Tracker
health – A time for change, BMA Surviving the Credit Crunch – 8 Getting Un-hooked: Tackling Concordat: One Year Progress Report,
event, BMA House, London Scottish Tourism Forum Open Day, Scotland’s Drug Problem, a Holyrood a Holyrood magazine conference,
Royal Hotel, Stirling magazine conference, Our Dynamic Sheraton Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
TUESDAy
Earth, Edinburgh
EventScotland – National Events
27 Looked after Children and Young
Conference 2008, Gleneagles Hotel,
ThURSDAy 10 6th Annual Freedom of People: Ensuring the Achievement
Auchterarder
Scottish Water event, Committee Information Conference: Extending of Potential, a Holyrood magazine
Room 3, 8am the Public’s Right to Information, conference, Sheraton Grand Hotel,
Wasps Artists’ Studios event, Garden
a Holyrood magazine conference, Edinburgh
Lobby, 6pm
Royal Navy Presentation event, Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh
Committee Room 1, 1pm 29 Scottish Enterprise Construction
Institution of Engineering and
11 Parliaments and Constitutional Conference, Thistle Hotel, Glasgow
Technology event, Committee Room
International Justice Mission UK Watchdogs: Continuing the Debate,
1, 6pm
Briefing, Committee Room 5, 1pm UCL Constitution Unit lecture,
London
FEBRUARy
CBI Climate Change Summit – How
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre event,
3 Improving Road Safety in Scotland:
can your business compete in a low-
Committee Room 2, 5.30pm 12 Science, Innovation and
Prevention and Best Practice, a
carbon economy? Royal Lancaster
Enterprise: A Science Strategy for
Holyrood magazine conference,
Hotel, London
Scottish Centre for Financial Scotland, a Holyrood magazine
venue tbc, Edinburgh
Education event, Garden Lobby, 6pm conference, Glasgow Science Centre,
WEDnESDAy Glasgow
9 Enterprise Scotland: Challenging
Additional Support for Learning:
FRiDAy Times, Holyrood’s Second Annual
Mediation event, Committee Room
Transforming the Public Sector:
JAnUARy Conference on Enterprise, Glasgow
2, 1.30pm
Where Are We Now?, a Holyrood
12 Higher-Level Skills in the Hilton, Glasgow
magazine conference, Sheraton
Workforce: Making Part-Time
Local Footprints Partnership event,
Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
Learning Work for Scotland, The
Garden Lobby, 6pm
Part-Time Forum, Radisson SAS Hotel,
Royal Society for the Encouragement
Glasgow
Royal College of Nursing Scotland
of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce
event, Committee Room 2, 6pm
event, Committee Room 6, 12pm
19 Scotland’s Transport
Infrastructure: The Strategic
Scottish and Southern Energy/
Volunteer Development Scotland
Transport Projects Review, a Holyrood
Recess Dates for the
Carnegie College/Energy and Utility
event, First Floor Restaurant, 4pm
magazine conference, Sheraton
Parliamentary year 2008-09
Skills event, Committee Room 1, 6pm
Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
as agreed by Parliament are as
follows:
HEART UK event, Committee Room FUTURE EvEnTS
21 Zero Waste: Policy, Economics
20 December 2008 - 4 January 2009
3, 6pm
DECEMBER
and Implementation, a Holyrood
14 - 22 February 2009
8 Scotland’s Housing: Building
magazine conference, Sheraton
British Council – Active Citizenship
Firm Foundations for the Future,
4 - 19 April 2009
Grand Hotel, Edinburgh
and Volunteering event, Main Hall,
a Holyrood magazine conference,
27 June - 30 August 2009
6.30pm
Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
26 The Scottish Local Government
SCoTTiSh EConoMy In the name of John Park (Lib Dem), leave out from “across” the Liberal Democrats’ proposed
In the name of Cabinet Secre- (Lab), leave out from “supports” to to end and insert “; deeply regrets 2p reduction in the basic rate of
tary for Finance and Sustainable end and insert “calls on the Scot- the lack of early and decisive Scottish income tax to deliver
Growth John Swinney, members tish Government to bring forward action by the Scottish Government more than £300 per year into the
considered the following motion: measures that will make a real dif- in response to this downturn; rec- pay packet of the average Scottish
“That the Parliament notes ference to Scottish families, such as ognises that its much trumpeted earner and a significant fiscal stim-
the impact of the global economic reintroducing adult apprenticeship six-point plan is little more than ulus to the economy.”
slowdown on families, individu- funding across all sectors, improv- re-announced promises; welcomes The amendment failed, yes 13,
als and businesses across Scotland ing the services provided by Part- the growing consensus across all no 105, Abstentions 0.
and supports the early and decisive nership Action for Continuing the major parties that tax cuts In the name of Derek Brown-
action that the Scottish Govern- Employment to ensure a proactive are a positive and effective way to lee (Con), leave out from second
ment has taken, within its current approach to matching up people energise the economy, and calls “and” to end and insert “; notes
responsibilities, to help businesses with job opportunities, and to ditch on the Scottish Government to the actions already taken by the
and households, to maximise jobs plans for a local income tax, which revise the operating plan of Scot- Scottish Government but believes
and investment and to provide a organisations such as STUC and tish Enterprise, restore local eco- that the current recession is in part
solid foundation for Scotland to CBI agree would be bad for fami- nomic development and support to attributable to the mismanage-
take early and speedy advantage of lies, business and enterprise.” small businesses, make a statement ment of the UK economy by the
any recovery.” The amendment failed, yes 40, on how capital projects are being present UK Government and the
The following amendments no 75, Abstentions 3. accelerated and use the tax-varying era of irresponsibility over which
were selected for debate: In the name of Jeremy Purvis powers at its disposal to implement it has presided, evidenced by the
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