Thursday, 5 November 2009

Scottish Parliament debates

• Official Report 5 November 2009 (0 speeches)
  Scottish Parliament Thursday 5 November 2009 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:15]
• Supporting Families (28 speeches)
  Good morning. The first item of business is a debate on motion S3M-5112, in the name of Elizabeth Smith, on supporting families.
• Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (69 speeches)
  The next item of business is a debate on motion S3M-5118, in the name of Murdo Fraser, on the minimum pricing of alcohol.
• Question Time — Scottish Executive — General Questions (0 speeches)
  • BBC Alba (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it will make with regard to the BBC Trust's review of BBC Alba. (S3O-8339)
  • Cultural Heritage (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what importance it places on Scotland's cultural heritage. (S3O-8298)
  • Rail Services (Ayrshire) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with Transport Scotland, Network Rail and train operating companies about the development of rail services in Ayrshire. (S3O-8343)
  • Kinship Carers Allowance (8 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether all local authorities pay the minimum national allowance to kinship carers. (S3O-8282)
  • Colleges Funding 2010-11 (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council on the distribution of the remaining amount of additional revenue funding...
  • Concessionary Travel Schemes (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting concessionary travel schemes. (S3O-8299)
  • Charity Funding (5 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure the protection of Scotland's charities in the event that the Lloyds TSB Foundation and the Lloyds Banking Group fail to agree a...
• First Minister's Question Time (0 speeches)
  • Engagements (11 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S3F-1976)
  • Prime Minister (Meetings) (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister. (S3F-1977)
  • Cabinet (Meetings) (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S3F-1978)
  • SCRA Referrals (Dungavel) (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister how many referrals the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration has received regarding children held at the Dungavel immigration removal centre in the last 12...
  • Draft Budget 2010-11 (Police Services) (6 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the view of the Association of Scottish Police Superintendents that the draft budget will lead to cuts to front-line...
  • Flood Management (9 speeches)
    To ask the First Minister whether, in light of the severe flooding experienced across the north-east at the weekend, the Scottish Government considers that provisions for flood management are...
• Question Time — Scottish Executive — Health and Wellbeing (0 speeches)
  • Energy Assistance Package (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been with implementation of the energy assistance package. (S3O-8300)
  • Homeless Services (Edinburgh) (7 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it agrees with the City of Edinburgh Council's decision to put its homeless services out to tender. (S3O-8279)
  • Infertility Services (11 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what actions it has taken in the last six months to remove the perceived postcode lottery and improve the availability of infertility services and standards for...
  • Regeneration (Glasgow) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive when it will bring forward proposals for the regeneration areas in Glasgow and details of how in particular the areas of Gallowgate and Laurieston in the Glasgow...
  • NHS Lothian (Elections) (7 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what has been—oops, I am reading the wrong question. I will start again. To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with the non-statutory pilot...
  • Electronic Patient Records (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive how many simultaneous users of the clinical portal the system is being designed to handle and how long it will take for a typical electronic patient record request...
  • Dentists (Highlands and Islands) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Government what is being done to attract and provide incentives for national health service dentists to relocate to the Highlands and Islands. (S3O-8330)
  • Rural Communities (Health and Wellbeing) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve the health and wellbeing of communities in rural areas. (S3O-8309)
  • Fuel Poverty (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to combat fuel poverty. (S3O-8329)
  • Healthy Living Centres (Glasgow) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the development and promotion of healthy living centres in Glasgow, given the long-term health inequalities that exist in the city....
  • Pre-diabetes (Identification and Support) (6 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to identify and support the 600,000 people estimated to have pre-diabetes. (S3O-8304)
  • Stillbirth (Classification) (5 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider changing the method of classifying causes of stillbirth. (S3O-8281)
  • Winter Deaths (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive how it will respond to recent figures showing more than 3,500 additional winter deaths in 2008-09. (S3O-8291)
  • Psychogeriatric Hospital (Sutherland) (4 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in building and bringing into use the new psychogeriatric hospital at Migdale, Sutherland. (S3O-8317)
  • Health Inequalities (5 speeches)
    I will try not to be too scary. To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on tackling health inequalities. (S3O-8357)
  • Minimum Pricing (5 speeches)
    To ask the Scottish Executive, in the light of the ruling by the European Court of Justice's advocate general that minimum pricing is "not necessary in order to protect public health" and...
• Sex Offenders (18 speeches)
  The next item of business is a statement by Kenny MacAskill on sex offenders. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of his statement, so there should be no interventions or...
• Fisheries Negotiations (65 speeches)
  The next item of business is a debate on motion S3M-5119, in the name of Richard Lochhead, on the autumn fisheries negotiations.
• Point of Order (2 speeches)
  On a point of order, Presiding Officer. On Friday 25 September, the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change told me in a written reply to question S3W-27487 that the Waverley...
• Parliamentary Bureau Motions (2 speeches)
  The next item of business is consideration of four Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Bruce Crawford to move motions S3M-5136 to S3M-5139 inclusive, on committee memberships and substitution on...
• Decision Time (40 speeches)
  There are 16 questions to be put as a result of today's business. In relation to the debate on the minimum pricing of alcohol, if the amendment in the name of Nicola Sturgeon is agreed to, the...
• Level Crossings (Fatal Accident Inquiries) (10 speeches)
  The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S3M-4986, in the name of Willie Coffey, on conduct of inquiries into fatalities at level crossings. The debate will be...