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Official Report
Meeting date:
5 November 2009
Plenary, 05 Nov 2009
Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament considers that the family is the natural building block of our society; notes the significant pressures facing families in Scotland today arising from relationship breakdown, poverty, unemployment and substance abuse; believes that the Scottish Government should focus on addressing the impact of the recession and take steps to ease the burden on families; recognises that long-term relationships provide stability in many families and acknowledges the status of marriage in society; believes that the needs and best...
Official Report
Meeting date:
24 September 2009
Plenary, 24 Sep 2009
Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament notes with concern the 23% of local authority child protection services in Scotland that scored weak or unsatisfactory in at least one of the reference quality indicators, reported in the Summary of Indicative Quality Indicator Results from HMIE Inspections, published on 17 September 2009; welcomes the fact that 77% of authorities have achieved positive child protection reports; recognises the immensely valuable contribution made by those professionals working in frontline child protection services; recognises that further improvement is necessary and will be informed by the second round of inspections now underway; looks forward to HMIE's summary report that will provide the most comprehensive national picture of child protection that Scotland has ever had, which, taken together with the findings of the recent significant case review into the death of Brandon Muir, will feed into the national review of child protection guidance; encourages measures to address the increasing prevalence of substance misuse and its impact on children within the framework of Road to Recovery; encourages the promotion of the Getting it Right for Every Child approach, and looks forward to public consultation on the review of national child protection guidance that will address assessment of risk and information sharing for all children, including those suffering from parental substance misuse, domestic abuse and other risks to their safety and wellbeing; recognises the initiative taken by the previous administration in tackling this problem by bringing together a series of actions contained in the Hidden Harm report; calls on the Scottish Government to take effective action to identify and focus on those children who are at risk, particularly as a result of living with parents or carers who are alcohol or substance abusers; calls on the Scottish Government to report to the Parliament within three months and thereafter periodically on the progress made on this, in building on the recommendations of Hidden Harm and in the follow-up inspection work by HMIE, and looks for a child-centred approach to child protection that has the welfare and best...
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 November 2008
Equal Opportunities Committee, 04 Nov 2008
I am not sure that the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill would be the best place for that, but it would be really helpful to consider it.We do not want our position on gender to undermine the bill as it stands or our support for an aggravation in relation to sexual orientation or transgender identity.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 May 2008
Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 14 May 2008
That could allow us to get much more information from one session, and it could be a good way of discussing housing stock transfer in particular. Round-table sessions work best when people participating in them have opposing views, and there can be a bit of to and fro.
Official Report
Meeting date:
12 March 2008
Plenary, 12 Mar 2008
In fact, the public and the prison population alike are best served by those people serving part of their sentence in the community.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 September 2007
Plenary, 13 Sep 2007
There was no confession evidence. Despite Strathclyde Police's best efforts to establish a connection, there was no direct evidence to implicate Angus Sinclair in the murders it was investigating.
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 May 2009
Plenary, 20 May 2009
We as a Government would commit to that before deciding on the best way forward. Accordingly, I ask Margaret Smith to withdraw amendment 24 and not to move amendment 25.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
29 July 2026
Scotland's economic policy landscape
As in 1999, Scotland continues to perform as one of the ‘best’ parts of the UK on key metrics.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 March 2026
Legacy Report of the Economy and Fair Work Committee, Session 6
The Committee believes that the current format of the Business in the Parliament Conference is now past its sell-by date, not good value for money, and does not represent the best use of resources. The Committee emphasises the importance of meaningful engagement between businesses and elected members with measurable outcomes.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 March 2026
Social Justice and Social Security Committee Session 6 Legacy Report
This has been used to create the Scottish Child Payment.
new benefits in devolved areas (except pensions). This has been used to create the Best Start Grant – early learning and school payments.Scotland Act 1998
Primary legislation
The Committee considered a range of subject matters throughout its scrutiny of primary legislation in Session 6, and these are...
