Mentions:
1: Smith, Liz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Members will know that, earlier this week, the Finance and Public Administration Committee announced - Speech Link
2: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) The Parliament’s Finance and Public Administration Committee has been trying to get both Government and - Speech Link
3: Choudhury, Foysol (Lab - Lothian) Our wish to pursue social justice and fund public services sustainably must be met with economic growth - Speech Link
4: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) I will start by picking up where I finished my previous remarks on local government finance reform. - Speech Link
5: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) that we all rely on.Shamefully, Labour also opposes us raising additional finance for public services - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None The opportunity cost of not going to college is the potential impact on other services such as social - Speech Link
2: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) I welcome Karen Watt, the chief executive officer; Richard Maconachie, director of finance; and Lynne - Speech Link
3: None We engage directly with the board and with the senior team, including the finance directors.There are - Speech Link
4: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) As this is a pre-budget session, we are terribly focused on the finance, but are there areas where you - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Eagle, Tim (Con - Highlands and Islands) to be associated with a number of weaker educational outcomes, from low attainment through to lower social - Speech Link
2: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) Government doing to ensure that people in those circumstances can compete and that they have access to the finance - Speech Link
3: Whitham, Elena (SNP - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) We had a mass exodus when the last of the pits closed, which led to an oversupply of social housing; - Speech Link
4: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) The same applies to healthcare services. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) The latest modelling by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research finds that the UK economy - Speech Link
2: Beattie, Colin (SNP - Midlothian North and Musselburgh) Migration will only become more important to maintaining a thriving economy and robust public services - Speech Link
3: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) The next portfolio is finance and local government. - Speech Link
4: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) having led the UK by delivering more than 128,000 affordable homes since 2007, with more than 90,000 for social - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None They have backgrounds including social work, law and clinical psychology, and there are some former police - Speech Link
2: None Because we are looking for independent decision makers, quite often members have legal, social work, - Speech Link
3: Ewing, Fergus (SNP - Inverness and Nairn) I do not think that finance would be such a telling issue if cameras were effective in stopping assaults - Speech Link
4: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) self-declared veterans is not enough for the SPSO to draw out any themes or conclusions about which services - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Swinney, John (SNP - Perthshire North) for Housing, Paul McLennan, has convened the housing investment task force, which is exploring other finance - Speech Link
2: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) —[Official Report, Social Justice and Social Security Committee, 23 May 2024; c 8.] - Speech Link
3: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) —[Official Report, Social Justice and Social Security Committee, 23 May 2024; c 8.] - Speech Link
4: Roddick, Emma (SNP - Highlands and Islands) We will pay the price for that when those children are more reliant on our public services as they grow - Speech Link
5: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) That is vital money being taken away from Scotland’s public services, meaning less money for the NHS - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None commissioner needs to have teeth.I am aware of the fiscal situation and context, and I know that the Finance - Speech Link
2: None I know that your question is specifically about finance, but it is also important to think about other - Speech Link
3: None consider whether it needed to step in more.The evidence that the committee heard last week said that the Finance - Speech Link
4: None As the Parliament has recognised—we know that the Finance and Public Administration Committee is looking - Speech Link
5: None An approach of a more social model of disability would be useful for a disability commissioner. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Haughey, Clare (SNP - Rutherglen) I also welcome Stephen Morgan, who is service director in social work services and chief social work - Speech Link
2: None work, adult social work and social care were integrated with almost all health services, including acute - Speech Link
3: None It was a finance-based audit and it was very punitive. - Speech Link
4: None There is an issue with regard to the continuing priorities that social work and social care services - Speech Link
5: None That will be an on-going feature of our work.We have brought together our finance and legal colleagues - Speech Link
Correspondence Jun. 11 2024
Inquiry: Inquiry - Just Transition for the North East and MorayFound: For example, of the £20 million invested in Aurora Energy Services, £10 million is Just Transition Fund
Jun. 10 2024
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