Thursday, 8 October 2009

Scottish Parliament debates

• Official Report 8 October 2009 (0 speeches)
  Scottish Parliament Thursday 8 October 2009 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:15]
• School Buildings (90 speeches)
  The first item of business is a debate on motion S3M-4988, in the name of Rhona Brankin, on school buildings.
• Volunteering (32 speeches)
  The next item of business is a debate on motion S3M-4985, in the name of Johann Lamont, on volunteering.
• Question Time — Scottish Executive — General Questions (0 speeches)
  • Alcohol Awareness (10 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to promote alcohol awareness week. (S3O-8114)
  • Schools (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether any pupils will be taught in schools announced as being in the initial phase of its school rebuilding programme in the current parliamentary term. (S3O-8149)
  • Genetic Modification (Contamination) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken research to determine what losses may be experienced by the food and drink industries if a GM contamination event affects Scottish...
  • Recycling (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it provides to local authorities to meet its recycling targets and how it will encourage the local authorities that are failing to meet these...
  • School Estate Strategy (Barrhead High School) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason Barrhead high school has not been included in the list of schools granted funding under the new school estate strategy. (S3O-8148)
  • Health Services (Highland Perthshire) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with NHS Tayside regarding the provision of health services in highland Perthshire. (S3O-8118)
  • Unmarried Mothers (Supervised Homes) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it shares the Prime Minister's vision of supervised homes for poor, young unmarried mothers. (S3O-8071)
• First Minister's Question Time (0 speeches)
  • Engagements (14 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S3F-1935)
  • Prime Minister (Meetings) (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister. (S3F-1936)
  • Cabinet (Meetings) (11 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S3F-1937)
  • Drugs (10 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the problem of illegal drug use. (S3F-1947)
  • Students (Financial Support) (4 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to provide financial support to students from lower-income backgrounds or who have dependent children. (S3F-1948)
  • Prisons (Human Rights Cases) (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister how many human rights cases are pending against the Scottish Prison Service from prisoners held in segregation units. (S3F-1942)
• Question Time — Scottish Executive — Finance and Sustainable Growth (0 speeches)
  • Active Travel (Funding) (8 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive how the draft budget for 2010-11 will support the aim of achieving a significant increase in walking and cycling compared with other transport modes. (S3O-8121)
  • Glasgow Airport Rail Link (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it used when deciding to remove the funding for the Glasgow airport rail link from its budget. (S3O-8133)
  • PFI/PPP Payments (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what effect inherited private finance initiative/public-private partnership payments will have on its future budgets. (S3O-8095)
  • Budget (Purchasing Power) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason it has not publicised the fact that it has an extra £880 million in purchasing power available in its 2010-11 budget due to lower rates of...
  • Single Outcome Agreements (Zero Waste) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth had with local authorities in relation to zero waste in finalising the single outcome...
  • Enterprise Budget (Economic Recovery) (12 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive in what way it considers that real-terms reductions in the enterprise budget promote economic recovery. (S3O-8122)
  • Non-domestic Rates (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what contribution the collection of non-domestic rates makes to raising funds for the Scottish Government. (S3O-8094)
  • Marine and Fisheries Budget (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth considers that the decision to cut the marine and fisheries budget over and above capital...
  • Dalmarnock Station (Commonwealth Games) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the redevelopment of Dalmarnock station as a key public transport hub for the 2014 Commonwealth games. (S3O-8074)
  • Scottish Enterprise (Restructuring) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been carried out of the impact on the economy of restructuring Scottish Enterprise. (S3O-8080)
  • Borders Railway (5 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on the progress of the project to reopen the Waverley railway line linking Midlothian and the Borders with Edinburgh. (S3O-8127)
  • New Railway Stations (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Government what support exists for the creation of new railway stations not identified in the strategic transport projects review. (S3O-8100)
  • Scottish Futures Trust (Consultants) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what spending limit it has set for the use of consultants by the Scottish Futures Trust. (S3O-8128)
• Civil Justice (45 speeches)
  The next item of business is a debate on motion S3M-4987, in the name of Fergus Ewing, on civil justice. I call Kenny MacAskill to speak to and move the motion.
• Parliamentary Bureau Motion (2 speeches)
  The next item of business is consideration of a Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Bruce Crawford to move motion S3M-4996, on the approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. Motion moved, That...
• Decision Time (25 speeches)
  There are 10 questions to be put as a result of today's business. I remind members that in relation to the debate on school buildings, if the amendment in the name of Fiona Hyslop is agreed to,...
• Dementia (11 speeches)
  The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S3M-4852, in the name of Irene Oldfather, on a charter of rights for people with dementia in Scotland. The debate will be...