25,000 MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CALLS GOING UNANSWERED IS A NATIONAL SCANDAL – BAILLIE
Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton Constituency, has said that nearly 25,000 calls to Scotland’s mental…
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LABOUR UNVEILS ‘EDUCATION COMEBACK PLAN’ FOR SCOTLAND
Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton Constituency, is supporting Scottish Labour’s new ‘education comeback plan’ for…
JACKIE BAILLIE PRAISES HARD WORK OF VALE OF LEVEN STAFF
Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton constituency, has praised the hardworking staff at the Vale of…
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Covid-19 (Hospital Transmission)
Scottish Parliament debates
Hospital transmission of Covid-19 remains an issue, with data for the week of 28 February showing at least a further 30 cases. Staff have been raising their concerns for several months now, and...
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Harassment Complaints (Scottish Government Handling)
Scottish Parliament debates
The First Minister has acknowledged the catastrophic failure of the Scottish Government in the handling of harassment complaints, and I welcome her comments. The development of the policy was...
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Motion of No Confidence
Scottish Parliament debates
I am proud to have been a member of the Scottish Parliament since its inception, just like the Presiding Officer and the First Minister—a member of the class of ‘99. However, never in...
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Covid-19 (Reflections and Next Steps)
Scottish Parliament debates
Businesses in my community have struggled during the pandemic, and they have been grateful for rates relief. Many members across the chamber asked for and welcomed the extension of rates relief...
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Testing Strategy
Scottish Parliament debates
I thank the minister for the advance copy of her statement. Scottish Labour has long called on the Government to take seriously the need for more testing, so I welcome much of what the minister...
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Covid-19
Scottish Parliament debates
Age Scotland, Engender, Inclusion Scotland and around 20 other civil society organisations have written to the First Minister, welcoming her commitment to a public inquiry into Covid-19. They are...
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Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My vote has not registered, and I would have voted yes.
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Motion of No Confidence
Scottish Parliament debates
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I regret having to make this point, but I tried to intervene on the cabinet secretary and he would not let me do so. I would like to establish whether...
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Motion of No Confidence
Scottish Parliament debates
Before I turn to the substance of the debate, I will make a comment on motions of no confidence. I regard them as serious matters, not something to be brought forward without good reason and...
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Motion of No Confidence
Scottish Parliament debates
Will the minister take an intervention?
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Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
I start by paying tribute to Bruce Crawford and to all those who are retiring from Parliament. I have served with Bruce twice on the Finance and Constitution Committee—I came back for...
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Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
If the group recommends in May that there should be a substantial pay increase, from where is the cabinet secretary going to get the recurring funding that she says is not available right now?
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Covid-19
Scottish Parliament debates
Two concerns have been raised with me in recent days. The first is that 60-year-olds in my constituency have not been called forward for vaccination appointments, but 50-year-olds have. That is...
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Covid-19
Scottish Parliament debates
Public Health Scotland statistics show that teachers have a 47 per cent greater chance of getting Covid than the general population. We all want to get our children back to school as soon as...
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Covid-19 (Brazilian Variant)
Scottish Parliament debates
The concerns about the Brazil variant of Covid-19 are that it potentially spreads more easily and that it can evade the immune system, leading to re-infections. Two cases of the variant have been...
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Scottish Income Tax Rate Resolution 2021-22
Scottish Parliament debates
Since the Government took charge of Scottish income tax rates, Labour members have been critical of how it has used the powers. For years, the SNP demanded that income tax rates should be...
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Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill: Stage 1
Scottish Parliament debates
I invite Willie Rennie to say whether he would support a pay rise for social care workers.
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Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill: Stage 1
Scottish Parliament debates
There is no need for a cut. If John Mason listens to his finance secretary, he will hear that there is now a lot more money than ever going into health. It is the highest budget ever, so there is...
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Budget (Scotland) (No 5) Bill: Stage 1
Scottish Parliament debates
When the Parliament passed the budget on 5 March 2020, we could not have foreseen the year that lay ahead. Eight days later, the first patient in Scotland died of coronavirus; today, the death...
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Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints (Confidentiality)
Scottish Parliament debates
There we go. It is starting again. However, it is an inconvenient fact and it is extraordinary that that name was revealed. This week, Scotland’s democratic institutions have been exposed...
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