Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 24 January 2013
24 Jan 2013 · S4 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Cardiac Rehabilitation (Clinical Standards)
If Michael Forsyth is Voldemort, is the minister Harry Potter?
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (John Scott)
Con
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-04623, in the name of Helen Eadie, on clinical standards for cardiac rehabilitation. Th...
Helen Eadie (Cowdenbeath) (Lab)
Lab
I start by thanking all my colleagues in the Scottish Parliament and you, Presiding Officer, for enabling me to bring to Parliament this afternoon a debate o...
Dave Thompson (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Helen Eadie for securing this debate on an extremely important issue.As vice-convener of the cross-party group on heart disease and stroke, I too hav...
Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab)
Lab
I congratulate Helen Eadie on securing the debate. She is very committed to the issue and has worked extremely hard over the years, as convener of the cross-...
Dennis Robertson (Aberdeenshire West) (SNP)
SNP
I congratulate Helen Eadie on bringing this debate to the Parliament. I, too, am a member of the Parliament’s cross-party group on heart disease and stroke.M...
Jackson Carlaw (West Scotland) (Con)
Con
The distance between Fife and Troon, where, respectively, Helen Eadie and I live, is probably as great as the distance between her and me politically on almo...
The Minister for Public Health (Michael Matheson)
SNP
Like others, I congratulate Helen Eadie on securing time for what has been, although short, a very interesting debate focusing on a couple of specific issues...
Jackie Baillie
Lab
If Michael Forsyth is Voldemort, is the minister Harry Potter?
Michael Matheson
SNP
I would obviously need to get the glasses, but I will take that as a compliment.Heart disease has been a clinical priority for the Scottish Government and fo...