Thursday, 18 May 2006
Scottish Parliament Thursday 18 May 2006 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:15]
Good morning. The first item of business is a debate on the implications of the Kerr report for the future needs of the national health service. I call Margo MacDonald to open the debate.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S2M-4380, in the name of Donald Gorrie, on behalf of the Procedures Committee, on its second report in 2006, on procedures relating to Crown...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will join in the thanks to the senior school pupils from all over Scotland who participated in the youth forum on Europe in the Parliament on 7 and 8 May...
To ask the Scottish Executive what assurances can be given that children removed from substance-abusing families are placed in nurturing family environments. (S2O-9892)
To ask the Scottish Executive how congestion and vehicle emissions will be reduced if the target for stabilising the volume of road traffic is removed. (S2O-9850)
To ask the Scottish Executive what changes it has requested in the operational and financial management and performance and financial reporting of Scottish Enterprise in response to the recent...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether fear of crime is measured regularly in Scotland. (S2O-9878)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister and what issues they will discuss. (S2F-2296)
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Scottish Executive's Cabinet. (S2F-2297)
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Executive's Cabinet has discussed the recommendations of the Steel commission report, "Moving to Federalism—A New Settlement for Scotland",...
To ask the First Minister what provisions are in place to ensure that child care nurseries meet statutory hygiene requirements. (S2F-2304)
To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Executive has to improve parental education in light of recently published figures on the number of underage pregnancies. (S2F-2310)
To ask the First Minister whether he has discussed the European convention on human rights with the new Home Secretary. (S2F-2299)
To ask the Scottish Executive how it expects national health service boards to provide support for specialist palliative care across Scotland. (S2O-9894)
To ask the Scottish Executive what timescale it has set to implement the recommendations on care in the community, set out in the Kerr report, to allow older people to remain in their own homes...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the work being undertaken by Clydebank Asbestos Group in conjunction with West Dunbartonshire Council to address the health needs of...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the advantages are of the four-hour target established for casualty and accident and emergency departments, which means that staff must process patients from...
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in ensuring that all children and adults have access to NHS dental treatment. (S2O-9860)
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the milestones, targets and impacts set out in "An Action Plan for Improving Oral Health and Modernising NHS Dental Services in Scotland" will have been...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle any problems associated with discarded bottles. (S2O-9873)
To ask the Scottish Executive what action its Environment and Rural Affairs Department has taken, as part of its strategy on climate change, to encourage other Executive departments to meet its...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that urban communities have access to woodland. (S2O-9898)
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has held recently with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. (S2O-9902)
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to conserve biodiversity in urban areas. (S2O-9869)
To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimate is of the total level of CO 2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 if both the Scottish and United Kingdom climate change programmes...
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment its Environment and Rural Affairs Department has made of how significant the environmental impact of the Scottish community and householder...
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received regarding the future viability and development of voluntary and community halls in rural areas and what part these halls will...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S2M-4405, in the name of Alex Neil, on behalf of the Enterprise and Culture Committee, on the committee's fifth report in 2006: "Business Growth -...
There are two questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that motion S2M-4380, in the name of Donald Gorrie, on the Procedures Committee's second report in 2006,...
The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S2M-4091, in the name of Stewart Maxwell, on reduced ignition potential cigarettes. The debate will be concluded without any...
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.
