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Derek Brownlee, the so-called financial guru of the Conservative group—at least, that is how Mary Scanlon describes him; I have heard other names for him, but parliamentary privilege prevents me from mentioning them here—spent most of his time attacking the Labour Party.
We held this debate to give the Parliament the chance to contribute to addressing the opportunities and challenges involved in introducing a qualifications system that supports curriculum for excellence—I believe that members have done that. Mary Mulligan, Claire Baker and Ken Macintosh should realise that that was the purpose of the debate.
The Olympic games will be a stepping stone towards 2014, so we should do all that we can to ensure that Scottish athletes get the maximum out of 2012.The issue of PE in schools was raised by both Margaret Curran and Mary Scanlon. Clearly, our expectation is that schools will continue to work towards the provision of two hours of good-quality PE for each chi...
I have heard enough this morning from Iain Gray, Johann Lamont, Paul Martin, Mary Mulligan, Hugh Henry, and shortly Andy Kerr—the happy gang of Scottish politics.The reality of— On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
The First Minister also replied to a letter from a lady called Mary Scanlon MSP on the subject. I think, therefore, in terms of— Why did he not just refer them to the chief planner and explain that it would be inappropriate, given the ministerial code, for him, as the First Minister, to intervene directly in a live planning application?