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Meeting of the Parliament MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Wednesday 6 September 2006 Session 2 £5.00 Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2006. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to the Licensing Division, Her Majesty‘s Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ Fax 01603 723000, which is administering the copyright on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Produced and published in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by Astron. CONTENTS Wednesday 6 September 2006 SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS PRESIDING OFFICERS SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY CORPORATE BODY PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU COMMITTEE CONVENERS AND DEPUTY CONVENERS Debates Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION .................................................................................................................................. 27237 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................ 27239 Motion moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to. FUTURE OF SCOTLAND .................................................................................................................................. 27241 Motion moved—[First Minister]. Amendment moved—[Nicola Sturgeon]. Amendment moved—[Miss Annabel Goldie]. Amendment moved—[Shiona Baird]. The First Minister (Mr Jack McConnell) ................................................................................................... 27241 Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP) ........................................................................................................... 27247 Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con) ....................................................................................... 27251 Shiona Baird (North East Scotland) (Green) ........................................................................................... 27254 Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD) ................................................................................... 27257 Bristow Muldoon (Livingston) (Lab) ......................................................................................................... 27261 Mr John Swinney (North Tayside) (SNP) ................................................................................................ 27265 Margo MacDonald (Lothians) (Ind) .......................................................................................................... 27267 Sarah Boyack (Edinburgh Central) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 27269 Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................... 27272 Nora Radcliffe (Gordon) (LD) .................................................................................................................. 27274 Shona Robison (Dundee East) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 27276 Mr Alasdair Morrison (Western Isles) (Lab) ............................................................................................. 27278 Colin Fox (Lothians) (SSP) ...................................................................................................................... 27281 Bruce Crawford (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) ...................................................................................... 27283 Susan Deacon (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (Lab) ....................................................................... 27285 Alex Johnstone (North East Scotland) (Con) .......................................................................................... 27287 Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab) ....................................................................................... 27289 John Swinburne (Central Scotland) (SSCUP) ......................................................................................... 27291 Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green) ............................................................................................................. 27292 Ms Wendy Alexander (Paisley North) (Lab) ............................................................................................ 27294 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ........................................................................................... 27296 Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 27299 The Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning (Nicol Stephen) ............... 27302 BUSINESS MOTIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 27307 Motions moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]—and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTIONS .............................................................................................................. 27308 Motions moved—[Ms Margaret Curran]. Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) ........................................................................................................... 27308 The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Ms Margaret Curran) ............................................................. 27309 DECISION TIME ............................................................................................................................................. 27311 BUS INDUSTRY (ACCOUNTABILITY) ................................................................................................................ 27322 Motion debated—[Pauline McNeill]. Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab) .................................................................................................. 27322 Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 27325 Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 27326 Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP) ......................................................................................................... 27327 Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD) .................................................................... 27328 Bill Butler (Glasgow Anniesland) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 27329 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) ........................................................................................................... 27330 Mrs Mary Mulligan (Linlithgow) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 27332 Rosie Kane (Glasgow) (SSP) .................................................................................................................. 27333 Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 27334 Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab) ....................................................................................... 27335 Chris Ballance (South of Scotland) (Green) ............................................................................................ 27337 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ............................................................................................................. 27338 The Minister for Transport (Tavish Scott) ................................................................................................ 27339 SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS FIRST MINISTER—Right hon Jack McConnell MSP DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER—Nicol Stephen MSP Justice MINISTER FOR JUSTICE—Cathy Jamieson MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR JUSTICE—Hugh Henry MSP Education and Young People MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE—Peter Peacock MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE—Robert Brown MSP Enterprise and Lifelong Learning MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE AND LIFELONG LEARNING—Nicol Stephen MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE AND LIFELONG LEARNING—Allan Wilson MSP Environment and Rural Development MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT—Ross Finnie MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT—Rhona Brankin MSP Finance and Public Service Reform MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM—Mr Tom McCabe MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM—George Lyon MSP Health and Community Care MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE—Mr Andy Kerr MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE—Lewis Macdonald MSP Parliamentary Business MINISTER FOR PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS—Ms Margaret Curran MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS—George Lyon MSP Communities MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES—Malcolm Chisholm MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR COMMUNITIES—Johann Lamont MSP Tourism, Culture and Sport MINISTER FOR TOURISM, CULTURE AND SPORT—Patricia Ferguson MSP Transport MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT—Tavish Scott MSP Law Officers LORD ADVOCATE—Right hon Lord Colin Boyd QC SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND—Mrs Elish Angiolini QC PRESIDING OFFICERS PRESIDING OFFICER—Right hon George Reid MSP DEPUTY PRESIDING OFFICERS—Trish Godman MSP, Murray Tosh MSP SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY CORPORATE BODY PRESIDING OFFICER—Right hon George Reid MSP MEMBERS—Mr Kenny MacAskill MSP, Mr Duncan McNeil MSP, Nora Radcliffe MSP, John Scott MSP PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU
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