Scottish Parliament debates
Thursday, 13 January 2005

• Official Report 13 January 2005 (0 speeches)
  Scottish Parliament Thursday 13 January 2005 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]
• Make Poverty History (66 speeches)
  Good morning. The first item of business today is a debate on motion S2M-2240, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on the campaign to make poverty history, and three amendments to the motion. I call...
• First Minister's Question Time (0 speeches)
  • Cabinet (Meetings) (10 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Scottish Executive's Cabinet. (S2F-1335)
  • Prime Minister (Meetings) (13 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister and what issues will be discussed. (S2F-1336)
  • Secretary of State for Scotland (Meetings) (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland and what issues he intends to discuss. (S2F-1351)
  • Sectarianism (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what the next steps will be in addressing sectarianism following the recent meeting with football supporters associations. (S2F-1347)
  • Flooding (8 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Executive is addressing incidents and threats of flooding across Scotland. (S2F-1349)
  • Youth Crime (4 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Executive proposes to take to address the issue of youth crime. (S2F-1339)
• Question Time — Scottish Executive — Environment and Rural Development (0 speeches)
  • Wildlife Habitats (Protection) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on protecting wildlife habitats. (S2O-4834)
  • Single Farm Payments (Cross-border Holdings) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive how single farm payments will affect farms with holdings on both sides of the Scotland and England border. (S2O-4821)
  • Roads (Air Quality) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive how it is addressing the concerns of communities situated along major roads regarding air quality. (S2O-4851)
  • Cairngorms National Park (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will take into account in any decision to review the boundaries of Cairngorms national park. (S2O-4855)
  • Water and Sewerage Services (Rural Scotland) (10 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether lack of water and sewerage services in rural Scotland is impeding economic growth and, if so, what action it is taking to address any such provision of these...
  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council (10 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the outcome of the agriculture and fisheries council in December 2004. (S2O-4822)
  • Noise Nuisance (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address noise nuisance. (S2O-4824)
• Health and Community Care (0 speeches)
  • National Health Service Dentists (North-east) (11 speeches)
    Question 1 is from Nora Radcliffe.
  • NHS Staff (Violence) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether more action can be taken to protect NHS staff from verbal and physical violence from patients. (S2O-4904)
  • Dental Caries (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what the health effects are of untreated dental caries. (S2O-4883)
• HIV/AIDS (6 speeches)
  To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. (S2O-4859)
  • Children's Health (Playing Fields) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether children's health is being affected by the loss of school playing fields. (S2O-4868)
  • NHS Argyll and Clyde (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive when it will take a decision on the Argyll and Clyde NHS Board financial recovery plan. (S2O-4906)
• General Questions (0 speeches)
  • Elections (Turnout) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address issues that cause low turnout in elections. (S2O-4843)
  • Teaching (Qualifications) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether qualifications gained at English universities will be accepted as suitable qualifications to teach in Scottish schools. (S2O-4831)
  • Kerb-crawling (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on the partnership agreement commitment to make kerb-crawling a criminal offence. (S2O-4811)
  • Public Transport (Travel to Work) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage people to travel to work by public transport. (S2O-4840)
  • Boy Racers (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to discourage criminal activities undertaken by "boy racers". (S2O-4819)
  • Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive how many claims there have been to the courts under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in Scotland. (S2O-4810)
  • Wind Farms (7 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide further strategic guidance on the siting of wind farms. (S2O-4900)
• Victims and Witnesses (48 speeches)
  The next item of business is a debate on motion S2M-2241, in the name of Hugh Henry, on victims and witnesses, and two amendments to the motion.
• Decision Time (12 speeches)
  I have received notice of a point of order from Nicola Sturgeon.
• Sustaining Agriculture (16 speeches)
  The next item of business is a members' business debate on motion S2M-2209, in the name of Jamie Stone, on sustaining agriculture and sustaining communities. The debate will be concluded without...