Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 16 June 2016
16 Jun 2016 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
First Minister’s Question Time
Engagements
To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day. (S5F-00080)
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- S5F-00080 Question
In the same item of business
1. Ruth Davidson (Edinburgh Central) (Con)
Con
To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day. (S5F-00080)
The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon)
SNP
Engagements to take forward the Government’s programme for Scotland.
Ruth Davidson
Con
Once again, we are facing the prospect of teachers either boycotting work or striking altogether, and potentially shutting schools. I accept that teachers ha...
The First Minister
SNP
The Government is working very hard to ensure that industrial action does not take place in our schools. I do not believe that it is in the interests of teac...
Ruth Davidson
Con
I hear what the First Minister is saying, but the question is this: how was the situation allowed to get to this stage? Secondary teachers have been complain...
The First Minister
SNP
Yes—we have been working to do that. I hope that Ruth Davidson will—if she is sincere, as I hope she is, about wanting to avoid industrial action in our scho...
Ruth Davidson
Con
I have just listened to the First Minister say that the working group was established earlier this year, but Larry Flanagan of the Educational Institute of S...
The First Minister
SNP
As Ruth Davidson knows—this view was, I believe, expressed by the chief examiner in Scotland—removal of unit assessment too quickly would actually compromise...
Ruth Davidson
Con
There is a wider point to be made. We have a system that is constantly sending out ever more directives, initiatives and diktats to our schools, but does not...
The First Minister
SNP
I do not speak for the EIS, but I suspect that the EIS will be as horrified as I am by the Tory attempts to hijack its legitimate concerns, and the points th...