Thursday, 23 February 2006
Scottish Parliament Thursday 23 February 2006 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:15]
Good morning. The first item of business is a debate on motion S2M-3894, in the name of Ross Finnie, on the general principles of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Bill.
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings its Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department has had regarding the implications of the market testing of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are studying the Gaelic language at further and higher education level. (S2O-9038)
To ask the Scottish Executive what lessons it has learned from the environmental and other impacts of the Chernobyl disaster on the 20 th anniversary of the disaster. (S2O-9097)
To ask the Scottish Executive how its Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department will support the staff and management of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency following its...
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is with regard to the Scottish driving assessment centre. (S2O-9051)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns regarding the operation of the pubwatch schemes that are run by licensees in Lanarkshire. (S2O-9078)
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase bed places in care and nursing homes, in light of the projected rise in the number of older people. (S2O-9021)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister and what issues they will discuss. (S2F-2121)
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Scottish Executive's Cabinet. (S2F-2122)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (S2F-2131)
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Executive will respond to the recent report by Professor Malcolm Hill and Peter Seaman for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on parenting and children's...
To ask the First Minister whether, in the context of avian flu moving towards Scottish shores, the Scottish Executive will give priority to producing a vaccine or antiviral agent to prevent the...
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Executive considers that expansion plans at Scotland's three biggest airports are at risk from a takeover of BAA and, if so, what representations it...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure access for young people to informal recreational opportunities. (S2O-9056)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on the provision of Gaelic-medium education. (S2O-9082)
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will invite bids for the next round of funding for its PPP schools programme. (S2O-9034)
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the implementation of its ambitious, excellent schools agenda. (S2O-9036)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers Scottish culture to be a distinct market from that of the rest of the United Kingdom. (S2O-9093)
To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support has been provided to assist local authorities to meet equal pay settlements. (S2O-9088)
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform last met the leaders of North Lanarkshire Council and South Lanarkshire Council and what issues were...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will issue guidelines to all local authorities that they should undertake green space audits with the purpose of establishing a minimum standard of...
To ask the Scottish Executive why there is a delay in the installation of central heating for older people who have been assessed as meeting the eligibility criteria under the central heating...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many local authorities have applied for, and been granted, the right to suspend the right-to-buy policy in pressured areas. (S2O-9094)
To ask the Scottish Executive how the Planning etc (Scotland) Bill will benefit local communities. (S2O-9084)
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in the dispersal of civil service jobs to Dundee. (S2O-9058)
The next item of business is a debate on motion number S2M-3990, in the name of Andy Kerr, on "Fair to All, Personal to Each"—the progress on waiting.
The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Margaret Curran to move motion S2M-3995, on substitution on a committee, and motion S2M-4000, on membership...
There are seven questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that motion S2M-3894, in the name of Ross Finnie, on the general principles of the Animal Health and...
The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S2M-3877, in the name of Jim Wallace, on air ambulance trials in Orkney. The debate will be concluded without any question...
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.