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Official Report
Meeting date:
16 December 2015
Meeting of the Parliament 16 December 2015
Our youth employment strategy sets out a series of detailed targets over a seven-year period; in fact, in the past week or so, we published the first annual report on developing the young workforce, which is our refreshed youth employment strategy. If Mary Scanlon wishes to raise any particular concern with me—or with the Cabinet Secretary for Education and...
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 September 2015
Public Audit Committee 09 September 2015
I wanted to note that point and put it on the record. I echo Mary Scanlon’s comments on the issue that she has highlighted.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 January 2015
Meeting of the Parliament 08 January 2015
We have good discussions through Scottish Care about how we can better support the sector to respond in the way that we need it to respond, which covers not just care homes but care at home. I would be happy to keep Mary Scanlon updated on how those discussions are going.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 August 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 14 August 2014
I know that Liz Smith has been replaced as education spokesperson by the sunny optimism of Mary Scanlon—we all welcome that replacement, I think—but, given that she was wrong about curriculum for excellence and the examination diet, is it not possible that she will also be wrong in her predictions about a lack of nursery places?
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 March 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 04 March 2014
The first item of business this afternoon is time for reflection. Our leader today is Mary McDevitt, the leader of the Edinburgh signing choir.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 January 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 09 January 2014
Speaking on the radio this week, Alasdair Allan, the Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages, said that we will continue to listen to teachers to ensure that they get further help if needed and that any issues are addressed. That answers Mary Scanlon’s question.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 December 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 05 December 2013
The panel was chaired by David Stewart; the other members were Mary Scanlon and me. On behalf of the panel, I thank the independent assessor, Louise Rose, who oversaw all aspects of the process and has provided the SPCB with a validation certificate that confirms that the process complied with good practice and that the nomination of the new commissioner is...
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 October 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 02 October 2013
I understand that the number has gone up to 74 this year from the 59 that Mary Scanlon mentioned. We would like to see more assistants, which is why we work with and support the British Council and others.
Official Report
Meeting date:
15 November 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 15 November 2012
I thank the corporate body member for that answer. As Mary Scanlon mentioned, I am a former member of the Public Petitions Committee and I have a keen interest in the committee and I am proud of the good work that it does in listening to and engaging with people across Scotland on a significant number of important issues.I understand that there were difficu...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 October 2012
Meeting of the Parliament 03 October 2012
The latest round of the international development fund supports Scotland-based organisations that work on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa and which are taking forward projects to respond to the effects of climate change.The member will be aware that the First Minister and the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson, came together earlier this year to la...
