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Official Report
Meeting date:
27 February 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 27 February 2013
As Siobhan McMahon knows, merger is a voluntary activity. Indeed, I am often castigated from the Labour benches for being too keen to push the issue of merger.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 November 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 28 November 2012
It is being delivered across Scotland by local authorities and their partners, including Skills Development Scotland, colleges, third sector providers and Jobcentre Plus.This year, local authorities in the West Scotland region received £599,241 specifically to support the delivery of opportunities for all, including 16+ learning choices and activity agreeme...
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 November 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 27 November 2012
The Government engages in a clear measure of dialogue with BAE Systems in understanding the work of the yards and the economic implications of the activity that they support. On a practical level, our principal channel for that dialogue is Scottish Enterprise, and I will consider the suggestion that Mr McMillan has made in relation to the economic impact of...
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 November 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 15 November 2012
The case has been going on since February and involves a lot of technical complexities. SEPA has been active in pursuing the issue and has engaged with local representatives to keep them informed about any risk.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 June 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 07 June 2012
An inspirational nationwide programme of events will be developed and set around the five themes of ancestry, food and drink, and active, creative and natural Scotland.
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 May 2012
Public Petitions Committee 29 May 2012
The suggestion is that championing of elderly care be mainstreamed into day-to-day activity by Nicola Sturgeon. That is what the Government’s response said.
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 May 2012
Public Petitions Committee 15 May 2012
Perhaps we again need to think about encouraging the Scottish Youth Parliament to become more involved in and have an active input in our petitions system. I am happy to correct what I said earlier: the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called for a ban in June 2010—it was nothing whatsoever to do with the European Court of Justice.We also had...
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 December 2011
Meeting of the Parliament 22 December 2011
Gil Paterson raises a very important point about ensuring that best practice is spread throughout local authorities, given that some are doing much better than others—albeit that there are mitigating circumstances, including geography and other issues.I spoke to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities a couple of weeks ago about the issue and assured it that we will continue to work with all local authorities and to co-ordinate best practice.Zero waste Scotland, the body that is responsible for recycling, is also actively...
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 September 2011
Meeting of the Parliament 15 September 2011
We have tended to have bursts of merger activity, bursts of discussion and long periods in which nothing happens.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 June 2011
Meeting of the Parliament 09 June 2011
Those discussions have been treated as confidential because many of the personnel involved are currently on active service in Afghanistan and elsewhere and because no decisions have yet been made by the United Kingdom Government.
