BAILLIE WARNS OF TEST & PROTECT SCAMMERS
Jackie Baillie MSP is this week warning local people of ‘despicable’ scammers who are trying…
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A83 CLOSURE RAISED AGAIN IN PARLIAMENT
This week local Helensburgh & Lomond MSP Jackie Baillie raised the recurring problems of landslips…
SUPPORT NEEDED FOR LOCAL FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES ONCE SCHEME ENDS – BAILLIE
Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton Constituency, has called for support to be provided for all…
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Employment Support
Scottish Parliament debates
I speak to my leader all the time, but I say to the minister that he is providing £60 million for 100,000 young people who are about to become unemployed. That is not enough; it is not the...
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Employment Support
Scottish Parliament debates
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I look forward to the minister positively signing up, then, because w e need to work together. Our young people need us to work together, as do those who are facing...
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Employment Support
Scottish Parliament debates
I look forward—
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Employment Support
Scottish Parliament debates
I welcome the opportunity to discuss the support that is needed to help employers retain jobs across the UK and, where that is not possible, to help people who find themselves unemployed to get a...
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Employment Support
Scottish Parliament debates
How many young people will the £60 million youth guarantee scheme provide for?
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Sustainable Aviation beyond Covid-19
Scottish Parliament debates
That is an abject excuse for not doing anything now and not taking the opportunity to provide support but to make it conditional. The cabinet secretary can do that and should get on with it. The...
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Sustainable Aviation beyond Covid-19
Scottish Parliament debates
I welcome the contributions to the debate. A number of key themes have been discussed: the importance of the aviation sector to employment and to our economy, and how we protect both passengers...
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Decision Time
Scottish Parliament debates
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My iPad is not working; I would have voted no.
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A83 Rest and Be Thankful (Closure)
Scottish Parliament debates
The A83 task force met at the end of August, and I understand that the cabinet secretary is exploring 11 options for a permanent replacement, as he referenced. I am sure that he will agree that a...
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A83 Rest and Be Thankful (Closure)
Scottish Parliament debates
Members will know that the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful was first closed due to a landslip on 4 August. The diversion route through the old military road has been closed for part of that time,...
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A83 Rest and Be Thankful (Closure)
Scottish Parliament debates
2. To ask the Scottish Government what mitigation measures are being considered to deal with the continuing closure of the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful. (S5T-02387)
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“Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2019-20”
Scottish Parliament debates
The cabinet secretary is aware that the SNP growth commission said that the deficit should be reduced to 3 per cent. Given that she was a member of that commission, I take it that she still...
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Test and Protect System
Scottish Parliament debates
Care workers in my constituency and across Scotland are reporting delays in receiving the results from Covid-19 tests. In some cases, the delays are for five or six days, which means that staff...
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Test and Protect System
Scottish Parliament debates
7. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to ensure that the test and protect system is functioning effectively. (S5F-04344)
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Programme for Government 2020-21
Scottish Parliament debates
I am genuinely astonished that the First Minister is spending any of her time in the remaining days of this session of Parliament on an independence referendum when the priorities of this...
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Care Home Workers (Weekly Covid-19 Testing)
Scottish Parliament debates
The cabinet secretary will be aware of my repeated requests for local testing facilities for care home staff and for local residents in my area. Last week, I had parents and their children being...
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Cameron House Hotel Fire
Scottish Parliament debates
The First Minister will have seen the front page of the Daily Record yesterday, with the heartfelt plea of Mrs Midgley, who lost her son Simon in the devastating fire at the Cameron House hotel....
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Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s Handling of Harassment Complaints (Co-operation)
Scottish Parliament debates
In January 2019, the First Minister said in the chamber that she would co-operate fully with the parliamentary inquiry into the Government’s handling of sexual harassment cases. She said:...
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Health
Scottish Parliament debates
Like hospital and social care staff, general practitioners have been working particularly hard during the pandemic, in providing online, email and phone consultations for their patients. However,...
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United Kingdom Internal Market
Scottish Parliament debates
I understand and even sympathise with many of the issues that Mike Russell has raised in his motion. We will also, of course, support the Green and Liberal Democrat amendments. This is an...
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