SNP U-TURN ON DENYING OLDER PEOPLE SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER
Jackie Baillie has declared a victory for older women after the SNP government back-tracked on…
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HEARTBREAKING DEATH TOLL REVEALED AS HOUSING EMERGENCY CAUSING MISERY IN DUMBARTON, VALE OF LEVEN, HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND
Jackie Baillie has declared a housing emergency across Dumbarton and the Vale of Leven after…
BANK OF SCOTLAND URGED TO CONSULT RATHER THAN ENFORCE KILCREGGAN BRANCH CLOSURE
Jackie Baillie has urged the Bank of Scotland to consult with local communities after they…
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Scottish Hospitals Inquiry (Interim Report)
Scottish Parliament debates
I thank the cabinet secretary for his statement and Lord Brodie for the interim report. However, the cabinet secretary will recognise that this is just one half of the story. In the...
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Jagtar Singh Johal
First Minister’s Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
The First Minister will be aware of the case of my constituent Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been arbitrarily detained in India for more than seven years. He was acquitted of one of the charges at...
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Dumbarton Castle
Portfolio Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
I will not rehearse the importance of Dumbarton castle in the history of Scotland. I am pleased that the cabinet secretary will join me on a visit to Dumbarton castle. However, since I...
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Dumbarton Castle
Portfolio Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for Dumbarton Castle. (S6O-04349)
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Abortion Services
First Minister’s Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
Seriously?
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy Screening
Portfolio Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
I welcome the minister’s comments, but rather than following developments and asking for timelines, what engagement will ministers have with the UK National Screening Committee to ensure...
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Business Motion
Scottish Parliament debates
The protection of single-sex spaces based on biological sex is a matter of law—it is in the Equality Act 2010. In supporting the amendment calling for a statement, I ask whether Tess White...
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Clinical Radiologists
First Minister’s Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
We know that outsourcing scans is a sticking-plaster approach that is favoured by the Scottish Government, but the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Radiologists say that there...
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Clinical Radiologists
First Minister’s Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to address the reported shortage in clinical radiologists, which is projected to rise to 263 fewer posts than needed by...
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Decision Time
Scottish Parliament debates
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I apologise. My phone was in the possession of information technology staff because my app would not connect. I would have voted no.
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Health and Social Care Workforce
Scottish Parliament debates
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
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Health and Social Care Workforce
Scottish Parliament debates
I will not. I genuinely worry about what John Swinney will do next. Instead of taking any responsibility, the SNP hides behind the staff and repels every criticism as,...
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Health and Social Care Workforce
Scottish Parliament debates
I do indeed. That is the situation that I was describing. Alex Cole-Hamilton and I are of one mind on this. The BMA says that there are more than 1,000 consultant vacancies, which is...
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Health and Social Care Workforce
Scottish Parliament debates
I will do so briefly.
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Health and Social Care Workforce
Scottish Parliament debates
Let me begin on a note of consensus. The staff of NHS Scotland and those who work in social care do an incredible job. They are the backbone of the national health service and of social care;...
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Emma Caldwell (Public Inquiry)
Portfolio Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
I do not think that anyone can help but be disturbed at the failings of the justice system in this case. Emma Caldwell’s family have been asking for a public inquiry to be chaired by a...
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Emma Caldwell (Public Inquiry)
Portfolio Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the public inquiry into the investigation of Emma Caldwell’s murder. (S6O-04258)
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National Care Service
Scottish Parliament debates
Is it not time for Neil Gray to follow Humza Yousaf’s lead and resign?
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National Care Service
Scottish Parliament debates
We are three years on and three cabinet secretaries and two ministers later. Almost 200 civil servants have been involved, £2 million has been spent on private consultants and it has cost...
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Accident and Emergency Waiting Times
First Minister’s Question Time
Scottish Parliament debates
Every week the First Minister says sorry, and every week it gets worse. A and E departments across Scotland continue to be in chaos, with more than 173,000 patients having waited more than eight...
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