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Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S2M-02938	Parliament Welcomes Jobs Fair in Glasgow	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	08 Jun 2005
S2M-02615	Protecting Land Used for Organised Sport and Other Forms of Physical Activity	Watson, Mike	Motion Members' Business Motion	01 Jun 2005
S2W-16578	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to ensure that the Enforcement Concordat is implemented throughout its departments and agencies.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	26 May 2005
S2M-02725	Glasgow to Host the 2007 UEFA Cup Final	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	21 Apr 2005
S2M-02496	Glasgow City Council's Gaelic Education Provision	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	01 Mar 2005
S2W-13416	To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish-domiciled students are attending universities in England and Wales in the academic year 2004-05 and what the cost to it would be of meeting their tuiti	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2005
S2W-11808	To ask the Scottish Executive what the final outcome is of applications made to the third round of the Modernising Government Fund and what projects will be supported under the fund	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	29 Oct 2004
S2W-08683	To ask the Scottish Executive why retail is not recognised as one of the 10 priority sectors within Round 4 of the Scottish Skills Fund.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	15 Jun 2004
S2M-01368	Incitement to Racial Hatred	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	26 May 2004
S2W-07676	To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers to be its achievements in its participation in this year's Tartan Day celebrations in the United States of America.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	26 Apr 2004
S2W-07080	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to make provision for sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) following the recent announcement by Her Majesty's Governmen	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	01 Apr 2004
S2O-01553	To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support it provides to Glasgow City Council in relation to the maintenance of the Clyde Tunnel.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	11 Mar 2004
S2O-01517	To ask the Scottish Executive what support and supervision it will offer to newly-released prisoners to ensure that they do not reoffend.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	11 Mar 2004
S2O-01237	To ask the Scottish Executive how it can further reduce homelessness, particularly among drug users and vulnerable young people.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	05 Feb 2004
S2O-01122	To ask the Scottish Executive what the future is for Scotland's financial sector in general and fund asset management in particular.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	22 Jan 2004
S2M-00662	Rugby World Cup	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	26 Nov 2003
S1M-03571	National Cultural Strategy 2 linked amendments	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	14 Nov 2002
S1M-03507.1	Broadcasting and the Media	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	31 Oct 2002
S1M-03401	The Role of Culture in the Educational Development of Young People 1 linked amendment	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	19 Sep 2002
S1M-03192	Value of Participation in Sport in Increasing the Quality of Life 2 linked amendments	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	12 Jun 2002
S1M-02941	Tourism 2 linked amendments	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	27 Mar 2002
S1M-02485	Cross-Party Support for a Review of Construction Industry in Scotland	Watson, Mike	Motion Members' Business Motion	26 Nov 2001
S1O-04051	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to improve recruitment and retention in the social work profession following the recent action team report on children's services.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	08 Nov 2001
S1O-03986	To ask the Scottish Executive how it intends to pursue the key developments of the Scottish rail network in light of Railtrack plc going into administration.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	01 Nov 2001
S1M-02361	Cosmic Rough Riders	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	25 Oct 2001
S1O-03856	To ask the Scottish Executive what financial support is currently available for repairs to, and replacement of, school buildings.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	27 Sep 2001
S1M-02078	Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill 3 linked amendments	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	19 Sep 2001
S1W-18253	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can now give the allocation of End Year Flexibility by Department.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	19 Sep 2001
S1O-03712	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in relation to the provision of nursery education for three-year-olds.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	06 Sep 2001
S1W-17255	To ask the Scottish Executive what monitoring is in place to record how many older people have embarked on modern apprenticeships following the removal of the age restriction and what measures are in	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	22 Aug 2001
S1W-16965	To ask the Scottish Executive how many places are available in out-of-school and after-school care in each constituency in the City of Glasgow and how many children are on waiting lists for places in	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	08 Aug 2001
S1W-16886	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to undertake a review of Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 following the completion of the review of the adjudicati	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	03 Aug 2001
S1W-16885	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it submitted a response to the consultation by the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions on the Construction Industry Board (CIB) review of the adj	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	03 Aug 2001
S1W-16884	To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received on the operation of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	03 Aug 2001
S1W-16883	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of the construction contracts provision in Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and the Scheme	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	03 Aug 2001
S1W-16665	To ask the Scottish Executive how trade unions representing workers employed in the transport industry are being consulted on the work currently under way on the Executive's transport delivery plan.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	01 Aug 2001
S1W-16472	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15837 by Nicol Stephen on 31 May 2001, how many of the pre-school places for (a) three-year-olds and (b) four-year-olds with partne	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	05 Jul 2001
S1M-02042	2002/03 Budget Process	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	28 Jun 2001
S1W-16687	To ask the Scottish Executive whether further provision is to be made in relation to the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Bill.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2001
S1W-15837	To ask the Scottish Executive how many pre-school education places for (a) three-year-olds and (b) four-year-olds are now available in each parliamentary constituency in Glasgow, specifying in each ca	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	31 May 2001
S1O-03525	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to tackle regional variations in access to epilepsy diagnosis and services across Scotland as highlighted in the report by Epilepsy Action Scotland, Pat	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	31 May 2001
S1W-15746	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-3292 by Iain Gray on 26 April 2001, whether the asylum liaison officers appointed by Strathclyde Police were in addition to the exi	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	29 May 2001
S1O-03461	To ask the Scottish Executive what resources are being allocated to assist local authority education departments to prepare suitable curriculum material to raise awareness of the experiences of refuge	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	24 May 2001
S1M-01963	Epilepsy	Watson, Mike	Motion Members' Business Motion	23 May 2001
S1O-03459	To ask the Scottish Executive whether updated information on the use of anti-social behaviour orders is now available and what procedures are in place to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of such	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	17 May 2001
S1W-14993	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any disability awareness training is available to its staff and, if so, whether this includes any specific training on epilepsy awareness.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	01 May 2001
S1W-14995	To ask the Presiding Officer whether epilepsy awareness training is provided to all members of Scottish Parliament staff who are employed in the education service, the visitor centre and the security	Watson, Mike	Question SPCB Written Question	30 Apr 2001
S1W-14994	To ask the Presiding Officer what disability awareness training is available to Scottish Parliament staff, in particular on epilepsy awareness.	Watson, Mike	Question SPCB Written Question	30 Apr 2001
S1O-03292	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to tackle the level of racial abuse and number of assaults experienced by refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow in particular where the abu	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	26 Apr 2001
S1W-14368	To ask the Scottish Executive how many modern apprentices are (a) male and (b) female, and how many are from ethnic minorities, broken down by industry in each case.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	05 Apr 2001
S1W-13158	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-1796 by Jackie Baillie on 25 May 2000, which Social Inclusion Partnerships returned information disaggregated by gender in their an	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	19 Mar 2001
S1W-13754	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that every teacher in pre-school, primary, secondary and tertiary education is given training in epilepsy awareness.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	14 Mar 2001
S1W-13258	To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to make an announcement on the future funding of the New Life for Urban Scotland partnerships in Castlemilk.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2001
S1W-12938	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any changes to external finance limits set for each water authority this year, and what budgets it proposes to allocate each water authority in th	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	02 Feb 2001
S1M-01592	Budget (Scotland) (No.2) Bill	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	30 Jan 2001
S1W-12331	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its announcement of the Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) funding allocation for 2002-03 to 2003-04 on 28 December 2000, whether this announcement included a	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	22 Jan 2001
S1M-01449	Finance Committee's Report on Stage 2 of the 2001-02 Budget Process	Watson, Mike	Motion Motion For Debate	13 Dec 2000
S1O-02567	To ask the Scottish Executive what support is being given to voluntary groups working with the families of drug users.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	23 Nov 2000
S1W-11229	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce any changes to the arrangements for the dissemination of statistics.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	15 Nov 2000
S1O-02489	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that adequate health care is provided for rough sleepers.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	09 Nov 2000
S1O-02340	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the employment implications of the housing stock transfer proposal in Glasgow and other parts of Scotland.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	05 Oct 2000
S1W-08976	To ask the Scottish Executive how many letters it received from (a) MPs and (b) MSPs concerning constituency issues in the period from 1 July 1999 to 7 July 2000.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	05 Sep 2000
S1W-08537	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any local authority is likely to be capped this year.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	06 Jul 2000
S1M-01075	The Jeely Piece Club Silver Jubilee	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	30 Jun 2000
S1O-02079	To ask the Scottish Executive what links exists between the Careers Service, local authority schools and the construction industry for the purpose of increasing awareness of the range of employment op	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	29 Jun 2000
S1M-01057	2001-02 Budget Process	Watson, Mike	Motion Committee Motion	28 Jun 2000
S1M-01056	Written Agreements on Budgeting Process	Watson, Mike	Motion Committee Motion	28 Jun 2000
S1M-01055	Written Agreements on Budgeting Process	Watson, Mike	Motion Committee Motion	28 Jun 2000
S1W-08299	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can give the allocation of end-year flexibility by department.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2000
S1W-08287	To ask the Scottish Executive what amount of money generated by end-year flexibility will be available to the Scottish Executive this year.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	27 Jun 2000
S1O-02005	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that the local labour market has the necessary skills base to benefit from any increase in jobs in construction projects generated by	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	22 Jun 2000
S1W-07522	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the average hourly rates paid to part-time and full-time workers in Glasgow call centres differ.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	15 Jun 2000
S1W-07521	To ask the Scottish Executive average (a) wage and (b) period of employment is of full-time workers in Glasgow call centres.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	15 Jun 2000
S1W-07520	To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are employed in the 59 call centres in Glasgow; how many of these are (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers and how many are (i) male and (ii) female in	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	15 Jun 2000
S1O-01943	To ask the Scottish Executive what implications the requirements of asylum seekers placed with local authorities in Scotland will have for the housing stock transfer proposals.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	15 Jun 2000
S1O-01899	To ask the Scottish Executive what additional resources are being made available to assist agencies in identifying the cause of the recent deaths of heroin users in Glasgow and Aberdeen.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	08 Jun 2000
S1W-06023	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any of the monies allocated from the Domestic Abuse Service Development Fund will specifically assist with service provision and support for women with drug or al	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	19 May 2000
S1M-00599	Epilepsy	Watson, Mike	Motion Members' Business Motion	17 May 2000
S1W-06086	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide a progress report on the work of the Glasgow Housing Partnership Steering Group.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	07 Apr 2000
S1W-05803	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on progress with the negotiations over Hampden Stadium.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	03 Apr 2000
S1W-05212	To ask the Scottish Executive what assurances it has had from CGU that Perth will remain a significant centre in the merged company with Norwich Union and that the jobs there will be of a high quality	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	23 Mar 2000
S1O-01227	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being introduced to support the voluntary and community sector.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	24 Feb 2000
S1F-00147	To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Executive is taking to support manufacturing exports.	Watson, Mike	Question First Minister's Question	24 Feb 2000
S1W-03727	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of NHS spending in Scotland was allocated to Greater Glasgow Health Board in (a) 1989-90; (b) 1994-95 and (c) 1999-2000.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	10 Feb 2000
S1M-00473	Budget (Scotland) Bill (Stage 2 order of consideration)	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	01 Feb 2000
S1W-03822	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of Scottish Executive funding for the voluntary sector is allocated to black and ethnic minority organisations.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	01 Feb 2000
S1W-03794	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it contributed to the formulation of Her Majesty's Government's position regarding the Biosafety Protocol negotiations in Montreal and, if so, what views it put f	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	31 Jan 2000
S1W-02650	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made to determine the salaries of Special Advisers and how these arrangements will be administered.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	22 Nov 1999
S1W-02652	To ask the Scottish Executive whether its plans for reform of agricultural holdings legislation will include giving tenant farmers a right to buy.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	19 Nov 1999
S1W-02651	To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive to provide details of its planned level of support for local authority non-housing capital spending for each local authority in the financial year 2000	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	19 Nov 1999
S1W-02649	To ask the Scottish Executive whether proceedings in the Westminster Parliament on the Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill have now been completed.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	19 Nov 1999
S1W-02473	To ask the Scottish Executive when it will begin to publish bilateral concordats agreed between Whitehall Departments and their counterparts in the Executive.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	11 Nov 1999
S1W-01938	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to submit views on the Biosafety Protocol to Her Majesty's Government.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	28 Oct 1999
S1W-01992	To ask the Scottish Executive what conclusions it has reached on the budget submissions from Aberdeenshire, East Dunbartonshire and Perth and Kinross Councils.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	15 Oct 1999
S1W-01747	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take in support of the international campaign to bring epilepsy 'out of the shadows'.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	15 Oct 1999
S1W-00804	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in establishing the Task Force to review homelessness in Scotland which was announced on 17 June.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	09 Aug 1999
S1W-00377	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a statement on the number of students enrolled at further education colleges in Scotland in 1997-98.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	02 Jul 1999
S1O-00141	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a statement on the number of students enrolled at further education colleges in Scotland in 1997-98.	Watson, Mike	Question General Question	02 Jul 1999
S1W-00286	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make a statement on the Report of the Scottish Law Commission on the Abolition of the Feudal System.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	30 Jun 1999
S1W-00285	To ask the Scottish Executive what its plans are for implementing the Scottish provisions of the Health Act 1999.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	30 Jun 1999
S1W-00284	To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to publish its plans for land reform legislation announced as part of the legislative programme for 1999 - 2000.	Watson, Mike	Question Written Question	30 Jun 1999
S1M-00038	Dr Pat Robertson	Watson, Mike	Motion Standard Motion	07 Jun 1999

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Motion

Parliament Welcomes Jobs Fair in Glasgow

S2M-02938 · Standard Motion · lodged by Watson, Mike

Lodged on

08 Jun 2005

Heard / answered on

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That the Parliament expresses its concern at figures published by the Scottish Executive which show that only 48% of non-whites in Scotland are currently in full-time employment compared with 71% of whites in full-time employment and, in particular, the fact that there are less than half the number of non-white women in work than there are white women in work; notes that a recent survey by the Race Equality in Housing Forum revealed that black and minority ethnic employees accounted for just 0.8% of staff working for registered social landlords, but that that was twice the percentage for local authority employees; acknowledges the urgent need to improve these figures, and therefore welcomes the job fair specifically for Scotland’s black and minority ethnic population organised by the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, the Chartered Institute of Housing and Hanover (Scotland), Bield and Trust Housing Associations taking place in Glasgow on 11 June 2005.

Backed by

Supported by 21 additional MSPs

Lab 13 Green 3 LD 3 SNP 1 SSCUP 1

Lodged by Watson, Mike (Independent).

No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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S2M-02938
08 Jun 2005 · Standard Motion · Watson, Mike

That the Parliament expresses its concern at figures published by the Scottish Executive which show that only 48% of non-whites in Scotland are currently in full-time employment compared with 71% of whites in full-time employment and, in particular, the fact that there are less than half the number of non-white women in work than there are white women in ...