This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
I believe that it is reasonable for the committee—if the committee wishes—to seek evidence from the minister, strictly on the practical effects of the activities of the Executive in relation to the issues covered by the bill.
I commend the good practice in such projects, which helps to keep people in their homes and to ensure that they get companionship, nutritious food, mind stimulation, and care and support.
I do not support Mike Tyson in a sporting sense—I never liked him as a boxer—nor do I support his activities outside the ring, which brought great condemnation upon him.
On the other hand, if there is a heavy lobby against some activity such as fox hunting, we do not want the public to take over the meeting.I would not go to the stake over that issue.
Approval of the general principles limits the scope of any activity at stage 2, but for good reason, because otherwise we could end up with an ill-defined procedure at stage 2.
I speak as a learner who has not found it easy to get to the stage I am at. Because I am a learner, when I go around places such as Strathspey I try to find people with whom to practise Gaelic.
The person concerned is routinely advised not to go to the Lands Tribunal, but instead to make the payment to the superior to get a minute of waiver. That saves hassle and doubt and removes the problem of homeowners having to take on often wealthy superiors at the Lands Tribunal.