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Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2022
Report on the Revised Draft National Planning Framework 4
The Committee will continue to reflect on how it can best monitor the effectiveness of NPF4.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
8 June 2020
Issue 9: EU-UK Future Relationship Negotiations
I simply dip into those workstreams as seems best...
...During each round he (Michel Barnier) and I will talk to each other from time to time.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
2 February 2018
Common UK Frameworks after Brexit
Indeed, the very rationale of devolution is to enable policy differentiation in response to local circumstances, and so lessons can be learnt about which approaches work best (as part of a ‘policy laboratory’).2Paun, A., Rutter, J., & Nicholl, A. (2016).
Committee reports
Date published:
26 June 2023
A Modern and Sustainable Ferry Service for Scotland
The Scottish Government must create the governance and delivery structures best able to realise an ambitious vision.
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 November 2010
Meeting of the Parliament 11 November 2010
There will be a division.ForAitken, Bill (Glasgow) (Con)Alexander, Ms Wendy (Paisley North) (Lab)Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab)Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)Boyack, Sarah (Edinburgh Central) (Lab)Brankin, Rhona (Midlothian) (Lab)Brocklebank, Ted (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)Brown, Gavin (Lothians) (Con)Brown, Robert (Glasgow) (LD)Brownlee, Derek (South of Scotland) (Con)Butler, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab)Carlaw, Jackson (West of Scotland) (Con)Chisholm, Malcolm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab)Craigie, Cathie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab)Eadie, Helen (Dunfermline East) (Lab)Ferguson, Patricia (Glasgow Maryhill) (Lab)Finnie, Ross (West of Scotland) (LD)Foulkes, George (Lothians) (Lab)Fraser, Murdo (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)Godman, Trish (West Renfrewshire) (Lab)Goldie, Annabel (West of Scotland) (Con)Gordon, Charlie (Glasgow Cathcart) (Lab)Gray, Iain (East Lothian) (Lab)Henry, Hugh (Paisley South) (Lab)Hume, Jim (South of Scotland) (LD)Johnstone, Alex (North East Scotland) (Con)Kelly, James (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)Kerr, Andy (East Kilbride) (Lab)Lamont, Johann (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab)Lamont, John (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)Livingstone, Marilyn (Kirkcaldy) (Lab)Macdonald, Lewis (Aberdeen Central) (Lab)Macintosh, Ken (Eastwood) (Lab)Martin, Paul (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab)McArthur, Liam (Orkney) (LD)McCabe, Tom (Hamilton South) (Lab)McConnell, Jack (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab)McGrigor, Jamie (Highlands and Islands) (Con)McInnes, Alison (North East Scotland) (LD)McLetchie, David (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con)McMahon, Michael (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab)McNeil, Duncan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)McNeill, Pauline (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab)McNulty, Des (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab)Milne, Nanette (North East Scotland) (Con)Mitchell, Margaret (Central Scotland) (Con)Mulligan, Mary (Linlithgow) (Lab)Munro, John Farquhar (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD)Murray, Elaine (Dumfries) (Lab)O’Donnell, Hugh (Central Scotland) (LD)Oldfather, Irene (Cunninghame South) (Lab)Park, John (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)Peacock, Peter (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)Pringle, Mike (Edinburgh South) (LD)Purvis, Jeremy (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)Rumbles, Mike (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD)Scanlon, Mary (Highlands and Islands) (Con)Scott, John (Ayr) (Con)Scott, Tavish (Shetland) (LD)Simpson, Dr Richard (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)Smith, Elaine (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab)Smith, Elizabeth (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)Smith, Iain (North East Fife) (LD)Smith, Margaret (Edinburgh West) (LD)Stephen, Nicol (Aberdeen South) (LD)Stewart, David (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)Stone, Jamie (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD)Tolson, Jim (Dunfermline West) (LD)Whitefield, Karen (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)Whitton, David (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab)AgainstAdam, Brian (Aberdeen North) (SNP)Allan, Alasdair (Western Isles) (SNP)Brown, Keith (Ochil) (SNP)Campbell, Aileen (South of Scotland) (SNP)Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)Constance, Angela (Livingston) (SNP)Crawford, Bruce (Stirling) (SNP)Cunningham, Roseanna (Perth) (SNP)Don, Nigel (North East Scotland) (SNP)Doris, Bob (Glasgow) (SNP)Fabiani, Linda (Central Scotland) (SNP)FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee West) (SNP)Gibson, Kenneth (Cunninghame North) (SNP)Gibson, Rob (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)Grahame, Christine (South of Scotland) (SNP)Harvie, Christopher (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP)Hepburn, Jamie (Central Scotland) (SNP)Hyslop, Fiona (Lothians) (SNP)Ingram, Adam (South of Scotland) (SNP)Kidd, Bill (Glasgow) (SNP)Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP)MacAskill, Kenny (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (SNP)Marwick, Tricia (Central Fife) (SNP)Mather, Jim (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)Matheson, Michael (Falkirk West) (SNP)Maxwell, Stewart (West of Scotland) (SNP)McKee, Ian (Lothians) (SNP)McKelvie, Christina (Central Scotland) (SNP)McLaughlin, Anne (Glasgow) (SNP)McMillan, Stuart (West of Scotland) (SNP)Morgan, Alasdair (South of Scotland) (SNP)Neil, Alex (Central Scotland) (SNP)Paterson, Gil (West of Scotland) (SNP)Robison, Shona (Dundee East) (SNP)Russell, Michael (South of Scotland) (SNP)Stevenson, Stewart (Banff and Buchan) (SNP)Thompson, Dave (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)Watt, Maureen (North East Scotland) (SNP)Welsh, Andrew (Angus) (SNP)White, Sandra (Glasgow) (SNP)Wilson, Bill (West of Scotland) (SNP)Wilson, John (Central Scotland) (SNP)AbstentionsHarper, Robin (Lothians) (Green)Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green) The result of the division is: For 70, Against 42, Abstentions 2.Motion, as amended, agreed to,That the Parliament congratulates the teaching profession and all who work in or are part of school communities on their efforts to take forward the Curriculum for Excellence; notes the ongoing concerns among teachers about the lack of clarity over assessment arrangements and, in particular, the concern among secondary teachers over the timetable for the new qualifications that have not yet been resolved; believes that further work is required on benchmarking and moderation; is gravely concerned at the impact of current and anticipated cuts in schools budgets on the resources available for implementation of the Curriculum for Excellence; recognises the need to work with, and fully support, the teaching profession and to involve parents to a greater extent, recognises the need for a long-term commitment to the Curriculum for Excellence, and confirms that commitment from this parliament, and further recognises the need for ongoing support for, and dialogue with, teachers as they continue to develop the curriculum, and calls on the Scottish Government, local authorities and education stakeholders to work constructively together to make available the best...
Official Report
Meeting date:
6 October 2010
Rural Affairs and Environment Committee 06 October 2010
My decision to ban the practice entirely is in the best welfare interests of the animals concerned.Finally, we have taken the opportunity to consolidate.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 October 2010
Finance Committee 05 October 2010
The result will be a group structure that is best suited to the challenges that lie ahead, and a further reduction in the senior management resource.We have been working with office-holders over the past few months, and they understand the need to reduce their funding in line with the Scottish budget.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 October 2010
European and External Relations Committee 05 October 2010
Figure 3 shows that SDI was ranked as the sixth best performing agency out of more than 210 that were assessed across the world in a recent study by the World Bank.Simon Wakefield will now consider the impact of spend by the Scottish Government and VisitScotland.
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 April 2010
Meeting of the Parliament 15 April 2010
For people in business, the disruption is sizeable, but I commend the Government for its response in applying the precautionary principle to ensure that there are no unnecessary dangers to members of the public.Considering the information that is available to the cabinet secretary and the matters that are being discussed, how will he keep the Scottish public up to date on what will be an on-going and changing situation? How best...
Official Report
Meeting date:
24 February 2010
Local Government and Communities Committee 24 February 2010
The provision was included in response to representations from local authorities that previous legislation on the investment of money was too prescriptive and did not provide them with sufficient flexibility to achieve best value from their investments.The draft Local Government Investments (Scotland) Regulations 2010 are the result of some two years of wor...
