Colin Beattie MSP

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Colin Beattie MSP

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  • Member for: Midlothian North and Musselburgh
  • Region: Lothian
  • Party: Scottish National Party

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Convener of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit

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Public Audit Committee 23 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) I have one point. The paper from the clerk states that, in July 2011, the principal of the college wrote to the committee to update us on the steps that had been taken. I do not remember that letter coming before the committee at that time. That was about 10 months ago. Why has there been such a del...

Meeting of the Parliament 23 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Colin Beattie I cannot exaggerate the potential consequences or the negative social impact of Westminster’s recklessness. I believe that the bill will help to ameliorate the outcomes and uphold the principles of social justice.

16:14

Meeting of the Parliament 23 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Colin Beattie Where the Westminster act falls short is in allowing for the needs of individuals. Newspapers talk a lot about people being paid thousands of pounds in benefits, but they are talking about a tiny number of people. The vast majority of payments are well within limits that are being laid down at the m...

Meeting of the Parliament 23 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Colin Beattie The member is absolutely correct. There are many examples of councils contracting to private landlords at a far higher price simply in order to find housing for homeless people.

In Midlothian, the major part of which forms part of my constituency, there are around 4,500 people on waiting...

Meeting of the Parliament 23 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) When one hears the words “welfare” and “reform”, the assumption is normally made that something positive is intended, such as new measures to improve opportunities for our more socially deprived communities or radical new thoughts on how to tackle some of our more intransigent social problems. Alas,...

Meeting of the Parliament 10 May 2012 : Thursday, May 10, 2012
Colin Beattie I have an example in which meals on wheels are flown frozen from Wiltshire to Glasgow and then trucked a further 120 miles via a Scottish depot to my constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh. Does the cabinet secretary agree that that is patently absurd and that encouraging local produce thr...

Meeting of the Parliament 10 May 2012 : Thursday, May 10, 2012
Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)

1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to encourage the establishment of farmers co-operatives to promote local produce. (S4O-00989)



Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie It would be interesting to know.



Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie I suppose that the only people who would know about it would be the Scottish Prison Service and perhaps the Cabinet Secretary for Justice.



Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie To return to reoffending, one point that has arisen is that the reoffending rate in Scotland is significantly higher than the rate in England, although I believe that the gap has closed a little over the years. I am not sure whether we have ever really found out whether there is an underlying reason...
Vote DetailMSP VoteResult

S4M-02906.2 Kenny MacAskill: Justice—As an amendment to motion S4M-02906 in the name of Lewis Macdon
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YesCarried

S4M-02906 Lewis Macdonald: Justice— That the Parliament recognises the key role played by civilian
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YesCarried

S4M-02905.1 Nicola Sturgeon: Health—As an amendment to motion S4M-02905 in the name of Jackie Bailli
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YesCarried

S4M-02905 Jackie Baillie: Health - That the Parliament recognises the substantial progress made in
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YesCarried

S4M-02904.3 Richard Simpson: Meeting the Challenge, Physical Activity and its Contribution to Tackli
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NoDefeated

S4M-02904.2 Nanette Milne: Meeting the Challenge, Physical Activity and its Contribution to Tackling
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NoDefeated

Amendment 4 moved by Liam McArthur on motion S4M-02878 Fiona Hyslop: National Library of Scotland Bi
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Amendment 5 moved by Liam McArthur on motion S4M-02878 Fiona Hyslop: National Library of Scotland Bi
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Not VotedDefeated

S4M-02888.3 Neil Bibby: National Parenting Strategy for Scotland—As an amendment to motion S4M-02888
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Not VotedDefeated

S4M-02888.1 Nanette Milne: National Parenting Strategy for Scotland—As an amendment to motion S4M-02
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Not VotedDefeated

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Motion S4M-03035: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 24/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02752: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02751: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02750: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02749: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02595: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10/04/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02594: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10/04/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02585: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 06/04/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02488: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26/03/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02470: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22/03/2012 Show Full Motion >>
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Question S4W-07367: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 21/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-07366: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 21/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-07368: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 21/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-07327: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-07326: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-07321: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-07320: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-07316: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 17/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-01075: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-01032: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 09/05/2012 Show Full Question >>

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