Thursday, 23 February 2012
Good morning. The first item of business today is a debate on motion S4M-2086, in the name of Richard Baker, on concerns about rail proposals. I call Richard Baker to speak to and move the...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-02087, in the name of Elaine Murray, on the withdrawal of the road equivalent tariff from commercial vehicles. I call Elaine Murray, when she...
1. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with local authorities to progress the implementation of a Scottish living wage of £7.20 per hour. (S4O-00697)
2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to mitigate the economic impact of high delivery charges and road fuel taxes on sparsely populated areas. (S4O-00698)
3. To ask the Scottish Government what advice it can give to local authorities in the Highlands and Islands region to assist them in achieving sustainable economic growth. (S4O-00699)
4. To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with firefighters regarding their pensions. (S4O-00700)
6. To ask the Scottish Executive whether permitting or promoting payment to housing association board and committee members were intended consequences of the repeal of schedule 7 to the Housing...
7. To ask the Scottish Executive when the planned refurbishment of the Kincardine bridge will commence and what measures it will put in place to minimise the impact of the works on the local...
8. To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to regulate bus services. (S4O-00704)
9. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ask the Auditor General for Scotland to audit Scottish Government information technology projects where costs are in excess of £20 million....
10. To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to promote buses as a method of travel. (S4O-00706)
1. To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S4F-00480)
2. To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister. (S4F-00470)
3. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S4F-00484)
4. To ask the First Minister, given the economic impact, what action the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that competition remains on routes from Scotland to Heathrow airport. (S4F-00477)
5. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to improve confidence in the construction sector. (S4F-00473)
6. I should declare an interest as a debenture holder at Rangers. To ask the First Minister what impact Rangers Football Club going into administration will have on the economy. (S4F-00478)
1. To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many lives have been saved by the use of naloxone in the last year. (S4O-00707)
2. This feels like a bit of déjà vu. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to support eating disorders awareness week, which began on 20 February. (S4O-00708)
3. To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the Scottish Borders. (S4O-00709)
4. To ask the Scottish Government how it will hold to account national health service boards that are not meeting clinical standards in neurological health services so that there is a consistent...
5. To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the backlog maintenance risk profile of NHS Dumfries and Galloway, as reported in “State of the NHSScotland Estate 2011”....
7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that it has appropriately balanced its efforts to prevent cancer between lifestyle and environmental risks. (S4O-00713)
8. To ask the Scottish Government how it will monitor progress by NHS boards in meeting the clinical standards for neurological health services after the implementation programme ends in March...
9. To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy last met NHS Ayrshire and Arran and what matters were discussed. (S4O-00715)
10. To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to review the effectiveness of the national health service individual patient treatment request process. (S4O-00716)
11. To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has achieved in tackling poverty. (S4O-00717)
12. To ask the Scottish Government how the national health service is increasing access to the Scottish care information gateway referral pathway for local specialised practices. (S4O-00718)
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-02084, in the name of John Swinney, on the economy and recovery. I draw it to members’ attention that the debate is oversubscribed, so...
The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Bruce Crawford to move motion S4M-02103, on committee membership, and motion S4M-02104, on substitution on...
There are 10 questions to be put as a result of today’s business. [Interruption.] If members will keep quiet, I will remind them that, in relation to the debate on the withdrawal of the...
The final item of business today is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-01728, in the name of George Adam, on take a step in 2012 for fair trade. 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.