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However, a decision that was made by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs south of the border to exclude small waste burners on the basis that they are not "technical units", in the terms of the directive, gave rise to the concerns that constituents raised with MSPs—and which Alex Fergusson and I raised in the chamber—around the fact that ...
Perhaps the SDA should look closely at the provisions of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 because they may well contain opportunities to extend the use of BSL at local level as the act is implemented by local authorities.Before I became an MSP, I worked in the gas industry, where two employees of mine asked whether they co...
I welcome to the meeting George Lyon MSP, the Deputy Minister for Finance, Public Service Reform and Parliamentary Business, who will give evidence in a few moments.
I received apologies from a number of MSPs, including James Douglas-Hamilton, Alex Neil and Eleanor Scott and from Carolyn Leckie, who had hoped to speak in the debate.
I think that that is the catch-all that would cover Irene Oldfather's suggestion.Many of the questions about which places should benefit from structural funds could be brought out by individual MSPs in their questioning of the people who come along to give evidence.
I thank my colleague Cathy Jamieson, the member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, for arranging a meeting recently with Professor Kerr, to give all Ayrshire MSPs the opportunity to discuss with him their concerns about the consultation.
People who are not connected with rural areas do not understand the extent to which the local hall is a lynchpin of many communities.The dearth of MSPs of all parties who have attended this debate—which Fergus Ewing noted—suggests that the extent to which halls are fundamental to communities throughout the country is not appreciated by members of the Scotti...
Thirdly, I pick up the point that other MSPs have made about education. Alongside giving out messages about other drugs, how are we dealing with this in schools?