Thursday, 21 January 2010
Scottish Parliament Thursday 21 January 2010 [THE PRESIDING OFFICER opened the meeting at 09:15]
Good morning. The first item of business is a debate on motion S3M-5572, in the name of Mary Scanlon, on prescription charges and national health service spending priorities, with particular...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is working with local authorities to asses the additional costs that they are facing as a result of the recent cold weather and whether additional funding...
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Fife Council regarding Fife energy park. (S3O-9238)
To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to workers' co-operatives. (S3O-9230)
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to address the issue of stolen and lost equipment from NHS sites. (S3O-9194)
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional measures it is considering to better support people in keeping their homes warm and efficiently heated. (S3O-9192)
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects Scottish GDP growth to be higher than that of the United Kingdom. (S3O-9216)
To ask the Scottish Government which national health service boards have removed the monitoring of anticoagulation services from general practitioners and set up special anticoagulation clinics....
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comments on the damaging effects of economic inequality on health in "An Unequal Struggle for Health: Report of the Director of Public...
To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S3F-2147)
To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland. (S3F-2148)
To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S3F-2149)
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to reduce the cost to the taxpayer of alcohol abuse, estimated at £3.56 billion a year. (S3F-2157)
To ask the First Minister what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations in Professor Alec Spencer's report regarding the transfer of prisoners to the open prison estate,...
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is on the reduction of class sizes for primary 1 to primary 3. (S3F-2150)
Good afternoon. The first item of business is themed question time, and the first set of questions is on justice and law officers. I call Michael Matheson to ask question 1. The member is not...
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Justice has had with women's organisations about the Scottish Government's proposals for sentencing reform. (S3O-9177)
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to legislate in relation to the Scottish Law Commission's "Report on Succession", published in April 2009. (S3O-9233)
Hasten slowly, Presiding Officer, but I thank you for calling me. To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to strengthen the role of community planning partnerships in dealing with crime...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken in the criminal justice system to protect victims of domestic abuse from perpetrators. (S3O-9170)
To ask the Scottish Executive in how many cases involving domestic abuse the convicted person was given a custodial sentence of six months or less over the last three years for which figures are...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current status is of the Reliance contract. (S3O-9176)
To ask the Scottish Executive how many knife crime incidents have taken place since 2007. (S3O-9241)
To ask the Scottish Executive how it works in partnership with local authorities to promote waste reduction and recycling initiatives. (S3O-9229)
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with stakeholders regarding its proposals for the wildlife and natural environment bill. (S3O-9190)
To ask the Scottish Government whether an assessment has been carried out of the number of sites in need of remediation resulting from industrial plants that closed during the recession. (S3O-9226)
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new entrant farmers it has supported in North East Scotland since 2007. (S3O-9158)
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to deal with potential flooding situations resulting from the current severe weather conditions. (S3O-9172)
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations in the (a) North Lanarkshire, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) East Ayrshire and (d) Falkirk Council areas have been allocated funding from the...
To ask the Scottish Government what feedback has been received from the grow-your-own working group, which first met on 10 December 2009. (S3O-9246)
The next item of business is a debate on motion S3M-5573, in the name of Fergus Ewing, on Scotland's water rescue review. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I wonder whether you have received a request from the First Minister to correct some erroneous statements that I believe he made at First Minister's...
There are six questions to be put as a result of today's business. If members would come to order, please, I remind them that, in relation to this morning's debate, if the amendment in the name...
The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S3M-3441, in the name of Nanette Milne, on childhood cancer—"More Than My Illness". The debate will be concluded without...
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.