Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will update the Parliament on progress on the reopening of the Waverley railway line. (S3O-8498)
Rhona Brankin: Perhaps the minister should be more cautious about how he answers in future. He should possibly answer with greater care, to quote what he said earlier. The answer finally confirms that the SNP Government has ditched its commitment, by saying that it is going to sign the contract by 2011. Is that not a slap in the face to my constituents in Gorebridge, Newtongrange, Eskbank and Shawfair, who...
Rhona Brankin: On a point of order, Presiding Officer. The minister has twice been asked for a list of the invitees to the summit that is being held on Monday, and he has twice failed to answer the question. Is that acceptable?
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any case of online official statistics referred to in a motion for parliamentary debate being altered on the evening prior to such debate.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the 236 new or refurbished schools completed since April 2007 referred to in its news release of 8 October 2009, broken down, where applicable, by (a) procurement method, (b) date when the outline business case was approved and (c) date when construction commenced.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive for how many and which of the 236 new or refurbished schools completed since April 2007 referred to in its news release of 8 October 2009 construction commenced in financial years budgeted for by the current administration.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive for how many and which of the 236 new or refurbished schools completed since April 2007 referred to in its news release of 8 October 2009 construction commenced in financial years budgeted for by the previous administration.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the 36 new or refurbished schools referred to in its news release of 8 October 2009 as completed since publication of SPICe Briefing 09/72, broken down, where applicable, by (a) procurement method, (b) date when the outline business case was approved and (c) date when construction commenced.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason the online School Estate Statistics 2009 were altered between the evening of 7 October 2009 and the morning of 8 October 2009 and what changes were made.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will extend the call-up age for cancer screening to 73 years at the upper end and 47 years at the lower end, as is being done in England.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to increase the take-up rate of breast screening.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has undertaken an analysis of take-up levels in areas of deprivation for breast screening.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive what the budget was for eco-schools in 2008-09 and 2009-10 and what it proposes to spend in 2010-11.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be given to Keep Scotland Beautiful between 2009 and 2011 to run the eco-schools programme.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to support the eco-schools programme until 2011.
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to fund the secondary school development for eco-schools until 2011.
Rhona Brankin: 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 railway line would be complete by 2014. On 8 October, he told members in the chamber that the line would open in 2013. On the BBC "Scotland at Ten" programme on 3 November, Christine Grahame claimed to...
Rhona Brankin: To ask the Scottish Executive what it anticipates the impact will be of the real-terms cut to the cultural collections budget in 2010-11. (S3O-8174)
Rhona Brankin: The cabinet secretary for bluster can bluster all he likes, but the real-terms cut to the cultural collections budget gives Michael Russell's praise for the national collections during his statement on cultural policy in April a hollow ring. What can the minister say to those concerned for the future of the cultural collections who are facing a double whammy—a cut in its budget and the...
Rhona Brankin: Does the member share my concerns about the use of sedation for older members of society? Does she agree that inappropriate use of sedation constitutes a form of elder abuse?