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Official Report
Meeting date:
14 September 2000
Plenary, 14 Sep 2000
Will the minister look at that aspect? I am certainly prepared to try to get further information on the length of time that things take, but Pauline McNeill and the Parliament will appreciate that, over the past 10 months, since the suspension of temporary sheriffs, there have been difficulties in our sheriff courts.
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 September 2001
Plenary, 20 Sep 2001
Resolved, That the Parliament recognises the importance of effective assessment in schools as a means of improving learning and achievement and supports the Executive's plans to create a coherent system of assessment for Scotland; further recognises that the best way to achieve this is by (a) ensuring that the monitoring and reporting of pupils' progress is done in a consistent way throughout the school years; (b) supporting teachers to make sound judgements about pupils' learning and parents to be involved with their children's development; (c) improving national monitoring of achievement in key areas, and (d) bringing together diverse approaches to record-keeping and reporting in a single, integrated framework, and supports the Executive's plans to involve stakeholders in carrying forward these proposals and to introduce a simpler, more streamlined approach which is effective and easier for teachers, parents and pupils to understand, whilst ensuring that the core activities...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 March 2007
S2W-32070
Name of Minister Title Date of Visit Purpose Of Visit Including Organisation Met Donald Dewar First Minister 6 August 1999 Launch of Land Reform Website Creamery Visit and Announcement Exam Results Announcement Q and A Event Kirkwall Arts Centre 24 March 2000 Visit To Balfour Hospital Opening of Orkney College Signing of Orkney World Heritage Site Contract Henry McLeish First Minister 2 March 2001 Official Opening Balfour Hospital Glaitness Primary School Radio Orkney Interview Jack McConnell First Minister 14 May 2005 30th Anniversary of Islands Council Gala Events 15 May 2005 Tour of Scapa Flow 23 April 2006 Service of thanksgiving St Magnus Cathedral Visit to St Magnus Festival Offices 24 April 2006 Highlands and Islands Convention Official Opening of Garson Dental Practice Visit to European Machine Energy Centre Offices Visit to Firth Primary School Jim Wallace Deputy First Minister 3 September 1999 Opening of Orkney Science Festival 22 November 1999 Speech at Conference for Lifelong Learning 8 September 2000 Opening of Orkney Science Festival 10 November 2000 Attending Orkney Disability Forum 15 February 2001 Speech at Orkney Youth Crime Seminar 2 March 2001 Opening of Balfour Hospital Visit to Glaitness Primary School 25 November 2002 Launch of the Orkney drug, Alcohol and Smoking Action Plan 30 August 2002 Chairing Criminal lecture at Orkney Science Festival 15 October 2002 Speech at the Renewable Reality Seminar at Stromness Academy 29 November 2002 Speech at Homelessness Awareness day BBC Question Time, Kirkwall Grammar 31 May 2003 International Council on Monuments and Sites UK Buffet Supper in Orkney 2 June 2003 Speech at Orkney’s Health Everyone’s Business Conference 2 September 2003 Royal Engagement 14 May 2004 Reception for the success of open university graduates in Orkney 28 May 2004 Visiting Volunteers Centre Orkney 1 September 2004 Attending Orkney Science Festival 3 June 2005 Visiting St Rognvlads Residential Care, Orkney Nicol Stephen Deputy First Minister 14 August 2006 Visit to Orkney Industry Committee, Economic Development Group Visit to European Machine Energy Centre and Open Hydro Meeting with Orkney Renewable Energy Forum International Centre for Island Technology 15 August 2006 Visit to Orkney College Nicol Stephen Minister for Transport 25 to 26 August 2003 Visit to Flotta Visit to Hatston Ferry Terminal Meeting with Orkney Islands Councillors Margaret Curran Deputy Minister for Social Justice 17 April 2001 Meeting with Orkney Housing Association Sam Galbraith Minister of Education and Young People 26 November 1999 School Visits Peter Peacock Minister of Education and Young People 9 June 2006 School Visits and Ministerial Reception Euan Robson Deputy Minister for Education & Young People 6 August 2004 Meeting Chairman of Children’s Hearing Panel Meeting with Orkney Islands Council Meeting with Orkney Pre-School and Play Association Meeting with Chief Executive Orkney Islands Council Ross Finnie Minister for Environment and Rural Development 8 12 August 2000 Orkney County Show 9 October 2001 Reception for Ministers, Convention of Highlands and Islands 10 October 2001 Convention of Highlands and Islands 6 December 2003 Meeting Orkney Fisherman’s Association 23 August 2004 Visit to Agronomy Institute, Orkney College Visit to Orkney Auction Mart Meeting with Orkney Fisherman’s Association Meeting with Orkney National Farmers Union 11 August 2006 Visit to Orkney Herring Company, Stromness 12 August 2006 Orkney County Show, Kirkwall Rhona Brankin Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development 23 24 April 06 Convention of the Highlands and Islands Tom McCabe Minister for Finance 24 April 2006 Meeting with Orkney Islands Council Leadership Meeting with Jim Wallace & Alistair Buchan Speech, Highlands & Islands Convention Andy Kerr Minister for Finance 2 August 2004 Mgt with Orkney Community Planning Partners Lunch with Orkney Islands Council Official opening of Orkney Islands Customer Service one stop shop Visit to European Machine Energy Centre Press meeting Dinner with Orkney Islands Council 23 May 2002 Modernising Government Fund visit to East Kirk Finance Committee Meeting 2 August 2004 Orkney Islands Council Andy Kerr Minister for Health and Community Care 3 August 2005 NHS Orkney Annual Review 2004 2005 Meeting with Area Clinical Forum Meeting Partnership Forum Visit to Balfour Hospital Radiography Dept 31 July 2006 NHS Orkney Annual Review 2005 2006 Meeting Chair and Chief exec, NHS Orkney Lunch with NHS Orkney Board members Meeting Area Partnership Forum Meeting Area Clinical Forum Meeting Patients / Service Users Opening new Renal Unit, Balfour Hospital Press Briefing Tavish Scott Deputy Minister for Finance 7 August 2003 Meeting with Orkney Council Tavish Scott Minister for Transport 28 October 2005 Meeting with Ferries, Transport Grant and Regional Transport Partnerships Inter Island Air Service, Orkney Island Council Livestock meeting, Orkney Island Council 29 October 2005 Container Hub Scapa Flow Oil Port, Director of Harbours & Director of Development Services Orkney Orkney Enterprise Ltd 5 March 2007 Community Council Visit Tour of Orkney Ferries Kirkwall Travel Centre George Lyon Deputy Minister for Finance and Parliamentary Business 7 February 2007 Meeting with Orkney Council Susan Deacon Minister for Health and Community Care 22 October 1999 Tour of Balfour Hospital Tour of New Community Facilities at Glaitness Project for People with Physical Disabilities and Glaitness Very Sheltered Housing Malcolm Chisholm Minister for Health and Community Care 6 August 2002 Meeting NHS Orkney Senior Management team Visit to Community Social Services, Laing Street, Kirkwall Tour of Balfour Hospital Visit Health Centre, Kirkwall Dinner with NHS Orkney Board members 7 August 2002 Meeting with Partnership Forum, Balfour Hospital Meeting with members of Carers and Users Patient Information Database Tour of Balfour Hospital Frank McAveety Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care 11 to 12 November 2002 Visit to Westray and Papa Westray, Initiative at the Edge Dr Richard Simpson Deputy Minister for Justice 27 May 2002 Visit to Orkney Drug Action Team Orkney College Patricia Ferguson Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport 17 to 18 June 2006 Attendance at St Magnus Festival Elish Angiolini Solicitor General 17 May 2004 Installation Sheriff of Grampian, Highlands and Islands 29 August to 1 September 2004 National Lighthouse Board Inspection Colin Boyd Lord Advocate 24 to 28 August 04 National Lighthouse Board Inspection 23 July 2001 Visit to local Procurator Fiscal Office Iain Gray Minister for Social Justice 19 March 2002 Voluntary Action Orkney - Active...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2006
S2W-21828
The assessment should capture pre G8 summit activity from delegations, site visits and where possible, events convened as a result of the summit.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 November 2004
S2W-12199
Other initiatives include Healthy Respect, the health demonstration project in Lothian, and the range of activities on sexual health carried out by NHS Health Scotland across its programme areas. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 M F Total* M F Total* ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 February 2007
Plenary, 08 Feb 2007
Resolved, That the Parliament believes that early years education, care and development support for our youngest children can provide firm foundations for later life and welcomes the significant increase in pre-school education entitlement that has been delivered since 1999; recognises that teachers have, and will continue to have, a major role to play in delivering pre-school education; recognises the vital role that qualified early years practitioners play in delivering early years services and welcomes proposals to deliver greater professionalism and improved career pathways for early years staff; welcomes proposals under A Curriculum for Excellence to introduce more active...
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 April 2004
Plenary, 01 Apr 2004
Again, I do not feel that the minister is getting the point that members are making.
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 November 2004
Plenary, 03 Nov 2004
I propose, therefore, to suspend the meeting for about two minutes while we get a print-out of the vote. We will check it and then we can continue.
Official Report
Meeting date:
9 March 2004
Justice 2 Committee, 09 Mar 2004
We all know how building costs can sometimes get beyond original expectations.Further, there is the question of the cost of running the supreme court.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 February 2002
Plenary, 14 Feb 2002
Councillors have the background, skills and knowledge to add strength to the board.As to the red herrings that were raised at stage 2 about how to get councillors on to the board of Scottish Water, if the relationship between the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Executive is not mature enough to deal with that, it is a sad day.
