for life campaign, which has now received the support of the British Medical Association, the Scotland Patients Association, the British Heart Foundation, Kidney Research UK, the Royal College of Surgeons, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, the Scottish Kidney Federation, the National Kidney Federation, and others.Soft opt-out has also been adopted as policy by both Labour and the Lib Dems, and it has the support of the majority of MSPs...
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 December 2012
Welfare Reform Committee 11 December 2012
However, we are well aware, from the most recent reviews, that there are still things to be sorted out. I am an Aberdeen MSP and many of my constituents would not call that pilot “excellent”.
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 November 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2012
They certainly deserve no less.I recall a debate that was initiated into this matter a few years ago by a former colleague, Sylvia Jackson MSP. At the time, I raised the issue that, by the age of 12, most boys with DMD need to use a powered wheelchair at least some of the time.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 November 2012
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 07 November 2012
I will look to see whether we should introduce amendments at stage 2 to make it clear that there is a requirement to report regularly after the first report.As far as the repealing of the provision in the WEWS act is concerned, the information that was required is readily available. As I said, MSPs can ask for an update at any time, so I am not sure that we...
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 June 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 13 June 2012
I support the motion.17:36 As a Highlands and Islands MSP, I congratulate Liz Smith on securing this debate on an important subject, and on being on the verge of completing the ascent of all the Munros in Scotland, which is no mean feat, to say the least.I pay tribute to all the mountain rescue services in Scotland for the lives that they save and thank the...
