Mr Andrew Arbuckle
Former Liberal Democrat MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
Former Liberal Democrat MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
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To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been home educated in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Executive how and at what frequency inspection of home education is carried out.
I find it interesting that the SNP motion is on small businesses rather than the large business sector and that Jim Mather provided a pretty rosy-eyed romp through the few statistics that suit the SNP vision but ignored the multitude that pick up on the big holes in the SNP view. We know that big business has seen through the SNP hype. When the SNP could not answer the simple questions about...
Former Liberal Democrat MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife
Entered the Scottish Parliament on 10 January 2005 — Appointed, regional replacement
Left the Scottish Parliament on 2 April 2007 — Election
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