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Official Report Meeting date: 20 November 2001

Procedures Committee, 20 Nov 2001

Patricia Ferguson, George Reid and I undertake a great deal of work under the general heading of external relations, through the British-Irish Interparliamentary Body and parliamentary delegations, and by welcoming the many visitors that we receive to the Parliament, hosting receptions and so on. That is a greater portion of my work than I expected when I t...

Official Report Meeting date: 2 October 2001

Public Petitions Committee, 02 Oct 2001

Convener, I wish to thank members of the committee for their reception. I say to Dorothy-Grace Elder that it is nice to receive genuine sympathy when people intend to follow it up.

Official Report Meeting date: 30 May 2001

Justice 1 Committee, 30 May 2001

I presume that that does not preclude somebody from turning up in person and completing a simple form at the reception area. That is correct. More important, will not it be possible for people to make a request by telephone?

Official Report Meeting date: 20 November 2000

Justice and Home Affairs Committee, 20 Nov 2000

That money could be better used from the day on which that section was implemented. Yes. The costs of reception and release by prisons—the revolving door situation—are disproportionately expensive.

Official Report Meeting date: 8 December 1999

Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 08 Dec 1999

In May 1999, the board put a proposal to what is now the Scottish Executive to expand St Mary's teaching staff by employing a primary 1 teacher and creating a reception class of 12 or 13 pupils. That would be of benefit because more attention could be paid to earlier intervention, class sizes could be smoothed out from primary 2 to primary 6, the school rol...

Official Report Meeting date: 20 June 2000

Equal Opportunities Committee, 20 Jun 2000

Excuse my ignorance about that body—will you spell its name? A-P-N-A G-H-A-R. It is Urdu for "our house".

SPICe briefings Date published: 25 March 2025

Scottish Parliament Statistics 2023-2024

Abbreviations AGS - Auditor General for Scotland Alba – The Alba Party asp - Act of Scottish Parliament BIPA - British Irish Parliamentary Assembly C - Constituency CALRE - Conference of Regional Legislative Assemblies CEEAC - Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee CJ - Criminal Justice Committee CLRAE - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe Con - Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party CoR - Committee of the Regions COSLA - Convention of Scottish Local Authorities CPA - Commonwealth Parliamentary Association CPG – Cross Party Group CPPP - Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee CVDR - COVID-19 Recovery Committee DPLR - Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee DPO – Deputy Presiding Officer ECYP - Education, Children and Young People Committee EFW - Economy and Fair Work Committee EHRCJ - Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee EIR – Environmental Information Request EU - European Union F - Female FE - Further Education FMQs - First Minister’s Questions FOI - Freedom of Information FOI(S)A – Freedom of Information Scotland Act 2002 FPA - Finance and Public Administration Committee G - Government Bill Green - Scottish Green Party h:mins - hours and minutes HE – Higher Education HL - House of Lords, i.e. a House of Lords Bill HMP – His Majesty’s Prison Hrs - Hours HSCS - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Lab - Scottish Labour Party LCM - Legislative Consent Memorandum LD - Scottish Liberal Democrats LGBTI+ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex + LGHP - Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee M - Male M - Member’s Bill Mins - Minutes MP - Member of the UK Parliament MS - Multiple Sclerosis MSP - Member of the Scottish Parliament n...

Official Report Meeting date: 16 March 2006

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