There are 43,726 results relating to "who is my msp"
Order by
|
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 May 2000
Local Government Committee, 03 May 2000
If we were, our raison d'être would disappear. Many MSPs were once councillors and must be well aware that councillors are elected on a local manifesto and give undertakings to the local electorate to deliver services as best they can.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 June 2022
Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Common Framework
On 2 December 2021, Angus Robertson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture wrote to the Convener of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee to give an update on the common frameworks programme.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
20 August 2021
Marine and Fisheries: Subject Profile
SB 21-56
Marine and Fisheries: Subject Profile
This briefing is written for the benefit of both new MSPs and those returning to the Parliament.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
19 August 2021
Animal health and welfare - Subject Profile
The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill was introduced as a Member’s Bill by Emma Harper MSP in May 2020. The aim of the Bill was to update and amend the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 to introduce higher penalties for livestock worrying offences, and provide additional enforcement powers.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 June 2020
Local Government Finance: Facts and Figures 2013-14 to 2020-21
Rather, it focuses on the most common questions asked of SPICe by MSPs.
Executive Summary
During the Scottish Budget process in recent years, local government finance has often taken the spotlight, at least on the spending side.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
6 November 2019
Homelessness in Scotland
In September 2019, it was announced by the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning, Kevin Stewart MSP that the Unsuitable Accommodation Order would be further amended by May 2021 to provide that no homeless applicant will spend more than 7 days in Unsuitable Accommodation.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
14 November 2018
Private Renting Reforms: how to evidence the impact of legislation
However, at Stage 2 of the Bill, Cathie Craigie MSP lodged amendments, accepted by the government, that replaced these provisions with a compulsory registration scheme for all private sector landlords.
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 March 2007
Plenary, 15 Mar 2007
Nevertheless, if I had been allowed to lodge my amendments, we could have had a better debate on the bill.I have not been an MSP for as long as some other members but, in my four years in the Parliament, I have not heard such sheer hypocrisy as I have heard from the Conservatives, both this morning and at lunch time, with regard to the bill.
Official Report
Meeting date:
6 February 2007
Local Government and Transport Committee, 06 Feb 2007
I also welcome for the first agenda item—stage 2 of the Prostitution (Public Places) (Scotland) Bill—the Deputy Minister for Finance, Public Service Reform and Parliamentary Business, George Lyon MSP, and supporting officials. I expect that today we will get through all the amendments that have been lodged for stage 2, but I will judge whether we have made ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 January 2007
Plenary, 18 Jan 2007
We will know whether it is a problem and whether I am right to have some discomfort about the issue in several years' time rather than a few months' time.I welcome the fact that MSPs, among others, will no longer be able to play the system and cost the prison service huge amounts of money by choosing, for the sake of gesture politics, to go to prison instea...
