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Justice Committee 21 February 2012 : Tuesday, February 21, 2012
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) Good morning, cabinet secretary. You largely covered this issue, but I want to ask again about judicial discretion, because the public place great store on decisions being made after all the facts have been heard. Clearly, part of that discretion is the opportunity to impose a non-mandatory life sen...

Meeting of the Parliament 09 February 2012 : Thursday, February 09, 2012
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

2. To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposed single Scottish police service will result in a reduction in the number of police superintendent posts. (S4O-00670)



Meeting of the Parliament 09 February 2012 : Thursday, February 09, 2012
John Finnie Given the wide variation across Scotland’s eight forces in the ratio of police superintendents to operational officers, will the cabinet secretary cause Her Majesty’s inspector of constabulary to ensure that all promotion processes for superintendent ranks cease with immediate effect, pending a revi...

Meeting of the Parliament 09 February 2012 : Thursday, February 09, 2012
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) Given the member’s awareness of the 1980s, how does he respond to Alistair Darling saying that he would have made cuts that would have been deeper and more savage than that?



Meeting of the Parliament 08 February 2012 : Wednesday, February 08, 2012
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) It is very important that public bodies and, indeed, politicians are held to account, so I am grateful to my colleague, Jamie McGrigor, for securing the debate.

In many respects, this is a highly technical matter, but in other respects it is not. I have called on a number of briefing pap...

Equal Opportunities Committee 07 February 2012 : Tuesday, February 07, 2012
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) Good afternoon. I am a Highlands and Islands MSP.



Equal Opportunities Committee 07 February 2012 : Tuesday, February 07, 2012
John Finnie I found the paper extremely interesting. Like Stuart McMillan, I was concerned that not all the councils responded. That might indicate that they do not have any good news to tell us, so perhaps those that did not respond are the ones that we should focus on.

Could we consider what happen...

Equal Opportunities Committee 07 February 2012 : Tuesday, February 07, 2012
John Finnie Should we establish whether there is a statutory requirement to provide play facilities? Perhaps I should know whether there is. Often if there is no statutory requirement for something, it is one of the first things to be dropped from consideration.



Equal Opportunities Committee 07 February 2012 : Tuesday, February 07, 2012
John Finnie Is there a statutory requirement to provide play parks full stop, I wonder?



Equal Opportunities Committee 07 February 2012 : Tuesday, February 07, 2012
John Finnie Those are fine words, but they are not statute. That vision should form part of the single outcome agreements and, as the convener said, others contribute towards it. In my area, the matter has recently been put out to an arm’s-length organisation. Similarly, community groups are increasingly involv...
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S4M-01979.1 Sarah Boyack: The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft]—As an amendment
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NoDefeated

S4M-01979 John Swinney: The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012 [draft]—That the Parliame
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YesCarried

S4M-01978.2 Kezia Dugdale: Youth Employment Strategy—As an amendment to motion S4M-01978 in the name
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NoDefeated

S4M-01978.3 Liz Smith: Youth Employment Strategy—As an amendment to motion S4M-01978 in the name of
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NoDefeated

S4M-01960 John Swinney: Budget (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament agrees that the Budget (Scotland)
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YesCarried

S4M-01876.1 Michael Russell: College Funding—As anamendment to motion S4M-01876 in the name of Liz S
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YesCarried

S4M-01876 Liz Smith: College Funding—That the Parliament warmly congratulates Scotland’s colleges i
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YesCarried

S4M-01878.1 Kenny MacAskill: Prison Visiting Committees—As an amendment to motion S4M-01878 in the n
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YesCarried

S4M-01878 Annabel Goldie: Prison Visiting Committees—That the Parliament recognises the dedication
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YesCarried

S4M-01893.2 Alex Johnstone: Scotland’s Next Generation Broadband Infrastructure Plan—As an amendment
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NoDefeated

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Motion S4M-01750.1: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20/01/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-01435: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28/11/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-01071: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 13/10/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-01070: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 13/10/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-00917: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 21/09/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-00755: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 30/08/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-00667: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 15/08/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-00622: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 09/08/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-00599: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 04/08/2011 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-00547: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 21/07/2011 Show Full Motion >>
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Question S4W-05772: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 20/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05702: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05701: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00707: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 08/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05323: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27/01/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05322: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27/01/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05321: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27/01/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05238: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 25/01/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05236: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 25/01/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00670: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 25/01/2012 Show Full Question >>

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