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Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
29 Mar 2006
Scottish Criminal Record Office Inquiry
As Mary Mulligan said, it is important to keep in our heads the aim of the inquiry—to re-establish confidence in the Scottish fingerprint service.I am a little concerned about the long list of witnesses that Margaret Mitchell suggested. Last week, we spoke about trying to comp...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
27 Sep 2006
Scottish Commissioner for Human Rights Bill: Stage 2
I agreed to speak to amendment 105 to give the committee a chance to discuss section 5, which is on the power to conduct inquiries. It is important that we do so.Amendment 105 would extend the scope of inquiries that the SCHR can carry out—inquiries into public authorities gen...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Chamber
03 May 2006
Scottish Commissioner for Human Rights Bill: Stage 1
I will concentrate on the bill instead of feeling the need to be defensive about the fact that we are lucky enough in Scotland to have much more than a basic level of human rights. However, I appreciate Gordon Jackson's and others' robust defence of the principles of the bill....
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab) Lab Chamber
23 Feb 2011
Migration and Trafficking
It was over a year ago that the Equal Opportunities Committee decided to hold an inquiry into migration and trafficking. During the inquiry we heard from more than 50 witnesses at 11 meetings and took evidence from 25 migrants, who had come to Scotland from all over the world....
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
09 Mar 2004
Disability
The paper seems very wide ranging. That is always the difficulty. I would not want to miss out the issue of "Young people/opportunities/education", which seems to be really important. On the other hand, the second issue, "Access to services", is also a suitable topic, as long ...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
18 Jan 2006
Scottish Commissioner for Human Rights Bill: Stage 1
You spoke about the value of the committee's evidence session with the New Zealand chief human rights commissioner. She told us that her commission had conducted an extremely successful inquiry into public transport in rural areas, which had considered the human rights practic...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
18 Dec 2007
Disability Inquiry
You mentioned an impact beyond Government. I have a question on information for businesses. During the disability inquiry, the previous committee recognised the requirement for businesses in Scotland to understand the need to provide alternative formats and to know where to ob...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
26 Feb 2008
Disability Inquiry
There is still a feeling that, despite the disability inquiry and the response to it, nothing much has happened so far, so I will push you on timescales. I am glad that your discussions with COSLA on the matter are continuing and that there is a draft report. Is there a timesc...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
11 Mar 2008
Disability Inquiry
Funding is fundamental to that.Evidence during the inquiry highlighted concerns regarding provision and use of accessible parking. The committee recommended that the Scottish Executive, COSLA and others identify and implement a suitable process to ensure the provision of adequ...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
10 Feb 2009
Female Offenders in the Criminal Justice System Inquiry
I want to return to the profile of women in prison. We have already taken evidence on this, but I wonder whether the witnesses would like to add to that evidence. I appreciate that there are issues in all prisons, but some things are more of an issue in Cornton Vale. That seem...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
19 May 2009
Female Offenders in the Criminal Justice System Inquiry
The committee inquiry's remit is about how much prison helps to prevent women from reoffending. I am glad to hear that people are in discussion with Cornton Vale in that regard. There is a growing awareness among everybody that connections need to be made with services while p...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
23 Jun 2009
Female Offenders in the Criminal Justice System Inquiry
I know that we do not have much time, but I am interested in exploring why what has been described is not always to the disadvantage of females, but is not done at all with males. That issue is not for our inquiry, but I am interested in it.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Mar 2006
Family Support Services Inquiry
I wondered whether they would come into Mary Mulligan's inquiry, because they are part of the whole issue of family services.In his letter, Hugh Henry talks about "Parenting Across Scotland", a "telephone helpline gateway" and so on. The response to the original leaflet was ex...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
22 Mar 2006
Scottish Criminal Record Office
Before Brian Adam spoke, I intended to start by saying that there seems to be a lot of agreement about the way forward. Last week there was some agreement about the realistic limits of what the committee can do. The convener has outlined those limits. We should start with thos...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
06 Oct 2009
Current Petitions
In the previous session, the Equal Opportunities Committee held an inquiry into disability. Access to education was one of the issues that the committee considered. It might be useful for us to revisit the recommendations from that inquiry.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
26 Feb 2008
Equalities Inquiry
Dave Thompson has outlined the current position. For the past two sessions, there has been an expectation that committees will mainstream equal opportunities. Unfortunately, sometimes when we try to get bodies to mainstream equal opportunities, the issue is downgraded entirely...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Chamber
11 May 2005
Rehabilitation in Prisons
I welcome the opportunity to debate the Justice 1 Committee's report and I also welcome the Scottish Prison Service's initial response, which said that the report sets a challenging agenda and is a valuable contribution to the debate.The committee inquiry was about the effecti...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Chamber
23 Sep 2009
Petitions Process Inquiry
I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate on the report on the public petitions process. The year-long inquiry has been an important piece of work for our uniquely public-facing Public Petitions Committee.I joined the committee just a year ago and, faced with my fi...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Chamber
04 Feb 2010
First Minister's Question Time · Cabinet (Meetings)
To ask the First Minister, following the Minister for Public Health and Sport's comment on Tuesday on the extension of the remit of the C difficile public inquiry, when she said that it is for Lord MacLean to decide how he wishes to progress the inquiry, whether he will confir...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab) Lab Committee
28 Sep 2010
Migration and Trafficking Inquiry
Your positive view of the Scottish Government’s position provides a very helpful starting point. Before I continue with my questions, I should first say that it would be good if you could hold more events like the BEMIS question-and-answer session in Stirling, particularly in ...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
02 Nov 2004
Petitions
I agree with what has been said about the correspondence and about including the issue in the remit for our disability inquiry. I am concerned by the fact that the letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care states that one of the research advisory group's ai...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
27 Sep 2005
Disability Inquiry
As a general comment, I like the suggested approach of highlighting good practice in phase 2. Instead of just pointing out problems, we should highlight good practice so that other people can take note of and emulate it.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
27 Sep 2005
Disability Inquiry
I welcome the fact that we will continue to concentrate on transport. I have a couple of points on the subject of further and higher education. I repeat that it is a good idea to highlight best practice so that other people can pick up on it. We should not miss the boat on a c...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
We have touched a little on the idea of a Scotland-wide scheme. We heard evidence about inconsistencies in services, and one of the suggestions that the committee has heard is that there could be a centrally funded scheme to support disabled people into employment and to susta...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
Yes.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
Some useful insights were contained in those replies. I am interested in your analysis of the difference between dispersed and urban communities.I turn to the transition from school to employment. One of the findings of Sheila Riddell's report is that disabled people are likel...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
That is a useful but worrying picture. Evidence at our consultation events suggested that there should be a seamless transition between school and college and university and employment. How can that be achieved?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
We have heard about inconsistency in services. One suggestion that the committee has heard in evidence is that there should be a centrally funded scheme to support disabled people into employment and sustain them in it and to assist people to maintain employment if they acquir...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
That was an interesting discussion. I do not think that another layer is what we are asking for; however, I am interested in the idea of a national base in an office on Benbecula. I am sure that that would be helpful.The evidence that we have received suggests that different o...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
It is a little bit frustrating that there seems to be a lot of expertise, but we are not sure whether it is reaching the people at whom it should be targeted.The report "Transitions to Employment: Advising Disadvantaged Groups" noted that Careers Scotland could have an importa...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
The evidence that we have received at our events suggests that more should be done to engage employers in service provision. Professor Riddell's report "Disability and Employment in Scotland: A Review of the Evidence Base" notes that disability employment advisers would like t...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
15 Nov 2005
Disability Inquiry
It seems like we still have a long way to go, which is interesting, because we had hoped that we were a good way along the path.The committee has heard that partnership working, not only between agencies but between the UK Government and the Scottish Executive, is crucial. Wha...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
13 Dec 2005
Disability Inquiry
I am a Labour MSP for North East Scotland, and I am a member of the Justice 1 Committee as well as this committee.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
13 Dec 2005
Disability Inquiry
We have heard about examples of good practice throughout the meeting and before it. What is the current situation with partnership working? There are many organisations, and it is important that they work together. How do Government agencies, local authorities, further and hig...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
24 Jan 2006
Disability Inquiry
I welcome the minister's enthusiasm for furthering equalities in the enterprise sector, which we need to do. In its submission, Remploy said:"Government statistics show there are nearly 290,000 disabled people on Incapacity Benefit in Scotland, with over 190,000 wanting to wor...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
24 Jan 2006
Disability Inquiry
Thank you. The committee has noted the various recommendations that have been made in the many pieces of Scottish Executive research on the subject, including "Transitions to Employment: Advising Disadvantaged Groups"; "Investigation of Access to Public Services in Scotland Us...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
24 Jan 2006
Disability Inquiry
Examples of implementation would be useful for the committee's report.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
24 Jan 2006
Disability Inquiry
We have heard that disabled people are not always aware of their rights under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and that employers and service providers are not always aware of their responsibilities. For example, there is confusion over what "reasonable adjustment" means...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
My first questions are primarily for the Scottish Guidance Association. The committee is interested in whether guidance teachers work to specific Scottish Executive or local authority policies or procedures in supporting disabled students at school. How do teachers advise disa...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
Have policies or procedures that you must follow been laid down?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
That would help.How does the association support its members to ensure that disabled students receive a person-centred careers service that matches their career choices, interests and aspirations?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
That is helpful information for the committee.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
We can certainly consider suggesting that to the minister. As an ex-teacher, I am aware of the overload to which teachers can be subject.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
Is any training and support given to staff who advise young disabled people on career choices?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
I realise that there are many problems. It is interesting to pick out where there are obvious gaps. Can you tell us where teachers can source information at the moment?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
It would be helpful if you could find out whether there is a place where teachers can source information on different impairments and their effect on a person's ability to study a particular course or to follow a particular career path.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
I am aware that everything has changed, because we no longer have records of needs.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
It is good for us to pick up the specifics of the problem, because we have been looking at it from different points of view.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
At its previous evidence-taking session, the committee heard that employers should be involved in the provision of careers advice. At present, what role do employers play in careers advice? Is there merit in including employers at the stage when advice is being provided?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
Written evidence from the DARE Foundation and Skill Scotland suggests that each local authority should have an officer or key worker with specific responsibility for careers advice and transition support to disabled people. What do the witnesses think about that suggestion?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
I am interested in linking that suggestion to the idea of mainstreaming. There seems to be a tension in that although everyone wants to mainstream, when we talk to people on the ground they want a one-to-one expert. Do you feel that further and higher education providers are w...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
If dyslexia is recognised in a child at school and is dealt with there, without any specific assessment but instead on the basis of knowledge of the pupil, that person might later go to university or college without any written assessment from a psychologist saying that they a...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
That can also be the case, but others cannot—
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
Is there any way to get round the problem?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
There is a link with the SQA here, and this relates to my own background. It is a matter of asking for special arrangements to be made for school pupils.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
Whatever evidence the SQA accepts, we would expect the college in question to accept it, too.
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
Attitudes were touched on earlier. According to those who participated in our consultation events, staff training in disability equality is a way of combating negative attitudes towards disabled people in further and higher education. Do the witnesses agree with that? Is there...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
I will start with a broad question about careers advice. The committee has heard in evidence that the careers advice that is provided to young disabled people varies greatly throughout the country. People have told us that they want a person-centred service that matches their ...
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
The submissions from Skill Scotland, the DARE Foundation and Lead Scotland mention that there are low expectations of what disabled students can achieve. How can and how do your organisations work to increase expectations in respect of disabled students?
Marlyn Glen: Lab Committee
07 Feb 2006
Disability Inquiry
Written evidence from the DARE Foundation and Skill Scotland suggests that each local authority should have an officer or key worker with specific responsibility for providing disabled people with careers advice and transition support. Does the panel agree with that suggestion?
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Justice 1 Committee, 29 Mar 2006

29 Mar 2006 · S2 · Justice 1 Committee
Item of business
Scottish Criminal Record Office Inquiry
Glen, Marlyn Lab North East Scotland Watch on SPTV
As Mary Mulligan said, it is important to keep in our heads the aim of the inquiry—to re-establish confidence in the Scottish fingerprint service.I am a little concerned about the long list of witnesses that Margaret Mitchell suggested. Last week, we spoke about trying to complete the inquiry by the summer recess. It is important that we get the balance right between trying to complete the inquiry in a short enough time to ensure that we react properly and being thorough. It is a difficult balance. The proposed four weeks in which we will receive written evidence seems fine.After the suggested four-week period, once we have considered the written evidence, we should consider further what witnesses we need to call to give oral evidence. If we saw everyone who is on the current witness list, that would take up much of the time that we need to set aside. We must be thorough, without taking too long to do the whole inquiry. We have a bit of a balancing act to perform. The four-week period for taking written evidence is short, but it must be accepted.

In the same item of business

The Convener: Lab
We move on to item 4. I will say a few words about paper J1/S2/06/10/7, which sets out a possible approach for the committee's inquiry into the Scottish Crim...
Mr Bruce McFee (West of Scotland) (SNP): SNP
I have a number of points about different sections of the paper. Do you intend to take it section by section?
The Convener: Lab
I am fairly relaxed about what form the discussion should take. Perhaps members might begin by giving an overview, after which we can focus on the various se...
Mr McFee: SNP
On the call for written evidence, I note the comment in paragraph 5 that"it is normally considered good practice to allow 6 or 8 weeks for responses".However...
The Convener: Lab
The clerks can correct me if I am wrong, but because of the difficulties in managing information we always have a deadline for evidence that we try to stick ...
Mr McFee: SNP
I am just wary of the sensitivity of certain aspects of this matter. I am sure that you are able to handle yourself, but you might well put yourself in a dif...
The Convener: Lab
Late evidence has been submitted to the committee before, and I would never exclude or filter out anything from the committee's consideration. I know that th...
Mr McFee: SNP
It would be unreasonable to ask for that. I simply want to establish that the committee could, if it so wished, consider late evidence. I know that other com...
Stewart Stevenson: SNP
I support what Bruce McFee said, given that our remit comments on the implications of the McKie case. It would be appropriate to solicit specific views on th...
Mrs Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab): Lab
The paper by the convener is helpful. I am surprised by Bruce McFee's concern that we will not get all the evidence in four weeks, given that last week he th...
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con): Con
I am happy with the timetable—four weeks is fine. It would be good to see Mr Mulhern's action plan as soon as possible. A visit to the SCRO would be worth wh...
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab): Lab
As Mary Mulligan said, it is important to keep in our heads the aim of the inquiry—to re-establish confidence in the Scottish fingerprint service.I am a litt...
Mike Pringle: LD
If anybody who would give evidence to the committee was not aware of the call for evidence within the first of the four weeks, they would need to have been o...
Mr McFee: SNP
What Rumbles letter?
Mike Pringle: LD
Mike Rumbles's letter is dated 27 March. I do not know whether the convener got a copy of it—did you?
The Convener: Lab
Yes. It was delivered by hand.
Mike Pringle: LD
So if there is more, you do not have it yet.
The Convener: Lab
I have got the letter, but given that we live in an electronic age, it would have been more helpful for it to have been e-mailed.
Mike Pringle: LD
Okay. For the benefit of other committee members, I will explain Mike Rumbles's request to the convener. Mike Rumbles met a constituent called Gary Dempster,...
The Convener: Lab
Perhaps it would be helpful if we were to break this down into chunks. I suggest that we tackle things in the following order: first, we agree the call for e...
Mr McFee: SNP
Can I help you in that regard, convener? I am not suggesting that we extend the proposed four-week period; I simply want our approach to be on the record, be...
The Convener: Lab
Okay. Let us hear from Stewart Stevenson.
Stewart Stevenson: SNP
I am encouraged by the spirit in which all of us have contributed to the debate so far.On the call for evidence, we need to ensure that we have the right peo...
The Convener: Lab
I think that the committee is agreed on the suggested timescale for the call for evidence. I am always very particular about timescales. I do not want to los...
The Convener: Lab
I turn to the information that we are to request. Obviously, the Minister for Justice has given us quite a bit of information so far; it summarises the recom...
Stewart Stevenson: SNP
Some of the documents to which I have referred have been circulated informally among certain members. It would not be proper for some members to have seen ce...
The Convener: Lab
We will write to the Minister for Justice to request all documents that are relevant to our inquiry.
Mike Pringle: LD
Will we mention in the letter the specific documents to which Stewart Stevenson referred?
Stewart Stevenson: SNP
I am content that the list should appear in the Official Report. However, let us include it in the letter, by all means, if that will be helpful. We should i...
The Convener: Lab
We will send a letter this week and see what reply we get. If there is a further specific document that we believe we should receive, we can request that.I m...