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Official Report
Meeting date:
9 December 2004
Plenary, 09 Dec 2004
The Government must make choices and I believe that the £45 million that it would cost to abolish prescription charges is better used to improve health care in Scotland to ensure that we have faster and more local treatment and that people across Scotland have the best access to staff, equipment and facilities.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 December 2004
Plenary, 09 Dec 2004
I have asked the Scottish pay reference and implementation group—or SPRIG, which is one of those terms that I am learning more about—to consider those bedding-in issues and report to me to offer views on how best to overcome them. At the heart of the programme is a good deal for the workforce and for patients and I intend it to be implemented in full.
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 November 2004
Plenary, 25 Nov 2004
The Conservatives want to promote choice between schools, which automatically means that there should be second-best schools in Scotland. We utterly reject that.
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 June 2004
Justice 2 Committee, 29 Jun 2004
Are you content with Karen Whitefield's suggestion? Yes, as that is probably the best way to deal with the correspondence.
Official Report
Meeting date:
24 June 2004
Plenary, 24 Jun 2004
The Secretary of State for Health, Dr John Reid, is doing an excellent job for the United Kingdom Government. He is doing his level best to ensure that the level of resources that is allocated to, and the achievements of, the health service in England catch up with those of the health service in Scotland.It is important to record the achievements of the hea...
Official Report
Meeting date:
12 May 2004
Justice 2 Committee, 12 May 2004
Apart from saying that the Executive is currently considering"how best to address the possibility that children and young people may be deterred from making genuine complaints because of the prospect of a subsequent defamation action",there is no specific further comment.The committee must decide what should be done with the petition.
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 April 2004
Plenary, 01 Apr 2004
However, the Executive prefers that the introduction of new labour from overseas is not at the expense of local people as a result of how the new labour is exploited. The best protection that people can have in those circumstances is the protection of their trade union.
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 April 2004
Plenary, 01 Apr 2004
(S2O-1924) Our aim is to provide the courts with a full range of disposals that meet the needs of offenders, including residential programmes, although residential accommodation is not always the best answer. As the Deputy First Minister reminded us, this is an area of sensitivity between the two component factions of the Scottish Executive.
Official Report
Meeting date:
12 February 2004
Plenary, 12 Feb 2004
How can the minister be sure that it is safe to leave that toxic cargo on the sea-bed? All the best scientific advice available tells us that the remainder of the cargo of the Jambo does not pose a threat to the environment—except, obviously, in the immediate vicinity of the wreck.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 February 2004
Standards Committee, 10 Feb 2004
However, if the committee agrees, I am happy to make that point to the Equal Opportunities Committee and to agree that we will do our level best to adhere to recommendations 2 and 5.
