Thursday, 29 March 2007
Scottish Parliament Thursday 29 March 2007 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:15]
Good morning. The first item of business is a debate on the future of Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that, over this session of the Parliament, a fair share of funding has been allocated to road and rail projects connecting the Highlands to the...
To ask the Scottish Executive how children and young people have benefited from investment in the education system. (S2O-12530)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide funding to the Mountain Weather Information Service. (S2O-12490)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it recognises the need to continue to invest in school infrastructure so that schools such as Barrhead high and Eastwood high can benefit from the school...
To ask the Scottish Executive how its planned long-term conditions strategy will address the distinct needs of children and young people living with long-term conditions, and the needs of their...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the next steps in its efforts to tackle antisocial behaviour. (S2O-12528)
To ask the Scottish Executive how many cardiac specialist nurses there are in the NHS Grampian area. (S2O-12513)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister and what issues they will discuss. (S2F-2801) That is the final time I shall ask that question before the First Minister takes...
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Scottish Executive's Cabinet. (S2F-2802)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland and what issues he intends to discuss. (S2F-2809)
To ask the First Minister what progress has been made on the implementation of the Scottish Executive's agreement on the treatment of asylum seeker families reached with the Home Office in March...
To ask the First Minister whether any of the additional £1.8 billion to be made available to the Scottish Executive, as announced in last week's budget, will be earmarked for tackling child...
To ask the First Minister what assessment has been made of the impact of the first year of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places. (S2F-2810)
The next item of business is consideration of motion S2M-5789, in the name of Jack McConnell, which is a motion of thanks to the Presiding Officer.
There is one question to be put as a result of today's business. The question is, that motion S2M-5789, in the name of Jack McConnell, on a motion of thanks to the Presiding Officer, be agreed...
It is with great pleasure that I invite the Presiding Officer, George Reid, to make his closing remarks and to close this session of Parliament.
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.
