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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 16 January 2025
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Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Culture in Communities

Meeting date: 27 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

Related to that, I will ask about trends in availability of physical assets, whether that be the Filmhouse, a village hall, a playing field or an open space for an expansive art exhibition. What is the level of availability of such resources? Is there a tangible decline? Are particular resources in more decline than others? Are opportunities opening up for communities to get access to new forms of resources?

Meeting of the Parliament

Portfolio Question Time

Meeting date: 27 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

I thank the cabinet secretary for that response and welcome her to her new post. We look forward to working with her constructively.

It is critical that every child and young person has access to that support. As the cabinet secretary has already said, councils have been required to share six-monthly reports on access to counsellors in secondary schools and community-based services. Those reports show that the efforts to increase access to counsellors in high schools are really succeeding. However, we lack the equivalent data for primary schools. What consideration has the Government given to expanding the requirement for councils to produce those six-monthly reports to primary schools as well?

Meeting of the Parliament

Portfolio Question Time

Meeting date: 27 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on what progress it has made towards delivering the Bute house agreement commitment to ensure that every child has access to mental health and wellbeing support, including counselling services, in primary school. (S6O-02152)

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 26 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

How would you monitor that?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 26 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

All the veterinary evidence shows that the issue is the first curve and the impact that that has on legs, given the speed that the dogs are going at.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 26 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

But your track is not fundamentally different to Shawfield, for example, or any of the other tracks.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 26 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

What is your data on that?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 26 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

Would the GBGB be concerned if racers at your formally licensed tracks were racing at Thornton? Clearly, that would be in breach of your new welfare standards.

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 26 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

Can I ask about the GBGB data on retirement? As I understand it, it also includes greyhounds that are designated for breeding and greyhounds that go on to race on unregulated tracks. Can you explain how that constitutes retirement?

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Petition

Meeting date: 26 April 2023

Mark Ruskell

Retirement from the GBGB?