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Official Report
Meeting date:
13 November 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 13 November 2014
I will leave Mr Buchanan with this quotation from Joseph Stiglitz: “unions … are vilified, and in many states there are explicit attempts to undermine them, but there is no recognition of the important role that they can play in countervailing other special interests and in defending the basic social protections that are necessary if workers are to accept change and to adjust to the changing economic environment.” The Government, like most MSPs...
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 November 2014
Education and Culture Committee 11 November 2014
Two things need to happen before we get into the detail of what the ideas might be, one of which is an agreement from politicians, including MSPs like you and COSLA, that we can look at the whole system—what we call the learner journey from the very early years all the way through to 18-year-olds and beyond.
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 April 2014
Education and Culture Committee 01 April 2014
Everyone in the private nursery where my family member works has an HNC and more than half of the staff are going for BAs by distance learning.I get the impression that people think, “Public sector good, private sector bad”, but to be fair, there is good and bad practice in both sectors. MSPs get all reports on nurseries, and I certainly read them diligentl...
Official Report
Meeting date:
6 February 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 06 February 2014
We are crying out for members, and the group’s future relies on MSPs engaging in the issues. I worry, sometimes, that we do not talk enough about drug and alcohol policy.
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 December 2013
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 04 December 2013
I appreciate that you were not in the Parliament at the time, but back in 2005 the then Environment and Rural Development Committee considered the issue in some detail when it looked at a member’s bill from Mike Pringle MSP that proposed a similar set of charges.
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 December 2013
Education and Culture Committee 03 December 2013
There is a system for public appointments to influential and responsible bodies and individual positions that have nothing to do with local democracy through MSPs or councillors.The ADES view is that just as councils can be deemed to have got things wrong, Parliament might, for political reasons, get it wrong in specific areas.
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 November 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 21 November 2013
That is why I am pleased that Labour’s newest MSP, Cara Hilton, will make her maiden speech in the debate.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 November 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 14 November 2013
As other members have done, I mention our excellent convener, Bruce Crawford MSP, because the way in which he chaired our committee’s weekly proceedings was exemplary.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 October 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 08 October 2013
There is a pressing need to use this Parliament’s powers to change course and prevent a lost generation of young people from experiencing the scarring effects of unemployment.I am aware that many MSPs are already doing what they can as individuals to address the issue, by running job fairs and workshops for example.
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 June 2013
Local Government and Regeneration Committee 19 June 2013
People are having their benefits withdrawn for, in the long term, up to three years, or they may have six months or two weeks with no money.As MSPs, you must be hearing stories and feeling the impact of that in your constituencies.
