Former SG MSP for South of Scotland
As colleagues have done, I pay tribute to the hard work of members who are retiring. I ask members to forgive me for making special mention of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, who made me very welcome and was extremely supportive when I joined the Education Committee. I thank him for his courtesy and for giving me the information that I needed to get me started so that I could survive and thrive...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many postgraduate teacher training places are available for 2007-08 at each faculty of education.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many undergraduate teacher training places are available for 2007-08 at each faculty of education.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it cost to produce Know the Score: Anti-Heroin 2006-7 Campaign Evaluation.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost was of its anti-cocaine campaign.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of the Know the Score anti-heroin campaign has been in 2006-7.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to harm reduction programmes in each year since 2003.
Solidarity welcomes the encouragement of healthy eating and the introduction of the bill. However, like other members, we are disappointed at the bill's limitations. The extension of free school meals to all those who are in receipt of tax credits was denied for six years until Jack McConnell's announcement last Friday. That is, to say the least, blatant electioneering. We now hear that...
