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Official Report 10 January 2007 - Contents

Debates

	Col.
TIME FOR REFLECTION	30845
INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SERVICES	30847
Motion moved—[Mr Tom McCabe].
Amendment moved—[Mr John Swinney].
Amendment moved—[Derek Brownlee].
The Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (Mr Tom McCabe)	30847
Mr John Swinney (North Tayside) (SNP)	30851
Derek Brownlee (South of Scotland) (Con)	30855
Jeremy Purvis (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) (LD)	30858
Ms Wendy Alexander (Paisley North) (Lab)	30862
Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP)	30864
Mark Ballard (Lothians) (Green)	30866
Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab)	30868
Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con)	30870
Mr Andrew Arbuckle (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD)	30872
Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)	30874
Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (Sol)	30877
Bristow Muldoon (Livingston) (Lab)	30878
Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP)	30881
Iain Smith (North East Fife) (LD)	30884
Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab)	30886
Mr David Davidson (North East Scotland) (Con)	30889
Alasdair Morgan (South of Scotland) (SNP)	30891
The Deputy Minister for Finance, Public Service Reform and Parliamentary Business (George Lyon)	30895
BUSINESS MOTIONS	30899
Motions moved—[George Lyon]—and agreed to.
Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD)	30900
The Deputy Minister for Finance, Public Service Reform and Parliamentary Business (George Lyon)	30901
PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTIONS	30904
Motions moved—[George Lyon].
DECISION TIME	30905
BRING BACK OUR BUSES CAMPAIGN	30912
Motion debated—[Colin Fox].
Colin Fox (Lothians) (SSP)	30912
David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con)	30915
Mike Pringle (Edinburgh South) (LD)	30917
Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP)	30918
Mark Ballard (Lothians) (Green)	30920
Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD)	30921
Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP)	30923
The Minister for Transport (Tavish Scott)	30925

SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS

FIRST MINISTER—Right hon Jack McConnell MSP

DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER—Nicol Stephen MSP

Justice

MINISTER FOR JUSTICE—Cathy Jamieson MSP

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR JUSTICE—Johann Lamont MSP

Education and Young People

MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE—Hugh Henry MSP

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE—Robert Brown MSP

Enterprise and Lifelong Learning

MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE AND LIFELONG LEARNING—Nicol Stephen MSP

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE AND LIFELONG LEARNING—Allan Wilson MSP

Environment and Rural Development

MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT—Ross Finnie MSP

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT—Rhona Brankin MSP

Finance and Public Service Reform

MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM—Mr Tom McCabe MSP

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM—George Lyon MSP

Health and Community Care

MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE—Mr Andy Kerr MSP

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE—Lewis Macdonald MSP

Parliamentary Business

MINISTER FOR PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS—Ms Margaret Curran MSP

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS—George Lyon MSP

Communities

MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES—

DEPUTY MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES—Des McNulty MSP

Tourism, Culture and Sport

MINISTER FOR TOURISM, CULTURE AND SPORT—Patricia Ferguson MSP

Transport

MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT—Tavish Scott MSP

Law Officers

LORD ADVOCATE—Elish Angiolini QC

SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND—John Beckett QC

PRESIDING OFFICERS

PRESIDING OFFICER—Right hon George Reid MSP

DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICERS—Trish Godman MSP, Murray Tosh MSP

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY CORPORATE BODY

PRESIDING OFFICER—Right hon George Reid MSP

MEMBERS—Mr Kenny MacAskill MSP, Mr Duncan McNeil MSP, Nora Radcliffe MSP, John Scott MSP

PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU

PRESIDING OFFICER—Right hon George Reid MSP

MEMBERS—Bill Aitken MSP, Chris Ballance MSP, Ms Margaret Curran MSP, Margo MacDonald MSP, Alasdair Morgan MSP, George Lyon MSP

COMMITTEE CONVENERS AND DEPUTY CONVENERS

Committee Convener Deputy Convener

Audit Mr Brian Monteith Mr Andrew Welsh

Communities Karen Whitefield Mr Jamie Stone

Education Iain Smith Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Enterprise and Culture Alex Neil Christine May

Environment and Rural Development Sarah Boyack Eleanor Scott

Equal Opportunities Cathy Peattie Margaret Smith

European and External Relations Linda Fabiani Irene Oldfather

Finance Ms Wendy Alexander Mr John Swinney

Health Roseanna Cunningham Janis Hughes

Justice 1 Pauline McNeill Stewart Stevenson

Justice 2 Mr David Davidson Bill Butler

Local Government and Transport Bristow Muldoon Fergus Ewing

Procedures Donald Gorrie Karen Gillon

Public Petitions Michael McMahon John Scott

Standards and Public Appointments Brian Adam Bill Butler

Subordinate Legislation Dr Sylvia Jackson Mr Kenneth Macintosh

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