Homelessness (Families)

Part of First Minister's Question Time — Scottish Executive – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:32 pm on 20 December 2001.

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Photo of Rt Hon Jack McConnell Rt Hon Jack McConnell Labour 2:32, 20 December 2001

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I want to clarify something to the chamber. We were aware that the chamber was rising this afternoon for the Christmas and new year recess. The announcement of the decision of and some of the technicalities around the suspension of ILAs in Scotland was due to take place tomorrow in conjunction with another announcement elsewhere in the UK. We brought the announcement forward to today and ensured that it took place before this question time session to give us a chance to address the matter if we reached question 6. The Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning has written today to every MSP to set out the current position clearly and she will be happy to take further correspondence and questions from members before the chamber returns if necessary. I hope that that clears up the matter this afternoon.