Results 1-8 of 8 for foundation hospital speaker:Alex Salmond

Scottish Parliament: Scottish Government's Programme (3 Sep 2009)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: ...plan, which has been designed to support 15,000 jobs. We have outlined a £35 billion infrastructure investment programme over the next decade, with £3.8 billion being spent this year on transport projects, schools and hospitals. We will complete more schools, on average, every week than the previous Administration did, taking the rate from 0.8 schools per week during the eight...

Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Question Time: Prime Minister (Meetings) (26 Feb 2009)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: ...Welsh First Minister—someone who seems able to speak for Wales, despite the Labour Party's inability to speak for Scotland—has articulated on the cash balances that are lying in English foundation hospitals. He has said that there is a severe danger that the so-called efficiency savings south of the border could result in accumulated underspends in foundation hospitals. At some...

Scottish Parliament: First Minister's Statement: Scottish Government's Programme (3 Sep 2008)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: ...far from the sum of our intentions. In the face of a global slow-down that has been spurred by high commodity prices and the credit crunch, the Government is acting to uphold our economy's resilience and lay the foundations for a strong recovery. We will make vital investment in affordable housing and ensure the quick and effective deployment of European structural funds. Through the...

Scottish Parliament: Commonwealth Games 2014 (14 Nov 2007)

Rt Hon Alex Salmond: ...to ensure that we deliver the games in time and on budget. We can be confident that we will not see the sort of escalating costs that other projects have seen. Glasgow's bid was built on a solid foundation—bricks and mortar, not pie in the sky. That is one reason why, unlike other games, we do not depend on lottery funds to pay for Glasgow 2014. However, the lottery should and must...

The Economy (4 Dec 2003)

Mr Alex Salmond: .... There is a Barnett squeeze on Scottish public spending and indeed on public spending in Wales. Measures within the legislative programme such as top-up fees, in the same way as the measures on foundation hospitals in the previous Session, will undoubtedly have an impact on Scottish public spending via the Barnett formula. I cite Professor Arthur Midwinter, who told the Scottish...

The Economy (4 Dec 2003)

Mr Alex Salmond: Occasionally, I despair. I have carefully argued that the Bills that we are talking about—concerning top-up fees and foundation hospitals—affect Scotland. What I find incredible is not that Scottish Labour Members voted, but that they voted in favour of a measure that will reduce public expenditure in Scotland as a consequence of Barnett. I do not mind people voting on a matter...

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: Clause 1 — NHS Foundation Trusts (19 Nov 2003)

Mr Alex Salmond: Is the shadow Secretary of State aware not only that 43 Scottish Labour Members voted to impose foundation hospitals on England, but that these proposals were vigorously opposed by the Labour party in Scotland, including in the constituency of the Secretary of State for Health?

Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill: Schedule 13 — Repeals and Revocations (8 Jul 2003)

Mr Alex Salmond: As the Secretary of State should be aware, there are huge implications for funding in Scotland if foundation hospitals, via the Barnett formula, go ahead in England; however, he has not answered the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Angus (Mr. Weir). How can Scottish Labour Members be in favour of foundation hospitals in England, given that the Labour party policy in Scotland is...