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Official Report
Meeting date:
23 February 2010
Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee 23 February 2010
Given that SEPA’s income has dropped as a result of the recession, is the Scottish Government confident that the organisation has the resources to carry out its CRC functions and can work adequately with the regulators in the rest of the UK?
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 October 2009
Plenary, 29 Oct 2009
Motion debated, That the Parliament believes that the children, parents and communities of Tay Bridgehead in north-east Fife require a new secondary school and community facility in addition to the proposed single site at Madras College; highlights that the campaign for a new Tay Bridgehead school has been ongoing for more than half a century; considers, in light of recent leaked figures, that the proposed new Madras College will not be big enough to accommodate all the pupils, including those from the Tay Bridgehead area; notes that currently around 850 pupils from the Tay Bridgehead and Leuchars area have to be bussed to school and that this has affected their education and involvement in school activities, as has been the case for generations; congratulates The Courier, Fife Herald and St Andrews Citizen for highlighting the growing public support for a Tay Bridgehead school, and supports all those involved in the campaign. During the recess...
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 September 2009
Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee, 01 Sep 2009
I open the Education, Lifelong Learning and Culture Committee's first meeting following the summer recess. I hope that all committee members had an enjoyable summer, even though the weather was not particularly co-operative at points.We have apologies from Aileen Campbell MSP, who is unable to join us today.The first item on our agenda is our stage 1 scruti...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 May 2009
Plenary, 21 May 2009
Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament is concerned that 34,000 extra Scots were out of a job in the last year and that many live under the threat of redundancy; recognises that government support for business and individuals is vital in the current climate; calls on the Scottish Government to examine the ProAct scheme developed by the Welsh Assembly Government, which supports businesses on short-time working, to establish whether or not a scheme would benefit Scotland's economic recovery; further recognises the seriousness of the economic situation in Scotland; believes that the Scottish Government should bring forward a new and revised economic recovery programme prior to summer recess...
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 March 2009
Health and Sport Committee, 18 Mar 2009
Surely no elected parliamentarian should criticise a person who seeks to debate a critical issue in a democratic Parliament that is in the depths of the worst recession since the 1930s.Ross Finnie made an excellent point when he said that we are not discussing alternatives.
Official Report
Meeting date:
12 March 2009
Plenary, 12 Mar 2009
Because construction costs have been falling during the recession, the HAG makes as great a contribution to total costs as it has made in recent times.I am proud of the Government's record, but we need to do more.
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 February 2009
Plenary, 26 Feb 2009
First, FiSIG reported on progress against actions that are contained in the existing implementation plans and on its review of those plans to ensure that they still meet the new challenges that are faced in the current financial crisis and recession. FiSIG concluded that the aims and pillars that are set out in the strategy are still appropriate, but that s...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 January 2009
Plenary, 21 Jan 2009
Earlier this afternoon, I asked him whether he would review homelessness policy; I invite him to respond on that point.The Scottish Conservatives are in favour of the goal of ending homelessness and realise that the problem is likely to grow as we enter the recession, but in our view aspects of the Government's current homelessness policy were introduced wi...
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 February 2008
Plenary, 07 Feb 2008
I thank everyone for attending tonight's debate, particularly as it is in the graveyard shift before the recess. I also thank colleagues who signed my motion.Although, at first glance, it might seem that the debate focuses on Edinburgh and, in particular, west Edinburgh, the issue at stake affects not just people in the central belt but people throughout Sc...
Official Report
Meeting date:
24 March 2010
Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee 24 March 2010
We probably need to make a formal decision, as we will have to draw up bids for the various visits that we are suggesting, which will have to be submitted to the Conveners Group pretty much as soon as we return from the Easter recess. The next Conveners Group meeting is fairly soon after the recess, so we will probab...
