Official Report, Finance Committee, 16 September 2015; C Assistance at School Have These Needs Met
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MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Wednesday 2 December 2015 Session 4 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.scottish.parliament.uk or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Wednesday 2 December 2015 CONTENTS Col. PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 1 EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING ................................................................................................................ 1 Attainment Gap (Mid Scotland and Fife) ...................................................................................................... 1 Ayrshire College (Kilmarnock Campus Project) ........................................................................................... 2 Universities (Risk of Reclassification)........................................................................................................... 3 Medication and Medical Assistance (Schools) ............................................................................................. 4 Named Persons (Children with Autism) ....................................................................................................... 5 College Learning Environment (West Scotland) .......................................................................................... 6 Children in Kinship Care ............................................................................................................................... 7 Looked-after Children ................................................................................................................................... 8 Autism Strategy (Monitoring) ...................................................................................................................... 10 Movement of Non-European Union Students and Researchers ................................................................ 11 Higher Education (United Kingdom Government Green Paper) ................................................................ 12 Further Education Governance .................................................................................................................. 12 Rehabilitation of Offenders (Educational Opportunities) ............................................................................ 13 Student Support (Further Education) ......................................................................................................... 14 Energy Skills Partnership .......................................................................................................................... 16 Standardised Assessment .......................................................................................................................... 16 NAMED PERSONS ............................................................................................................................................ 18 Motion moved—[Liz Smith]. Amendment moved—[Aileen Campbell]. Amendment moved—[Iain Gray]. Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .................................................................................................... 18 The Minister for Children and Young People (Aileen Campbell) ................................................................ 24 Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 28 George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) ................................................................................................................... 31 John Pentland (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab) .......................................................................................... 33 Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 35 Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) ......................................................................................................... 38 Chic Brodie (South Scotland) (SNP) .......................................................................................................... 40 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 42 Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 45 Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab).......................................................................................................... 47 Michael Russell (Argyll and Bute) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 50 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) .......................................................................... 52 Nigel Don (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) ............................................................................................. 55 Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 56 Annabel Goldie (West Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................................... 59 Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP) ..................................................................................... 61 Cara Hilton (Dunfermline) (Lab) ................................................................................................................. 63 Aileen Campbell.......................................................................................................................................... 66 Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con) ...................................................................................................................... 69 BUSINESS MOTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 74 Motions moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 76 CITY BUILDING AND ROYAL STRATHCLYDE BLINDCRAFT INDUSTRIES................................................................. 81 Motion debated—[James Dornan]. James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 81 Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (Lab) ..................................................................... 85 Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)........................................................................................................ 86 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 87 Paul Martin (Glasgow Provan) (Lab) .......................................................................................................... 89 Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 90 The Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism (Fergus Ewing) ............................................................... 91 1 2 DECEMBER 2015 2 Council to ensure that it has the resources to Scottish Parliament make the positive changes that the report outlines? Wednesday 2 December 2015 Angela Constance: As the member correctly identifies, six schools in Fife will benefit from the [The Deputy Presiding Officer opened the attainment Scotland fund. The Scottish meeting at 14:00] Government is working closely with Fife Council and the attainment adviser with regard to the bids Portfolio Question Time that have come from those schools in and around the improvement plans. The improvement plans Education and Lifelong Learning that have come from Fife are interesting. There is a huge focus on parental engagement, which is The Deputy Presiding Officer (Elaine Smith): good. I will look with great interest at the specific Good afternoon. The first item of business this proposals from Fife that are contained in the afternoon is portfolio questions. As ever, in order recent report to get as many members in as possible, short and succinct questions with answers to match would Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): I am be appreciated. grateful to be called to ask a supplementary question—I thought that my name might just be Attainment Gap (Mid Scotland and Fife) lucky today. 1. Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab): Can the cabinet secretary tell the chamber what To ask the Scottish Government whether it will criteria will be used to measure the progress that provide an update on its progress in closing the is being made by the seven schools in Mid educational attainment gap in the Mid Scotland Scotland and Fife that will receive money from the and Fife region. (S4O-04874) attainment Scotland fund over the next four years and whether those criteria will be different from This is my eighth parliamentary question on the those that will be used in relation to schools that subject in as many weeks, and now we all know are not receiving that financial assistance? why. This might be my last opportunity for a while. Angela Constance: There will be broad The Cabinet