Results 81–100 of 1228 for speaker:Jenny Marra

Scottish Parliament: International Museum Day 2019 (21 May 2019)

Jenny Marra: I am delighted and proud to speak in this debate and I thank Colin Beattie for bringing it to the chamber. I am proud because it was in 2001 that a Labour Government, four years into office, made entry to all museums in the United Kingdom free. Some were free already and others were still charging, but with Gordon Brown’s VAT arrangements we managed to make entry and accessibility to every...

Scottish Parliament: School Attainment (Dundee) ( 9 May 2019)

Jenny Marra: On Monday night next week, Dundee City Council will consider a very worrying report on attainment in our schools. At secondary 3, Dundee’s results are down across every literacy and numeracy indicator and the attainment gap is closing, not because results are markedly better in our poorest communities but because attainment has declined rapidly among our most affluent pupils. Does the First...

Scottish Parliament: Subject Choice ( 1 May 2019)

Jenny Marra: I echo Ross Greer’s call for more time for this debate. The cabinet secretary’s point about the stage of the committee process is beneath him. The evidence that the committee heard was so stark and shocking that it shows that the Parliament is fleet of foot to be looking at what has been learned. If the cabinet secretary wanted to devote a whole week of parliamentary time to this...

Scottish Parliament: Subject Choice ( 1 May 2019)

Jenny Marra: I do not disagree with anything that they said. Presiding Officer, I hope that I get that time back. The disparity that we see nationally is worrying. It simply cannot be right that pupils in wealthier areas of the country have a greater range of choices than those in other communities. Schools are clear that they offer a limited range of topics because that is all that they can afford with...

Scottish Parliament: Air Quality Improvement Programmes (Support) ( 3 Apr 2019)

Jenny Marra: 1. To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provides to support programmes that aim to improve air quality. (S5O-03086)

Scottish Parliament: Air Quality Improvement Programmes (Support) ( 3 Apr 2019)

Jenny Marra: Dundee has one bus operator that has more than 100 buses that fail to meet the Euro 6 standard, yet Dundee is expected to have a low-emission zone in place by 2020. Given that some of our most polluted streets are on main bus routes, can the cabinet secretary tell us how much money was awarded to Dundee bus operators in phase 2 of the Scottish bus emissions abatement retrofit programme to...

Scottish Parliament: Police Scotland (Vietnam Visit) (21 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: 3. To ask the Scottish Government what information it can provide regarding the findings of Police Scotland’s recent visit to Vietnam. (S5O-03036)

Scottish Parliament: Police Scotland (Vietnam Visit) (21 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: Children arrive in Scotland from Vietnam on their own, with no parent or anyone to look after them. They are trafficked here to be exploited sexually or for their labour in nail bars and cannabis farms in Scotland. Unaccompanied children are extremely vulnerable, which is why the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 provided that the Scottish guardianship service would step...

Scottish Parliament: Free Bus Travel (Under-25s) (20 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: I was delighted with Scottish Labour’s visionary policy proposal at our conference in Dundee for a universal free public service. The proposal comes at a time when the number of bus journeys has fallen and fares have gone up, but—critically—we are starting to realise, in stark terms, the impact of travel on the planet. Last week, Richard Leonard, our leader, joined young people who were...

Scottish Parliament: Free Bus Travel (Under-25s) (20 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: I am sorry, but I do not have time. In Dundee, we have one of the lowest rates of car ownership, but we do not have strong enough public transport arrangements to meet people’s needs. Bus routes and the frequency of services are still decided on the basis of profit. Councillors in Dundee regularly campaign to keep services and bus routes going to their communities. I believe that a modern...

Scottish Parliament: Dundee (Economic Plan) (14 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: 7. To ask the Scottish Government when it will put together an economic plan for Dundee. (S5O-03003)

Scottish Parliament: Dundee (Economic Plan) (14 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: Dundee has lost 850 jobs at Michelin Tyre and more than 200 jobs—just in the city—at McGill & Co. We will lose more than 300 jobs at HM Revenue and Customs, which comes on top of job losses at many smaller businesses that have closed. On Monday, Forth and Tay Decommissioning will launch, but we have yet to see jobs materialise, and I note that there is to be no Government presence at the...

Scottish Parliament: Sir Hugh Munro (13 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: I thank Liz Smith and congratulate her on having lodged the motion and securing this very enjoyable debate. I also congratulate her on being a Munroist. I take my hat off to her and to Murdo Fraser, for his impressive total of 193 Munros. I have to say that mine is slightly less than 50, but there is no less joy in that. I do not know whether I will ever complete them all, but it is certainly...

Scottish Parliament: McGill & Co (Apprentices) ( 7 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: In Dundee, electrical apprentices from McGill, the firm that went into administration after failure of the Government to provide a modest loan, are still trying to salvage their apprenticeships. This country’s skills situation cannot afford to lose apprentices. From the representation I have had from constituents, I am not convinced that Skills Development Scotland is doing all that it can....

Scottish Parliament: Committee Announcement ( 7 Mar 2019)

Jenny Marra: Presiding Officer, thank you for allowing me to make a committee announcement in my capacity as convener of the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee. Members might recall that in June 2017 the chamber agreed a motion stating that post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 should be undertaken. I want to bring it to members’ attention that our...

Scottish Parliament: Ninewells Hospital (Replacement) (28 Feb 2019)

Jenny Marra: The First Minister will be aware of NHS Tayside asking her Government for £12 million for repairs to an outdated electrical system at Ninewells hospital and a huge backlog of maintenance. I believe that it is not in the public financial interest for boards to come back asking for more money—millions of pounds—to be spent on piecemeal repairs to our hospitals. Glasgow and Edinburgh have...

Scottish Parliament: Justice (27 Feb 2019)

Jenny Marra: I agree with the cabinet secretary that politicians should not interfere with judicial independence, but does he agree that we have a duty to question when a sentence that is handed down is far out of kilter with public expectation?

Scottish Parliament: Justice (27 Feb 2019)

Jenny Marra: I was shocked by the sentence passed down in the Christopher Daniel case, as were many members of the public, and I will address my remarks to that case. I start by noting the confusion in the Scottish judiciary over the sentencing statement prepared by Sheriff Sinclair on that case. I was told today that the statement had been removed from the Scottish judiciary’s website at the end of...

Scottish Parliament: Justice (27 Feb 2019)

Jenny Marra: Is it appropriate for any sheriff—not just Sheriff Sinclair—to be chief executive of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission? Is there not an inherent conflict of interest in that dual role?

Scottish Parliament: Justice (27 Feb 2019)

Jenny Marra: Does the cabinet secretary agree that there is sufficient public interest in the Christopher Daniel case that the Lord Advocate should provide clarity to Parliament either by letter or through a statement?


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