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The truth is that we do not know, but it might. If it does, Opposition MSPs, whichever party they are in, will have another stick with which to beat the Government of the day.
The system is linked to our legal and higher education institutions. As an Edinburgh MSP, I completely understand how tough the past few years have been.
Labour believes that all 16 to 19-year-olds who meet the entry requirement should have an entitlement to a modern apprenticeship. That is why a Labour MSP, John Park—himself a former apprentice—has proposed a member's bill to do just that.
He should tell Parliament the figure—he should not be as disingenuous as we have heard him being this morning. I have been an MSP for quite a number of years, but I have rarely heard a debate in which the speeches of SNP back benchers lacked evidence and argument as much as they have in this debate.
I hope that the cabinet secretary will address that issue when he winds up.I am interested in the Tory amendment. All MSPs have been lobbied by the charity Barnardo's, which is calling on the Government to use lie detector tests and satellite tracking to monitor sex offenders.
The vast majority of it has been unwound so, in general, we are probably in the lower half of the league table for business charges, but making direct comparisons is difficult because of the different charging bases and because different businesses have different needs from their water company. Many of us who have been MSPs for a long time have regularly re...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
For the avoidance of doubt, I point out that we presented evidence to the Health and Sport Committee and to every MSP and we placed that evidence in the Scottish Parliament information centre.
Membership changes
The following changes to Committee membership occurred during the course of this inquiry:
On 17 December 2025, Gillian Mackay MSP replaced Patrick Harvie MSP as a member of the Committee.
We have apologies from John Scott, but we welcome Tavish Scott, your local MSP. The purpose of the meeting is to take evidence as part of our on-going scrutiny of the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill.