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Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26 - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Kerr, Liam (Con - North East Scotland) James Withers referred to colleges as “a burning platform in relation to finance and sustainability”and - Speech Link
2: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) Within that framing, what consideration is given to social considerations, in terms of course provision - Speech Link
3: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) I am trying to understand what social considerations colleges should make. - Speech Link
4: Kidd, Bill (SNP - Glasgow Anniesland) You have covered a great deal with regard to the difficulties of where finance is coming from for universities - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Volunteers Week (40th Anniversary) - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) make a positive difference to the lives of others.Volunteering also has a ripple effect beyond the services - Speech Link
2: Wishart, Beatrice (LD - Shetland Islands) Voluntary Organisations show that 76 per cent of organisations report an element of organisational finance - Speech Link
3: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) In May 2024, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice wrote to the Social Justice and Social Security - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Portfolio Question Time - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Golden, Maurice (Con - North East Scotland) part of veterans to identify as such, which means that, in some cases, they cannot access the support services - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Alexander (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Several cultural organisations in Scotland have reported a decline in the ability to deliver their services - Speech Link
3: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) investing at least £100 million more annually in culture and the arts by the financial year 2028-29.As the finance - Speech Link
4: Dowey, Sharon (Con - South Scotland) In 2018, the Scottish Prison Service spent £636,000 on prisoner social care, but that had trebled to - Speech Link
5: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) is not just increasing but becoming increasingly elderly, and that comes with significant health and social - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Disability Employment Gap - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) That includes having delivered a public social partnership and the workplace equality fund, which provide - Speech Link
2: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) Prior to that, I was the minister with responsibility for public finance for three years, so I was acutely - Speech Link
3: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) For example, social care and employment services do not work together to get the best outcomes for people.I - Speech Link
4: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) As I mentioned, we provided funding for the public social partnership. - Speech Link
5: None The minister mentioned the public social partnership and the workplace equality fund. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Climate Action, 5 June 2024
Extended producer responsibility for packaging EU Exit Legislation - Protocol with Scottish Parliament

Correspondence Jun. 05 2024

Committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: for Government Business and Constitutional Relations, Michael Russell MSP, to the Conveners of the Finance


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Health and Social Care - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) We are seeing growing demand on our health and social care services, which needs to be addressed, alongside - Speech Link
2: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) However, is not how we do that, at a time of constrained public finance, the conundrum that we are all - Speech Link
3: Mackay, Gillian (Green - Central Scotland) I again extend my deepest gratitude to the tireless workers who drive our health and social care services - Speech Link
4: Grahame, Christine (SNP - Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) On top of that, Scotland is still living with the bruising legacy of Labour’s private finance initiative - Speech Link
5: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) I thank members for the important discussion on the future of health and social care services. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Transport Policies and Performance - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Mountain, Edward (Con - Highlands and Islands) I also welcome from Transport Scotland Kerry Twyman, director of finance and corporate services, and - Speech Link
2: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) core priorities.As members all know, transport is vital to every aspect of our nation’s economic and social - Speech Link
3: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) We should think through what we can do to finance public transport, which could be provided either at - Speech Link
4: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) Based on Traffic Scotland’s social media, I think that there is a Swiftie in there somewhere. - Speech Link
5: Doris, Bob (SNP - Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) particularly in deprived areas, is important and that, when we audit Scottish canals, we should audit their social - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: None a safeguard whereby, when someone is detained under an emergency detention certificate, they get a social - Speech Link
2: None The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 includes a provision on inclusive communication, and Social Security - Speech Link
3: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) Your point about the work that the Finance and Public Administration Committee is doing is well made. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
National Health Service Waiting Times - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: None of delivering services. - Speech Link
2: None of delivering services. - Speech Link
3: None If we can put in place much more social care support for people with comorbidities, that can prevent - Speech Link
4: None research organisations and universities to consider innovative solutions within a constrained model of finance - Speech Link
5: None We need to look at the social justice element of cancer far more closely, because far more people from - Speech Link
6: Sweeney, Paul (Lab - Glasgow) programmes for the NHS have said that invitations to present for screening can vary widely across different social - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) I am similarly grateful to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee and the Finance and Public Administration - Speech Link
2: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) I speak in the debate as a member of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee. - Speech Link
3: Mochan, Carol (Lab - South Scotland) using the services that are provided by Social Security Scotland, delivering increased efficiency and - Speech Link
4: McCall, Roz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) Scotland currently receives funding for advocacy and support services, and it does a spectacular job - Speech Link