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Scottish Parliament Fact sheet Ministerial Statements: Session 3 10 December 2014 Parliamentary Business: Historical Series

This fact sheet provides a list of ministerial statements made in the Scottish Parliament during Session 3. It is arranged by date, with the most recent date and Official Report reference appearing first. It also includes the name and title of the Cabinet Secretary or Minister making the statement and the subject of the statement.

Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 16 Mar 2011 , Minister for “Low Carbon : Meeting Environment and Climate Change the Emissions Reductions Targets 2010-2022—Report on Proposals and Policies” SP OR 16 Mar 2011 Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Higher Education Funding Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 9 Mar 2011 Angela Constance, Minister for Skills Teaching Scotland’s Future and Lifelong Learning SP OR 23 Feb 2011 Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Cadder Judgement Justice SP OR 10 Feb 2011 , Deputy First Minister Delayed Discharges and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 12 Jan 2011, Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Proposed School Closures col 32075 - 32079 Education and Lifelong Learning (Argyll)

SP OR 12 Jan 2011, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Reform of the Police and Fire col 32000 - 32003 Justice and Rescue Services

SP OR 23 Dec 2010, Angela Constance, Minister for Skills Skills Development Scotland col 31910 - 31913 and Lifelong Learning SP OR 16 Dec 2010, Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Higher Education col 31745 - 31749 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 9 Dec 2010, , Cabinet Secretary for Local Government Finance col 31491 - 31496 Finance and Sustainable Growth Settlement 2011-12

SP OR 8 Dec 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Future Budget Planning col 31282 - 31285 Finance and Sustainable Growth Assumptions

SP OR 8 Dec 2010, , Minister for Severe Weather col 31271 - 31275 Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change SP OR 2 Dec 2010, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Forensic Science Services col 31207 - 31210 Justice Modernisation Programme

SP OR 1 Dec 2010, Fiona Hyslop, Minister for Culture and Scotland Bill col 31004 - 31007 External Affairs SP OR 17 Nov 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Budget 2011-12 col 30460 - 30469 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 11 Nov 2010, Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Scottish Water Bill col 30387 - 30390 Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 28 Oct 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Strategic Defence and Security col 29813 - 29817 Finance and Sustainable Growth Review SP OR 27 Oct 2010, Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Literacy Action Plan col 29589 - 29593 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 29 Sep 2010, Fiona Hyslop, Minister for Culture and Broadcasting col 29009 - 29012 External Affairs SP OR 15 Sep 2010, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Scottish Ambulance Service Call col 28511 - 28514 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Handling Wellbeing SP OR 8 Sep 2010, , First Minister 's col 28245 - 28254 Programme SP OR 30 June 2010, Michael Russell, Cabinet Secretary for The Gathering col 27996 - 27999 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 23 June 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for United Kingdom Emergency col 27563 - 27568 Finance and Sustainable Growth Budget and End-year Flexibility SP OR 17 June 2010, Keith Brown, Minister for Skills and Economy (Support for Young col 27475 - 27478 Lifelong Learning People)

SP OR 3 June 2010, , Minister for Enterprise, VisitScotland col 26966 - 26968 Energy and Tourism SP OR 19 May 2010, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Police Numbers col 26306 - 26308 Justice SP OR 22 April 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Volcanic Ash Cloud col 25676 - 25682 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 15 April 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Volcanic Ash Cloud col 25429 - 25431 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 25 Mar 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for United Kingdom Budget col 25184 - 25187 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 24 Feb 2010, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Representing Constituents col 23890 - 23893 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 13 Jan 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Aberdeen Western Peripheral col 22642 - 22646 Finance and Sustainable Growth Route SP OR 7 Jan 2010, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Severe Weather col 22475 - 22481 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 6 Jan 2010, Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Beauly to Denny Power Line col 22407 - 22411 Energy and Tourism SP OR 16 Dec 2009, Michael Russell, Minister for Culture, Education col 22186 - 22190 External Affairs and the Constitution

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 26 Nov 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Aberdeen Royal Infirmary col 21650 - 21653 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Health Care Environment Wellbeing Inspectorate Report SP OR 26 Nov 2009, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Local Government Finance col 21557 - 21562 Finance and Sustainable Growth Settlement SP OR 25 Nov 2009, Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Renewable Heat Action Plan col 21469 - 21478 Energy and Tourism SP OR 18 Nov 2009, , Minister for Community Sectarianism col 21250 - 21259 Safety SP OR 12 Nov 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Clostridium Difficile (Ninewells col 21099 - 21102 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Hospital) Wellbeing SP OR 5 Nov 2009, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Sex Offenders col 20953 - 20955 Justice SP OR 4 Nov 2009, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Skills col 20818 - 20822 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 29 Oct 2009, Shona Robison, Minister for Public Elder Abuse col 20617 - 20621 Health and Sport SP OR 29 Oct 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Influenza A(H1N1) col 20605 - 20609 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 28 Oct 2009, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Student Support col 20531 - 20534 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 17 Sep 2009, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Budget 2010-11 col 19751 - 19768 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 3 Sep 2009, Alex Salmond, First Minister Scottish Government's col 19201 - 19210 Programme SP OR 3 Sep 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Influenza A(H1N1) col 19189 - 19193 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 2 Sep 2009, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Diageo (Task Force) col 19088 - 19092 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 24 Aug 2009, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed col 18991 - 18996 Justice al-Megrahi (Decision) SP OR 25 Jun 2009, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for End-year Flexibility col 18944 - 18954 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 17 June 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Repossessions Group Report col 18480 - 18491 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 17 Jun 2009, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for School Building Programme col 18438 -18456 Education and Lifelong Learning

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 11 Jun 2009, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for National Qualifications col 18362 -18374 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 11 Jun 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Influenza A(H1N1) col 18247 -18258 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 10 Jun 2009, Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary Agriculture and Food col 18148 -18165 for Rural Affairs and the Environment (Government Support) SP OR 27 May 2009, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Open Prisons col 17836 -17847 Justice SP OR 14 May 2009, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Community Courts col 17427 -17439 Justice SP OR 14 May 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Influenza A(H1N1) col 17417 -17427 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 06 May 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Influenza A(H1N1) col 17070 -17081 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 29 April 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Influenza A(H1N1) col 16816 -16832 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 22 April 2009, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Vale of Leven Inquiry col 16601 -16613 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 02 April 2009, Michael Russell, Minister for Culture, Creative Scotland col 16425 -16441 External Affairs and the Constitution SP OR 25 March Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister New Medicines (Access) and 2009, col 16128 - and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Additional Private Care 16140 Wellbeing (Guidance) SP OR 18 March Michael Russell, Minister for Culture, Broadcasting 2009, col 15857 - External Affairs and the Constitution 15871 SP OR 11 March Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Prisoners (Compensation 2009, col 15604 - Justice Payments) 15614 SP OR 26 February Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Skills Strategy 2009, col 15296 - Education and Lifelong Learning 15307 SP OR 26 February John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Financial Services Advisory 2009, col 15203 - Finance and Sustainable Growth Board 15217

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 21 January , Minister for Home Owner Support 2009, col 14165 - Communities and Sport 14169 SP OR 11 December John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Local Government Finance 2008, col 13370 - Finance and Sustainable Growth Settlement 2009 -10 13376 SP OR 10 December Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Strategic Transport Projects 2008, col 13201 – Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Review 13211 Change SP OR 04 December Adam Ingram, Minister for Children Child Protection Services 2008, col 13123 – and Early Years (Aberdeen) 13126 SP OR 27 November Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for A Framework for Science 2008, col 12799 – Education and Lifelong Learning 12803 SP OR 26 November John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Pre-budget Report (Scottish 2008, col 12721 - Finance and Sustainable Growth Government Response) 12726 SP OR 19 November Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Fuel Poverty 2008, col 12483 - and Cabinet Secretary for Health and 12487 Wellbeing SP OR 6 November John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Scrutiny Improvement 2008, col 12077- Finance and Sustainable Growth 12083 SP OR 30 October Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Teacher Employment 2008, col 11938- Education and Lifelong Learning 11941 SP OR 9 October Fergus Ewing, Minister for Community Secure Accommodation 2008, col 11716- Safety 11731 SP OR 8 October Alex Salmond, First Minister Scottish Broadcasting 2008, col 11553- Commission 11557 SP OR 1 October Michael Russell, Minister for Crofting 2008, col 11309- Environment 11314 SP OR 24 September Alex Salmond, First Minister HBOS 2008, col 11084- 11088 SP OR 17 September Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Scottish Ambulance Service 2008, col 10841- and Cabinet Secretary for Health and 10845 Wellbeing

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 10 September John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Scottish Futures Trust 2008, col 10599- Finance and Sustainable Growth 10604 SP OR 3 September Alex Salmond, First Minister Scottish Government's 2008, col 10301- Programme 10309 SP OR 25 June 2008, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Scottish Ambulance Service col 10152-10155 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and (Contact Information) Wellbeing SP OR 25 June 2008, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Housing col 10088-10094 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 19 June 2008, Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health Inequalities col 10019-10024 Health SP OR 19 June 2008, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Financial Outturn 2007-08 col 9931-9934 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 18 June 2008, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Clostridium Difficile (Vale of col 9890-9893 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Leven Hospital) Wellbeing SP OR 18 June 2008, Alex Salmond, First Minister Ministerial Code col 9826-9829 SP OR 11 June 2008, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Legal Profession col 9509-9511 Justice SP OR 4 June 2008, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Scottish Ambulance Service col 9258-9262 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 29 May 2008, Fergus Ewing, Minister for Community Drugs Strategy col 9087-9090 Safety SP OR 28 May 2008, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Scottish Futures Trust col 9005-9010 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 22 May 2008, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Fuel Poverty col 8934-8938 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 21 May 2008, Shona Robison, Minister for Public Smoking Prevention Action Plan col 8772-8777 Health SP OR 15 May 2008, Stewart Maxwell, Minister for Equality and Diversity col 8607-8611 Communities and Sport SP OR 14 May 2008, Alex Salmond, First Minister Moving Scotland Forward col 8533-8538

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 7 May 2008, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Free Personal Care col 8281-8285 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 30 April 2008, Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Vulnerable Witnesses col 8036-8040 Justice (Scotland) Act 2004 (Implementation) SP OR 24 April 2008, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Grangemouth Refinery col 8001-8004 Finance and Sustainable Growth (Industrial Action) SP OR 24 April 2008, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for National Qualifications col 7863-7868 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 23 April 2008, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Hepatitis C col 7789-7793 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 17 April 2008, Stewart Stevenson, Minister for First ScotRail Franchise col 7711-7714 Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change SP OR 16 April 2008, Alex Salmond, First Minister Scotland Week col 7537-7541 SP OR 26 March Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Scottish Prison Service (Robert 2008, col 7308-7311 Justice Foye Case) SP OR 6 March Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister State Hospital (Redevelopment) 2008, col 6651-6654 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 5 March Stewart Stevenson Minister for Borders Rail Link 2008, col 6573-6578 Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change SP OR 27 February Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Accident and Emergency Units 2008, col 6315-6319 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and (Ayr and Monklands Hospitals) Wellbeing SP OR 21 February Alex Salmond, First Minister British-Irish Council 2008, col 6245-6247 SP OR 20 February Michael Russell Minister for Snaring 2008, col 6079-6083 Environment SP OR 7 February Adam Ingram, Minister for Children Survivors of Institutional Abuse 2008, col 5925-5929 and Early Years SP OR 30 January Alex Salmond, First Minister Effective Government 2008, col 5567-5572 SP OR 24 January Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary Waste 2008, col 5492-5498 for Rural Affairs and the Environment SP OR 16 January Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary Fisheries 2008, col 5037-5043 for Rural Affairs and the Environment

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 9 January Stewart Maxwell, Minister for Sportscotland 2008, col 4779-4784 Communities and Sport SP OR 19 December John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Transport 2007, col 4548-4553 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 13 December John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Local Government Finance 2007, col 4458-4465 Finance and Sustainable Growth Settlement 2008-2011 SP OR 12 December Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Health Strategy 2007, col 4287-4295 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 5 December Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Class Sizes 2007, col 4067-4072 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 5 December Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Prescription Charges 2007, col 4051-4055 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 28 November John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Pension Benefits Statements 2007, col 3796-3799 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 22 November Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Pandemic Flu 2007, col 3729-3732 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 14 November John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Strategic Spending Review 2007, col 3324-3332 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 14 November Alex Salmond, First Minister Commonwealth Games 2014 2007, col 3308-3312 SP OR 7 November , Minister for Europe, Creative Scotland and Cultural 2007, col 3072-3078 External Affairs and Culture Policy SP OR 1 November Adam Ingram, Minister for Children Child Protection 2007, col 3002-3006 and Early Years SP OR 24 October Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Waiting Times 2007, col 2577-2581 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing SP OR 24 October Alex Salmond, First Minister “Scottish Elections Review” 2007, col 2565-2569 SP OR 27 September Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Airport Rail Links 2007, col 2252-2255 Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change SP OR 26 September John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Enterprise Networks 2007, col 2071-2077 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 19 September Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister NHS Waiting Times 2007, col 1832-1838 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing

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Date Cabinet Secretary / Minister Subject

SP OR 13 September John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Planning 2007, col 1786-1792 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 13 September Elish Angiolini, Lord Advocate Angus Sinclair Case 2007, col 1763-1776 SP OR 12 September Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary Foot-and-mouth Disease 2007, col 1635-1637 for Rural Affairs and the Environment SP OR 6 September Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary Foot-and-mouth Disease 2007, col 1431-1436 for Rural Affairs and the Environment SP OR 5 September Alex Salmond, First Minister Scottish Government’s 2007, col 1362-1371 Programme SP OR 28 June 2007, Alex Salmond, First Minister Council of Economic Advisers col 1326-1330 SP OR 28 June 2007, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Strategic Spending Review col 1207-1211 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 27 June 2007, Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport col 1127-1132 Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change SP OR 21 June 2007, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change col 1034-1038 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 13 June 2007, Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Higher Education col 627-632 Education and Lifelong Learning SP OR 7 June 2007, Alex Salmond, First Minister International Judicial Co- col 586-587 operation SP OR 6 June 2007, Nicola Sturgeon, Deputy First Minister Accident and Emergency Units 390-395 and Cabinet Secretary for Health and (Ayr and Monklands Hospitals) Wellbeing SP OR 31 May 2007, Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, UK Energy White Paper col 324-329 Energy and Tourism SP OR 24 May 2007, Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary Ship-to-Ship Oil Transfer col 112-117 for Rural Affairs and the Environment SP OR 23 May 2007, John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Post Office col 82-87 Finance and Sustainable Growth SP OR 23 May 2007, Alex Salmond, First Minister Government Priorities col 58-66

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Summary of Ministerial Statements

Parliamentary years (9 May- 8 May) Cabinet Secretary, Minister or 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 Total Law Officer First Minister 9 5 1 1 16 Minister for Parliamentary Business 0 0 0 0 Minister for Europe, External Affairs 1 0 N/A N/A 1 and Culture Minister for Culture, External Affairs N/A 2 1 N/A 3 and the Constitution Minister for Culture and External N/A N/A N/A 2 2 Affairs Cabinet Secretary for Finance and 10 7 9 5 31 Sustainable Growth Minister for Enterprise, Energy and 1 0 2 1 4 Tourism Minister for Transport, Infrastructure 4 1 0 2 7 and Climate Change Cabinet Secretary for Education 3 3 4 5 15 and Lifelong Learning Minister for Schools and Skills 0 0 0 N/A 0 Minister for Skills and Lifelong N/A N/A N/A 3 3 Learning Minister for Children and Early 2 1 0 3 Years Deputy First Minister and Cabinet 10 11 8 2 31 Secretary for Health and Wellbeing Minister for Public Health 0 2 N/A N/A 2 Minister for Communities and Sport 1 2 N/A N/A 3 Minister for Public Health and Sport N/A 0 1 1 Minister for Housing and N/A 0 0 0 Communities Cabinet Secretary for Justice 2 2 4 4 12 Minister for Community Safety 0 2 1 3 Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs 5 0 1 6 and the Environment Minister for Environment 1 1 0 2

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Minister for Environment and N/A N/A N/A 1 1 Climate Change Lord Advocate 1 0 0 1 Solicitor General for Scotland 0 0 0 0 Total 50 39 32 26 147

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