Thursday, 4 May 2000
[THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]
Good morning. Our first item of business is the Scottish Conservative and Unionist party debate on motion S1M-792, in the name of Mr Brian Monteith, on discipline in schools and amendments to...
The next item of business is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist party debate on motion S1M-790, in the name of David Mundell, on services for elderly and disabled people, and amendments to that...
The next item on the agenda is consideration of business motion S1M-795, in the name of Mr Tom McCabe on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out our business programme.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any additional funding has been allocated to the Greater Glasgow Primary Care NHS Trust to cover health support services for asylum seekers accommodated at...
To ask the Scottish Executive, in the light of the move towards inclusion of pupils with special needs in mainstream schools, what provision sportscotland has made for these pupils in its school...
To ask the Scottish Executive how the extra money given to further education colleges will promote lifelong learning. (S1O-1630)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered the memorandum on local government finance by Professor Arthur Midwinter dated 25 April 2000 and what response it is proposing to make....
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish health technology assessment centre will ensure equality of access throughout Scotland to new and existing drugs and treatments. (S1O-1597)
To ask the Scottish Executive what factors have led to the high proportion of Caesarean births in Scotland and what reasons there are for disparities between different health board areas. (S1O-1615)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to increase the number of specialist nurses for multiple sclerosis patients and what the current number of such specialist nurses is. (S1O-1607)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the legislation regarding the registration of childminders. (S1O-1634)
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to make a policy statement on debt recovery law in Scotland. (S1O-1602)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the membership of the board of the proposed Glasgow housing association. (S1O-1622)
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to monitor the environmental and economic impact of the construction of the M77. (S1O-1616)
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current number of apprenticeships created by the modern apprenticeship scheme is, how many of these apprentices are young women and what is the range of...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support and encourage the tweed industry. (S1O-1624)
To ask the First Minister what are the Scottish Executive's current main priorities. (S1F-284)
To ask the First Minister whether he has any plans to reshuffle his Cabinet. (S1F-292)
To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Executive has to mark the anniversary of the first Scottish parliamentary elections. (S1F-296)
To ask the First Minister, further to the answer to question S1W-4291 by Sarah Boyack on 26 April 2000, what assistance the Scottish Executive is considering making available to pensioners and...
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Executive plans to take to tackle the effects of the flooding in the north and east of Scotland last week. (S1F-288)
Our next item of business is a debate on motion S1M-793, in the name of Rhona Brankin, on the role of sport in social inclusion, and amendments to that motion.
The next item of business is consideration of motion S1M-789 in the name of Des McNulty, on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, on the establishment of the Parliament's...
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Mr Tom McCabe formally to move motion S1M-796, on the approval of Scottish Executive reports, and motion S1M-797,...
We now move to decision time. There are 12 questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that amendment S1M-792.2, in the name of Peter Peacock, which seeks to amend...
I ask members who are not staying for the final item of business to leave the chamber quietly and quickly. Private conversations should be conducted outside the chamber. The final item of...
The Scottish Parliament is the national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh. The Parliament consists of 129 members known as MSPs, elected for four-year terms; 73 represent individual geographical constituencies, and 56 are regional representatives.