STUDENT DEBT HITS £5.5 BILLION IN SCOTLAND
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Planning (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 (Day 2)
Scottish Parliament debates
Will the member give way?
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Planning (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 (Day 2)
Scottish Parliament debates
Will the minister give way on the point about mediation?
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Unforgotten Forces Consortium
Scottish Parliament debates
I thank Maurice Corry for bringing this debate to the chamber and indeed for all his work as convener of the cross-party group on the armed forces and veterans community. We had an interesting...
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Scottish-European Growth Co-investment Programme
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I have to say that £12 million out of £200 million is not much better, at a time when the economy appears to be contracting, manufacturing is declining and, according to the Clydesdale...
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Scottish-European Growth Co-investment Programme
Scottish Parliament debates
6. To ask the First Minister for what reason only £3.2 million out of a £200 million Scottish-European growth co-investment programme has been spent in supporting Scottish businesses....
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Veterans Strategy (Update)
Scottish Parliament debates
I welcome the specialist mental health provision and the funding that has been provided to Combat Stress and veterans first point, which a report from the veterans commissioner referred to....
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Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill
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Thank you, Presiding Officer. I will conclude on that point.
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Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill
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No. We have heard enough from Mr Simpson already.
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Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill
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I declare an interest as an honorary vice-president of Energy Action Scotland. As a minister in the first, Labour-led Scottish Government, I was responsible for establishing the fuel poverty...
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Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
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I rise to speak to amendment 35, in my name. As the minister has already alluded to, at stage 2 I lodged an amendment that would have ensured that the Government had to involve a wide variety of...
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Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
On the basis of the commitments that the minister has placed on the record, I am happy not to move my amendments in the group. Amendments 74 to 76 not moved. Amendments 23 to 28...
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Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
I will speak briefly to amendments 74, 75 and 76. I think that we would all agree that a new definition and target are useful only if they lead to meaningful action. Everyone accepts that those...
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Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
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I rise to speak to all the amendments in the group, which are in my name. I declare an interest as an honorary vice-president of Energy Action Scotland and I thank it and other organisations for...
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Voluntary Organisations (European Union Funding)
Scottish Parliament debates
The Deputy First Minister will be aware that millions of pounds of European funding could be withheld from voluntary organisations and local authorities across Scotland. Given that that could...
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Out-of-hours General Practitioner Services
Scottish Parliament debates
I am delighted that the Vale of Leven hospital’s out-of-hours service was open, and join other members in praising the staff. Of course, the irony is that it is normally the Vale’s...
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A Trading Nation
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No. I have already had a mini-speech from the minister in the middle of my speech, so I will not take any more interventions. There is huge untapped potential, but I am not convinced that the...
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A Trading Nation
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I welcome the speech from the minister, but I have heard so many excuses before. I have heard that it is because of Brexit and that Brexit is causing less export activity. The minister and I do...
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A Trading Nation
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I am happy to take an intervention if the minister will stand up.
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A Trading Nation
Scottish Parliament debates
When the Scottish Government’s previous export strategy was announced, John Swinney was the finance secretary. Back in those halcyon days, the target was to increase exports by 50 per cent....
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Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Meetings)
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On Monday of next week, will the cabinet secretary discuss the recent increase in local authority charges for social care, which has been breathtaking? In Scottish National Party-controlled West...
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