Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 22 March 2011
22 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
College Principals (Meetings)
General Questions
I am glad that Mr Purvis recognises the implications of the reduction of £1.3 billion in the Scottish Government’s budget by his Westminster Government. However, he fails to acknowledge that, south of the border, colleges are facing a 25 per cent reduction in their teaching grant over four years. Given the commitment by the Scottish Government and the Scottish National Party to try to remove the fear of compulsory redundancies, I would have thought that Mr Purvis would take the opportunity to encourage everyone in the Parliament to unite behind our attempts to secure that prize.
In the same item of business
Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)
LD
1. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met college principals. (S3O-13399)
The Minister for Skills and Lifelong Learning (Angela Constance)
SNP
Ministers and officials regularly meet individual principals and representatives of the principals convention. I last met college principals on 16 March, whe...
Jeremy Purvis
LD
The minister, like all members, knows that the Scottish budget for the forthcoming year is being reduced by 2 per cent as a result of a reduction in revenue ...
Angela Constance
SNP
I am glad that Mr Purvis recognises the implications of the reduction of £1.3 billion in the Scottish Government’s budget by his Westminster Government. Howe...
Cathie Craigie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab)
Lab
College principals tell me that budgets for the coming year have been cut significantly and that, to maintain student numbers, they are having drastically to...
Angela Constance
SNP
I understand Cathie Craigie’s point. She should be aware that colleges the length and breadth of Scotland have given a commitment to maintain student numbers...