Scottish Parliament - Official Report

	Session 1999-2000
Scottish Parliament Official Report	Vol 1 No 10

17 June 1999

CONTENTS

Thursday 17 June 1999

Debates

	Col.
HOLYROOD PROJECT	520
Motion-[First Minister]-debated.
Amendment-[Donald Gorrie]-moved.
The First Minister (Donald Dewar)	520
Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD)	526
Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP)	530
Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab)	532
Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con)	533
Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green)	535
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab)	536
Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP)	537
Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh (Central Scotland) (Con)	538
Mrs Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD)	539
Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab)	541
Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP)	542
Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con)	543
Mike Watson (Glasgow Cathcart) (Lab)	544
Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP)	545
Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD)	546
Cathie Craigie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (Lab)	548
Bristow Muldoon (Livingston) (Lab)	551
Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con)	552
Ms Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill) (Lab)	553
Bruce Crawford (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP)	554
Mr Frank McAveety (Glasgow Shettleston) (Lab)	555
Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)	556
Dorothy-Grace Elder (Glasgow) (SNP)	557
Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD)	559
Ms Margo MacDonald (Lothians) (SNP)	560
Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab)	562
The Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning (Henry McLeish)	564
BUSINESS MOTION	569
Motion-[Mr McCabe]-agreed to.
The Minister for Parliament (Mr Tom McCabe)	569
QUESTION TIME	572
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE	572
Bed Blocking	580
Caledonian MacBrayne	572
Drug Treatment Programmes	576
Farming	573
Fire Service	582
Football Development	574
Further and Higher Education	573
Gaelic-medium Education	578
Health Care	583
Homelessness	581
Lockerbie	581
Long-term Care	578
Pre-school Education	577
Pre-school Education	574
Representative Office (Brussels)	577
Roads (Aberdeen)	580
Schools (Books and Equipment)	575
Victims of Crime	579

OPEN QUESTION TIME	584
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE	584
Children and Young People	588
Partnership Agreement	584
Tax	586

TUITION FEES	591
Motion-[Mr Jim Wallace]-debated.
Amendment-[Mr Swinney]-moved.
The Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice (Mr Jim Wallace)	591
Mr John Swinney (North Tayside) (SNP)	596
Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)	600
Dr Sylvia Jackson (Stirling) (Lab)	602
Mr Andrew Welsh (Angus) (SNP)	604
Marilyn Livingstone (Kirkcaldy) (Lab)	607
Mr Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD)	608
Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West)	609
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab)	610
Shona Robison (North-East Scotland) (SNP)	612
David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con)	613
Mr Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab)	615
Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP)	616
The Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning (Henry McLeish)	618

COMMITTEES	623
Motion-[Mr McCabe]-moved.
Amendments-[Tommy Sheridan, Dennis Canavan, Robin Harper]-moved.
The Minister for Parliament (Mr Tom McCabe)	623
Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP)	627
Dennis Canavan (Falkirk West)	628
Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green)	629
DECISION TIME	631




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