Richard Caborn: Thank you, Mr. Caton, for allowing this debate on the UK school games and the 2012 Olympic legacy. A quiet revolution has been going on in this country in school sports, particularly over the past decade. In 2000, around 25 per cent. of our young people experienced two hours of quality physical activity or sport a week, and by 2009 that had increased to over 90 per cent., which means just...
Michael Russell: ...produced. Data collection for academic year 2008-09 is not yet complete. The following table shows the number of students who were assisted through the FE Childcare Fund in academic years 2006-07 and 2007-08. Table 1: Number of Students Assisted through the FE Childcare Fund Academic Year 2006-07 3,255 2007-08 3,535 Source: Scottish Funding Council (SFC) collection from colleges. 1....
Michael Russell: The following tables show the number of enrolments by Scottish domiciles at Scottish colleges and higher education institutions (HEIs) for the academic year 2007-08, which is the most recent data available. Data on enrolments to HEIs includes those at HEIs in any part of the United Kingdom. Information is not held on enrolments to colleges outwith Scotland or HEIs outwith the United Kingdom....
Jim Mather: The Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification defines rural areas as settlements with a population of less than 3,000 people and remote areas as settlements with a drive time of over 30 minutes to a settlement of 10,000 or more people. Based on these definitions, the information is as follows: (i) Percentage of Population in Rural and Remote Areas, by Scottish Parliamentary Regions...
Kevan Jones: The following table lists Ministry of Defence sites in Scotland by parliamentary constituency. It should be noted that this list does not include the Volunteer Estate, Army Career and Information Offices, Armed Forces Careers Offices or Service Family Accommodation. Name of site Constituency Kirk O Shotts Mould and Comms Site Airdrie and Shotts Royal Marines Condor Angus ...
Claire Baker: I am pleased to take part in this evening's excellent debate—I congratulate Shirley-Anne Somerville for securing it—on the Scotland-Poland connection. Please accept my apologies that I cannot stay for the minister's closing remarks. The motion highlights the significant contribution that Poles have made to Scotland, beginning with the significant influx of Polish soldiers in 1940. As the...
Jack Straw: I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Bill, has consented to place her prerogative and interest, so far as they are affected by the Bill, at the disposal of Parliament for the purposes of the Bill. I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. In 1997, the Government embarked on an...
Greg Hands: My question was whether, since he became Prime Minister in 2007, the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Mr. Brown) has met Prime Minister Putin, including in his previous guise as President Putin. I have been refused an answer on that matter in many parliamentary questions. Has he met him or not?
Tricia Marwick: ...council in the whole of the United Kingdom for the services to old people? Does he agree that Mrs Eadie's efforts would be much better employed if she were to have a word with her fellow MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath—Mr Gordon Brown, with whom she shares a constituency—to do something about the £500 million cuts that are coming our way? Would not that be a far more effective way of...
Kenny MacAskill: The following table gives details of the fees paid to solicitors’ firms between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009 for civil legal advice and assistance work and civil legal aid work. All fee payments are exclusive of VAT and include solicitor and solicitor-advocate fees paid to the firm. The information has been broken down by Royal Mail postal areas. For firms with more than one branch, the...
Lindsay Hoyle: As my right hon. and learned Friend is aware, manufacturing is on its knees at the moment, and it needs real support. Employees are either losing their jobs or are unable to claim working tax credits because they are not putting in enough hours. Will she consider holding a debate on my early-day motion 1182? [That this House calls on the Government to introduce subsidies to employers moving...
Greg Hands: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) and shadow Secretary of State for Scotland on introducing the Bill and making an extremely powerful speech in its favour. I should declare an interest: I am half Scottish and half English. My mother is from Edinburgh, so my family has some experience of travelling between the two great...
Betty Williams: It is a privilege to conduct this debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Hancock. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton, South-East (Dr. Iddon) on securing the debate and on the manner in which he and others have outlined both the service provided by the many mountain rescue teams in the UK and the difficulties under which that volunteer service operates. North Wales has some of...
Kevin Brennan: ...reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the number of patients diagnosed with cancer in each Westminster constituency in Scotland in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007, broken down by cancer type. The latest available figures for newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) are for the year 2005 for...
Stewart Stevenson: Transport Scotland's strategic transport projects review has recommended a package of surface transport schemes to be delivered over the next 20 years. In addition to the Forth replacement crossing securing cross-Forth travel between Fife and the Lothians remaining on schedule to open in 2016, the recommendations of the STPR include a wide range of improvements, such as improvements to the...
Stewart Stevenson: We are also making progress on other projects, including the Aberdeen western peripheral route, and we will shortly announce the second national planning framework, which will set out the national schemes that will contribute to our purpose. Transport Scotland's current investment programme is delivering more than 40 major projects to enhance and improve the national strategic road network...
Bob Neill: I thank the Minister for the statement, and for his customary courtesy in giving me an advance copy. That said, the reality is that bad news, however courteously delivered, remains bad news, and this is a thoroughly bad settlement for council tax payers in this country. Would the Minister care to confirm that he has introduced his own council tax bombshell for taxpayers in the United Kingdom?...
John Barrett: ...has moved on." Today, our Treasury spokesman, my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham, continues to be ahead of the field, in his analysis of the current financial issues, the future for pensions and the way forward. This is in stark contrast to the Conservative shadow Chancellor, who has become the Sarah Palin of the Tory party, doing his best but convincing nobody that he has either a...
Bob Spink: I understand entirely and appreciate that you are always generous, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I shall therefore draw my comments to an end. The petition, which I welcome and support, states: The Petition of Councillor Alan Wood and residents of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and surrounding areas, Declares that the Prime Minister has no mandate to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon and cites as firm evidence a...
Kenny MacAskill: The following tables give details of the fees paid to solicitors’ firms between 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006 for criminal and civil legal aid. All fee payments are excluding VAT and include solicitor and solicitor-advocate fees paid to the firm. Royal Mail postal areas have been used to illustrate regionality of earnings and an explanation of the codes is given as follows. For firms with...