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    New strategy needed on teen pregnancy

    A new national strategy for tackling teenage pregnancy should be developed by the Scottish Government, according to a report published today by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee, following a six-month inquiry into the issue.

    Read the news release

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    New strategy needed on teen pregnancy

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    Wednesday's business in the Chamber

    Wednesday's business in the Chamber will start at 2pm and includes:

    • Portfolio Questions on
      - Infrastructure, Investment and Cities
      - Culture and External Affairs
    • a Ministerial Statement: 2012-2013 Provision Outturn
    • a Stage One debate on the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill

    Further information: Business Bulletin

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    Wednesday's business in the Chamber

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    Wednesday's committees

    On Wednesday morning, the Finance Committee will take evidence on the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Bill from witnesses including:

    • John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth

    Further information on this and other committee meetings is available in the Business Bulletin

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    Wednesday's committees

  • Watch >> Tuesday's video round-up

    In Tuesday's video round-up, MSPs hear the concerns of young people who have been taken into care, questions are posed over the VisitScotland website and the Equal Opportunities Committee calls for a fundamental transformation of childcare in Scotland.

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    Watch >> Tuesday's video round-up

 

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Business Bulletin

The Business Bulletin is published each morning when the Parliament is in session. It includes details of current, future and past business of the Parliament.

Presiding Officer Rt Hon Tricia Marwick MSP and Angus Hogg, chair of the Carnegie UK Trust, at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

Andy Warhol exhibition

The Scottish Parliament is set to host a free exhibition of more than forty works by Andy Warhol.

Andy Warhol: Pop, Power and Politics opens on 4 October 2013.

Image © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2013.

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