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17 – 22 novEMBER
a Holyrood magazine conference, Scottish Agricultural College event,
Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland Radisson SAS, Glasgow Garden Lobby, 6pm
MonDAy
event, Garden Lobby, 6pm
With Respect to Old Age: Caring for
Scottish Agricultural College Institution of Occupational Safety
Older People in Scotland, a Holyrood
Aberlour Childcare Trust on behalf of exhibition, Garden Lobby & Health: Edinburgh branch event,
magazine conference, Sheraton
the Young Runaways Coalition event, Committee Room 1, 6pm
Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
Committee Room 2, 6pm Terence Higgins Trust exhibition,
MSP Foyer SCVO Annual General Meeting,
Gaelic Development Display
Back to a Life after Stroke Campaign Augustine Church Centre, Edinburgh
exhibition, Garden Lobby
event, Committee Room 3, Internet Watch Foundation,
Passing Places exhibition,
5.30pm Committee Room 1, 6pm
MSP Foyer
ThURSDAy
ThURSDAy CBI Annual Conference, Park Lane
Changing Behaviour, Improving
Palliative Care (Scotland) Bill event,
Big Lottery Fund event, Committee Hilton, London
Society? Holyrood magazine 2nd
Committee Room 2, 12pm
Room 1, 10am
Annual Social Marketing Conference,
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
TUESDAy
Co-Awareness event, Committee
TUESDAy
Responsible Retailers event,
Room 3, 10.30am
SCARF Schools Calendar Award
Good Selling: Social Enterprise event,
Committee Room 1, 6pm
event, Committee Room 2, 12pm
Garden Lobby, 6pm
Universal Children’s Day event,
Living Streets Scotland event,
Committee Room 2, 5.30pm
Scottish Tourist Guide Association
Leonard Cheshire Disability 60th
Committee Room 6, 6pm
event, Garden Lobby, 6pm
Anniversary event, Committee Room
BT Scotland Gaelic Schools’ Debate,
1, 6pm
Planning Aid for Scotland event,
Committee Room 1, 7pm
Edinburgh Rape & Sexual Abuse
Garden Lobby, 6pm
Centre 30th Anniversary event,
Life Science Cross-Party Group event, FRiDAy
Members’ Restaurant, 7pm Countdown to the Carbon Reduction
Quarriers: Going Nowhere event,
Committee Room 1, 6pm
Commitment – Preparing for the
Committee Room 3, 6.15pm
Scottish Enterprise Business Tourism
WEDnESDAy
UK’s new mandatory carbon trading
Conference 2008, SECC, Glasgow
Poll Position – reflections on eight
Demand Responsive Transport:
scheme, a Holyrood magazine
years of the Electoral Commission,
Connecting People and Places, a
conference, Balmoral Hotel,
UCL Constitution Unit lecture, 1 – 5 DECEMBER
Holyrood magazine conference,
Edinburgh
London
MonDAy
Sheraton Grand Hotel,
HIV Scotland exhibition, MSP Foyer
Edinburgh
SATURDAy
Association of Scottish Community
WEDnESDAy
Climate Change Seminar 3,
Councils, First Floor Restaurant,
Climate Change Seminar 4,
St Andrew’s Day Debate, Parliament
Committee Room 1, 1.30pm
10.30am
Committee Room 2, 1.30pm
Complex, 1pm
Celebrating Social Enterprise in
24 – 28 novEMBER
Institution of Mechanical Engineers:
Common Riding Reception,
Scotland’s BME Communities event,
Marine Energy in Scotland Briefing,
Committee Room 2, 6pm
MonDAy
Committee Room 4, 1.30pm
Committee Room 1, 2pm
Eradicating Child Poverty in Scotland, Prison Health Conference: Prison
television signal through relay trans- “That the Parliament com- consideration should be given to tish Parliamentary Pensions Bill.”
mitters, the switchover will create a mends Community Service Vol- how continued support can be The motion passed without a
two-tier service with more than 50 unteers (CSV) for its strong track provided for volunteer-involving vote.
per cent of viewers in the Borders record in supporting retired people organisations.”
able to access only 50 per cent of to engage with their local commu- no questions were put. SCoTTiSh PARLiAMEnTARy
digital channels.” nities as volunteers; congratulates PEnSionS BiLL: FinAnCiAL
no questions were put. the Energy Challenge project in MEMoRAnDUM
Aberdeen, which trains older vol- MAin ChAMBER In the name of Cabinet Secre-
unteers to bring fuel efficiency and
BUSinESS
tary for Finance and Sustainable
MAin ChAMBER energy-savings advice to people
novEMBER 12
Growth John Swinney, members
BUSinESS
in their own homes to ensure that considered the following motion:
novEMBER 6
they stay warm and have energy- SCoTTiSh PARLiAMEnTARy “That the Parliament, for the
efficient homes; notes that, in view PEnSionS BiLL: STAGE 1 purposes of any Act of the Scottish
PRivATE MEMBER’S of government funding ending In the name of Alasdair Morgan Parliament resulting from the Scot-
DEBATE in March 2009, CSV’s support to (SNP), on behalf of the Scottish tish Parliamentary Pensions Bill,
CoMMUniTy SERviCE 1,600 older volunteers working in Parliamentary Pensions Scheme agrees to any expenditure charged
voLUnTEERS their local areas will come to an Committee, members considered on the Scottish Consolidated Fund
nAnETTE MiLnE (Con) end, which will have a huge impact the following motion: in consequence of the Act.”
Members debated the following on communities and individuals “That the Parliament agrees to The motion passed without a
motion: across Scotland, and believes that the general principles of the Scot- vote.
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