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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 20 December 2024
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Public Audit Committee

Tackling Digital Exclusion

Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Graham Simpson

Did your parents generally use council services online? I am sorry to keep mentioning your parents—it is just because they are in their 70s.

Public Audit Committee

Tackling Digital Exclusion

Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Graham Simpson

If you had not been there, would your dad have struggled?

Public Audit Committee

Tackling Digital Exclusion

Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Graham Simpson

I recently got a fibre broadband connection, but that only happened because a bloke turned up in my street and asked me to move my car so that he could get access to a cable for a neighbour. He said, “I just happened to notice that you haven’t got a fibre connection”, so I got it. It probably needs to be better advertised.

Has COSLA done any kind of audit of what services councils are offering online and what they do for people who cannot get online?

Public Audit Committee

Tackling Digital Exclusion

Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Graham Simpson

The key thing is that people need to know about it.

Public Audit Committee

Tackling Digital Exclusion

Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Graham Simpson

Has the report been discussed? If so, by who?

Public Audit Committee

Tackling Digital Exclusion

Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Graham Simpson

It is just to clear up some confusion for me. Lesley Fraser, you said right at the start, in response to the convener, that you accepted all the recommendations in the report, but Mr Huggins said that there had been no meeting to discuss it—well, that is what he said.

Has there been a meeting to discuss it or not?

Public Audit Committee

Tackling Digital Exclusion

Meeting date: 31 October 2024

Graham Simpson

I want to get to the nub of this. Who is it that has met to decide that you agree with the recommendations in the report?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 29 October 2024

Graham Simpson

Will the member take an intervention?

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 29 October 2024

Graham Simpson

Amendment 22 specifies a date for publication of the draft climate change plan. However, it would cut across amendment 55 in the name of Sarah Boyack, and we prefer amendment 55, so I will not move amendment 22.

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2

Meeting date: 29 October 2024

Graham Simpson

Thank you.