Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive where radiographers and other hospital staff can study for a diploma in Ultrasound.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many training courses in the use of ultrasound equipment are available to radiographers and where these training courses are based.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many clinical posts have been gained or lost since the reorganisation of the NHS Trusts in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, broken down by Trust.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many managerial posts have been gained or lost since the reorganisation of the NHS Trusts in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, broken down by Trust.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many performance bonuses or merit awards have been paid out and to what total value since the reorganisation of the NHS Trusts in the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, broken down by Trust.
Fiona McLeod: Will Keith Raffan give way?
Fiona McLeod: Will Mrs McIntosh give way?
Fiona McLeod: Will the member give way?
Fiona McLeod: Scott Barrie said that he could talk about child care on a weekly basis—I am sure that many members do that informally. Members are always talking to people who provide child care. The debate has provided an opportunity to acknowledge all the work that has been done and the Scottish National Party recognises the work that has been done by the Executive. However, the intention of the SNP's...
Fiona McLeod: The minister says that the bill empowers local authorities to provide transport. Will he confirm that when the grant for pre-school provision comes to an end and is incorporated into grant-aided expenditure, he will ensure that GAE takes into account increased transport costs for pre-school provision?
Fiona McLeod: I will try to keep my remarks brief. In members' business debates, it is normal to thank the member in question for securing the debate. Although I thank Duncan McNeil for doing so, it is probably more important to thank the fans of Greenock Morton Football Club, who have stuck by the club through thick and thin to ensure that it has a future and that people still come to watch football....
Fiona McLeod: Will the member give way?
Fiona McLeod: Given the evidence that the committee has heard about the burden on teachers, does Mary Mulligan accept that it would be perfectly reasonable for the Executive to signal its intentions by accepting the parts of the McCrone report that made those points and acknowledging that that will have resource implications?
Fiona McLeod: I will take the debate back to its serious intent. The McCrone committee report was long awaited, not just by teachers but by parents and pupils. It was eagerly awaited because of the uncertainty and rancour that had arisen over the millennium review.
Fiona McLeod: We said that the McCrone committee was a delaying tactic. That is also true of the Government's response to the report, which is a tactic to delay having to resolve the uncertainty at the heart of the teaching profession. McCrone identified that when he said that teaching is a profession under pressure and that teachers feel misunderstood and undervalued. My party and I think it right and...
Fiona McLeod: I direct Robin Harper's attention to the resolution of the annual general meeting of the EIS that called on the Scottish Executive to "clarify its attitude to the McCrone report and to confirm that it will guarantee to provide the resources necessary to fund, in full, the outcome of the negotiations which will follow the publication of the McCrone Report." That is a clear statement. The...
Fiona McLeod: I have two answers for Dr Simpson. The Labour party can back up its manifesto commitment to free the teachers to teach, as McCrone recommends. At the same time, as the Labour party is the party of government, it must fund the committee that it set up. We are the Opposition, and we will cost it in our manifesto when the time comes. We are discussing finances, so let us turn to paragraph 1.11...
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many radiographers are employed (a) in total, (b) by health board area and (c) in each hospital.
Fiona McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive how many radiologists are employed (a) in total, (b) by health board area and (c) in each hospital.
Fiona McLeod: In moving amendment 2, which is in my name, I want to make it clear to the chamber that the amendment is about targeting grants to new learners and people on low incomes. The amendment is also about setting out principles—the flimsiness of the bill was debated at stage 1. The amendment is about the commitment of the Scottish Executive to lifelong learning and social inclusion, principles...
