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Official Report
Meeting date:
6 March 2008
Plenary, 06 Mar 2008
Sometimes, that does not happen at local level, even with the best will in the world and the best policies, and even if the necessary funding is in place.I will cite a couple of examples.
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 March 2011
Meeting of the Parliament 03 March 2011
For the Conservatives, that task fell to my colleague Alex Johnstone, whom I thank for taking my place on the committee and for the work that he contributed to the bill’s final stages.On the bill’s principles, I am mindful of our debate at the outset about whether the consumer and public interest would be best served by a voluntary accreditation scheme, whi...
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 November 2010
Meeting of the Parliament 18 November 2010
There will be a division.ForAdam, Brian (Aberdeen North) (SNP)Alexander, Ms Wendy (Paisley North) (Lab)Allan, Alasdair (Western Isles) (SNP)Baillie, Jackie (Dumbarton) (Lab)Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)Baker, Richard (North East Scotland) (Lab)Boyack, Sarah (Edinburgh Central) (Lab)Brankin, Rhona (Midlothian) (Lab)Brown, Keith (Ochil) (SNP)Butler, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab)Chisholm, Malcolm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab)Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)Constance, Angela (Livingston) (SNP)Craigie, Cathie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab)Crawford, Bruce (Stirling) (SNP)Cunningham, Roseanna (Perth) (SNP)Curran, Margaret (Glasgow Baillieston) (Lab)Don, Nigel (North East Scotland) (SNP)Doris, Bob (Glasgow) (SNP)Eadie, Helen (Dunfermline East) (Lab)Ewing, Fergus (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP)Fabiani, Linda (Central Scotland) (SNP)Ferguson, Patricia (Glasgow Maryhill) (Lab)FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee West) (SNP)Foulkes, George (Lothians) (Lab)Gibson, Kenneth (Cunninghame North) (SNP)Gibson, Rob (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)Gillon, Karen (Clydesdale) (Lab)Glen, Marlyn (North East Scotland) (Lab)Godman, Trish (West Renfrewshire) (Lab)Gordon, Charlie (Glasgow Cathcart) (Lab)Grahame, Christine (South of Scotland) (SNP)Grant, Rhoda (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)Gray, Iain (East Lothian) (Lab)Harper, Robin (Lothians) (Green)Harvie, Christopher (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP)Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green)Henry, Hugh (Paisley South) (Lab)Hepburn, Jamie (Central Scotland) (SNP)Hyslop, Fiona (Lothians) (SNP)Ingram, Adam (South of Scotland) (SNP)Kelly, James (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)Kerr, Andy (East Kilbride) (Lab)Kidd, Bill (Glasgow) (SNP)Lamont, Johann (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab)Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP)MacAskill, Kenny (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (SNP)Macdonald, Lewis (Aberdeen Central) (Lab)Macintosh, Ken (Eastwood) (Lab)Martin, Paul (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab)Marwick, Tricia (Central Fife) (SNP)Mather, Jim (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)Matheson, Michael (Falkirk West) (SNP)Maxwell, Stewart (West of Scotland) (SNP)McAveety, Mr Frank (Glasgow Shettleston) (Lab)McConnell, Jack (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab)McKee, Ian (Lothians) (SNP)McKelvie, Christina (Central Scotland) (SNP)McLaughlin, Anne (Glasgow) (SNP)McMahon, Michael (Hamilton North and Bellshill) (Lab)McMillan, Stuart (West of Scotland) (SNP)McNeil, Duncan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)McNeill, Pauline (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab)Morgan, Alasdair (South of Scotland) (SNP)Murray, Elaine (Dumfries) (Lab)Neil, Alex (Central Scotland) (SNP)Oldfather, Irene (Cunninghame South) (Lab)Park, John (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)Paterson, Gil (West of Scotland) (SNP)Peacock, Peter (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)Peattie, Cathy (Falkirk East) (Lab)Robison, Shona (Dundee East) (SNP)Russell, Michael (South of Scotland) (SNP)Salmond, Alex (Gordon) (SNP)Simpson, Dr Richard (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)Smith, Elaine (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab)Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Lothians) (SNP)Stevenson, Stewart (Banff and Buchan) (SNP)Stewart, David (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)Sturgeon, Nicola (Glasgow Govan) (SNP)Swinney, John (North Tayside) (SNP)Thompson, Dave (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)Watt, Maureen (North East Scotland) (SNP)Welsh, Andrew (Angus) (SNP)White, Sandra (Glasgow) (SNP)Whitefield, Karen (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)Whitton, David (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab)Wilson, Bill (West of Scotland) (SNP)Wilson, John (Central Scotland) (SNP)AgainstAitken, Bill (Glasgow) (Con)Brocklebank, Ted (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)Brown, Gavin (Lothians) (Con)Brown, Robert (Glasgow) (LD)Brownlee, Derek (South of Scotland) (Con)Carlaw, Jackson (West of Scotland) (Con)Finnie, Ross (West of Scotland) (LD)Goldie, Annabel (West of Scotland) (Con)Hume, Jim (South of Scotland) (LD)Johnstone, Alex (North East Scotland) (Con)Lamont, John (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)McArthur, Liam (Orkney) (LD)McGrigor, Jamie (Highlands and Islands) (Con)McInnes, Alison (North East Scotland) (LD)McLetchie, David (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con)Milne, Nanette (North East Scotland) (Con)Mitchell, Margaret (Central Scotland) (Con)Munro, John Farquhar (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD)O’Donnell, Hugh (Central Scotland) (LD)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)Smith, Elizabeth (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)Smith, Iain (North East Fife) (LD)Smith, Margaret (Edinburgh West) (LD)Stephen, Nicol (Aberdeen South) (LD)Stone, Jamie (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD)Tolson, Jim (Dunfermline West) (LD) The result of the division is: For 89, Against 31, Abstentions 0.Motion, as amended, agreed to,That the Parliament recognises that the abolition of prescription charges will benefit all those patients with long-term conditions and the 600,000 people on low incomes who are not entitled to exemption and further recognises that total abolition is in the best...
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 May 2010
Local Government and Communities Committee 26 May 2010
However, it sometimes takes longer than 12 months to get through the complaints-handling procedure. We are having to work out the best way to deal with that. The anomaly should go.
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 May 2010
Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee 19 May 2010
However, as the convener mentioned, some of the smaller voluntary organisations might struggle with that, so we intend to continue to discuss with them the best way to progress retrospective checking.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 January 2010
Plenary, 07 Jan 2010
What meetings has the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing had with COSLA, health boards and voluntary sector organisations to discuss how local community networks, general practitioners, voluntary groups, housing associations and carers centres can be best co-ordinated to identify vulnerable people and to get help to them?
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 September 2009
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 23 Sep 2009
Is it possible to write to us in those terms? We can certainly do that to the best of our ability. We are asking members to concentrate on the needs of small businesses at the moment, because we will be able to ask the cabinet secretary these questions in due course.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 September 2008
European and External Relations Committee, 09 Sep 2008
All organisations can look regularly at their procurement policy and at how best to use their purchasing power. There is always a concern about falling into a tick-box attitude and saying, "We now have fair trade coffee; that's fine, we've done it."
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 January 2010
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 27 Jan 2010
The Italians have also been successful in establishing a bank.The best example, though, is the Kiwibank, which we stumbled across recently when one of our colleagues from New Zealand came to the UK to see us.
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 February 2011
Meeting of the Parliament 03 February 2011
It reflects the Parliament’s scrutiny at its best. The expert group came up with a view on which the Government consulted.
