Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 17 March 2011
17 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
First Minister’s Question Time
Secretary of State for Scotland (Meetings)
Well, when?
In the same item of business
Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con)
Con
2. To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland. (S3F-2963)
The First Minister (Alex Salmond)
SNP
I have no plans to meet the secretary of state in the near future.
Annabel Goldie
Con
This week in Scotland, two men were convicted of a sickening sexual assault on a woman. Horrifically, two young boys aged 10 and six were forced to observe a...
The First Minister
SNP
As Annabel Goldie well knows, that is a matter for the courts and other authorities. In this country, the determination is not made by politicians, and I hop...
Annabel Goldie
Con
What is astonishing and deeply troubling is the First Minister’s ignorance on an issue that is so serious. Let me tell him the answer to my question, because...
The First Minister
SNP
This is not a lecture, just a gentle chiding. Annabel Goldie, when she condemned the other three parties’ positions on automatic early release, might have me...
Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD)
LD
The Ballater Business Association invited the First Minister to meet it on Deeside, as its members face some of the biggest rates rises in Scotland under the...
The First Minister
SNP
I point out that Jim Mather, the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, has met the Ballater Business Association. When he did so, he was able to tell ...
Mike Rumbles
LD
I was at the meeting in Ballater last September to which the First Minister sent the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism. It proved to be a complete ...
The First Minister
SNP
I am rather puzzled by Mr Rumbles’s description of the meeting. Mr Mather received a letter from the Ballater Business Association thanking him for the const...
Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)
LD
When? This year?
The First Minister
SNP
I am told that Liberals did not do that this year.
Jeremy Purvis
LD
Well, when?
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Order, Mr Purvis.
The First Minister
SNP
They did it when the small business bonus came before the Parliament.
Mike Rumbles
LD
That is just not true.
The First Minister
SNP
What we are hearing from the Liberal Democrats is that all their votes against the small business bonus and against everything else that the Government has d...
Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab)
Lab
Last Wednesday, Alex Neil MSP made a one-off payment of £700,000 to the City of Edinburgh Council to plug the gap in the city’s employability services. At th...
The First Minister
SNP
I am sure that the member was pleased with the result at Glencraft in Aberdeen. That was an excellent agreement between the council, the Government and the p...