Thursday, 22 March 2007
Scottish Parliament Thursday 22 March 2007 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:15]
Good morning. Our first item of business is a debate on motion S2M-5779, in the name of Margaret Curran, on Scotland in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will address the shortage of affordable housing in the Highland Council area. (S2O-12455)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors compliance by local authorities with the provisions of the Homeless Persons (Unsuitable Accommodation) (Scotland) Order 2004 and its associated...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support Highland Council in exercising compulsory purchase powers in relation to land adjacent to the former Nigg construction yard. (S2O-12476)
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to protect Scotland's coasts from industrial pollution. (S2O-12442)
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact local income tax proposals, capped at 3p in the pound, would have on the revenue available to South Lanarkshire Council for investment in public services...
To ask the Scottish Executive what business case has been received from Aberdeen City Council in relation to the construction of a 50-metre swimming pool in the city. (S2O-12443)
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Scottish Executive's Cabinet. (S2F-2789)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister and what issues they will discuss. (S2F-2790)
To ask the First Minister whether tackling poverty among the working poor is a Scottish Executive priority. (S2F-2797)
To ask the First Minister what impact the Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget will have on Scotland. (S2F-2794)
To ask the First Minister how many instances of self-harm involving asylum seekers NHS boards have dealt with in the last four years. (S2F-2796)
The next item of business is a members' business debate on motion S2M-5726, in the name of Alasdair Morgan, on Crichton campus and the University of Glasgow. The debate will conclude without any...
. Mr Alasdair Morrison (Western Isles) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment its Enterprise Department has made of the contribution of the alginate industry to the Western Isles...
To ask the Scottish Executive what contribution the knowledge transfer activities of Scottish colleges have made in terms of impact on business creation and growth. (S2O-12454)
To ask the Scottish Executive what form of parliamentary scrutiny there will be prior to the implementation of the regional transport partnerships' strategies being collated by Transport Scotland...
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it has in place to support manufacturing industry, what the value is of such support and how many jobs have been created or sustained by these...
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers the significance of the former Nigg construction yard on the Cromarty firth to be for the economic development of the Highlands and Scotland....
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making on expanding access to broadband. (S2O-12421)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that it will be able to achieve a successful outcome to its negotiations about retaining a University of Glasgow presence at Crichton campus,...
Question 1, which was lodged by Nora Radcliffe, has been withdrawn.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has, or discussions it is having, with the legal profession to benchmark and improve the competitiveness of Scottish legal services compared with those...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle youth crime in the Edinburgh West parliamentary constituency. (S2O-12481)
To ask the Scottish Executive what change there has been in the number of police officers serving West Lothian since 1999. (S2O-12463)
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland about prioritising community policing. (S2O-12480)
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 are used effectively. (S2O-12460)
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to announce what action it will take as a result of its consultation on the enforcement of environmental law. (S2O-12486)
To ask the Scottish Executive how much legal aid has been provided to those pursuing civil cases in the last year. (S2O-12432)
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made towards allocating Grampian police a more equitable share of national funding. (S2O-12414)
The next item of business is a debate on motion S2M-5775, in the name of Hugh Henry, on celebrating success in Scottish education.
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S2M-5781, in the name of Margaret Curran, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to next week's business...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I see that Mr Lyon has suddenly appeared in the chamber. Will he explain his comments in The Herald today, given that what he said was flatly denied by the...
There are eight questions to be put as a result of today's business. The first question is, that amendment S2M-5779.2, in the name of Alasdair Morgan, which seeks to amend motion S2M-5779, in the...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S2M-5521, in the name of Sylvia Jackson, on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The debate will be concluded without any question being...
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.
