Thursday, 25 April 2002
Scottish Parliament Thursday 25 April 2002 [THE DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:30]
Good morning. The first item of business is a debate on motion S1M-3022, in the name of Malcolm Chisholm, on modernising primary health care in the national health service to improve health, and...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S1M-3033, in the name of Patricia Ferguson, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. Motion moved,...
To ask the Scottish Executive what response it will make to the Church of Scotland's church and nation committee's report on sectarianism. (S1O-5048)
To ask the Scottish Executive what the public sector share of the Scottish economy is and whether it wishes this share to change. (S1O-5051)
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to update national planning policy guideline NPPG6 on renewable energy to include guidance on photovoltaics. (S1O-5045)
To ask the Scottish Executive why participants in the new deal for young people programme in Scotland are more likely to experience two or three periods of unemployment than their counterparts in...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has identified any benefits from the provision of a grant-funded nursery place for all three and four-year-olds whose parents want one. (S1O-5069)
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to prevent unused prescription drugs from being unnecessarily destroyed. (S1O-5050)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it proposes to review local authority powers for tackling poor-quality private housing. (S1O-5053)
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met representatives of the Scottish School Board Association and what issues were discussed. (S1O-5052)
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will announce the findings of the Mouchel study on the A75 trunk road. (S1O-5064) I stress that that is Mouchel, rather than "Mouchet", as appeared in the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria govern its use of advertising. (S1O-5044)
To ask the Scottish Executive which first-round funding bids to improve school buildings have been successful. (S1O-5042)
To ask the Scottish Executive how many national health service beds are currently blocked. (S1O-5066)
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in improving access to further education. (S1O-5076)
At First Minister's question time today, questions will be answered by the Deputy First Minister.
I welcome the Deputy First Minister back to First Minister's question time. This is becoming something of a habit for him. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next...
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland and what issues he plans to raise. (S1F-1844)
To ask the First Minister what priority the Scottish Executive attaches to sustainable development. (S1F-1853)
To ask the First Minister what progress is being made in addressing any problems of youth disorder in local communities. (S1F-1854)
The next item of business is a debate on a motion on "Scotland's freshwater fish and fisheries: Securing their future" and two amendments to that motion.
The next item of business is consideration of the financial resolution in respect of the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Bill. I would ask Andy Kerr to move motion S1M-3020, but I...
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S1M-3026, on the approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees that the draft...
There are nine questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that amendment S1M-3022.2, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, which seeks to amend motion S1M-3022, in the...
The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S1M-2615, in the name of Cathy Peattie, on international workers memorial day—28 April 2002. The debate will be...
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.