Chamber
Plenary, 18 Sep 2008
18 Sep 2008 · S3 · Plenary
Item of business
First Minister's Question Time
Engagements
To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S3F-1008)
In the same item of business
1. Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab):
Lab
To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S3F-1008)
The First Minister (Alex Salmond):
SNP
I welcome Iain Gray to his place. This morning, as many members will know, I was in Rosyth announcing the resumption of Scotland's ferry service from Rosyth ...
Iain Gray:
Lab
I thank the First Minister for his kind words of welcome. Indeed I will cherish them in the sure and certain knowledge that such words will probably be few a...
The First Minister:
SNP
I can certainly ask for that to happen. HBOS, whose practices I know well, had what the Scottish Trades Union Congress described as a model agreement with th...
Iain Gray:
Lab
I very much welcome the First Minister's assurances and I have every sympathy with his anger at speculation and short selling. Frankly, anyone who is today c...
The First Minister:
SNP
FiSAB considered a paper produced by Martin Gilbert of Aberdeen Asset Management in which he made a range of recommendations about how Scotland should respon...
Iain Gray:
Lab
I agree that the regulatory regime with regard to short selling should be reviewed. Indeed, as the First Minister knows, the FSA was given additional powers ...
The First Minister:
SNP
There are aspects of transparency that the FSA and the Bank of England have been working on and that similar financial authorities worldwide have been workin...
Iain Gray:
Lab
The First Minister is absolutely correct to talk of the importance of the financial services sector to Scotland and its wider economy. Earlier this week, on ...
The First Minister:
SNP
It is exactly because I agree with doing that that I have called the emergency meeting of FiSAB. Iain Gray will be aware of the breadth of the membership of ...