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It appears, from media coverage and from communication that MSPs have received, that most of the concern that was expressed about higher still came from teaching staff about their preparedness.Nevertheless, the political decision to go ahead with implementation was taken.
I am sure that Stirling Council will relish that challenge and that all the schoolchildren of Dunblane will benefit—as the local MSP, Sylvia Jackson, has said—from an integrated local authority education system.
The Scottish Executive has published its plans and objectives for all to see, and both MSPs and the wider community have been able to contribute to and participate in the decision-making process.
Its findings, helpful though they were in planning strategies to tackle drug abuse, made alarming reading, especially for me as a Lanarkshire MSP. The average age of drug users in Lanarkshire is 24 and 79 per cent are male.
I do not know if it is just me, but I do not have my glasses on and I can barely see you, let alone read MSPs' name plates.I am convener of the development services forum, Mary Dinsdale is a policy officer and Bill Hepburn is the principal for development control for Highland Council, although he will be wearing his COSLA hat for the first part of the proce...
Frankly, I have found many Opposition members' comments about the issues that confront us as elected MSPs in Scotland's first Parliament lacking in substance.
One of the areas that has come to light in the casework of most MSPs is the inconsistencies that exist with regard to permanency for many of the assistants who are there to help pupils with additional support needs.
In the interests of candour, will Mr Lyon state whether he, as a Lib Dem MSP, believes that Scotland should receive no share of the council tax benefit if the Lib Dems were to fund their local income tax plans?