Tag: The Scottish Government

‘The Presiding Officer wishes to announce that this session of the Parliament will end at midnight on 22 March 2011, and that dissolution begins immediately thereafter on 23 March 2011.’ So now we know. The...

MSPs voted unanimously to pass The Patients Rights (Scotland) Bill today.The Law Society of Scotland agrees with the general principles of the Bill which was introduced by Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health &...

Education Secretary Michael Russell today hosted the last of a series of discussion events on the Higher Education Green Paper, 'Building a Smarter Future'.The discussion, held at the City of Glasgow College, concentrated on...

by Fiona Hyslop MSP As well as being one of the elected members for the Lothians region, I am also the Minister responsible for Culture in the Scottish Government. Despite a 6.7% budget cut in...

The Scottish Government yesterday laid before Parliament two Orders to extend the time limits for the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) to compulsorily acquire the land needed to complete its trams project.CEC requested the...

‘Fill in the blanks and help shape Scotland’s future’ – that’s the message of a campaign launched today to highlight Scotland’s biggest population survey, the 2011 Census. The census takes place on Sunday, March 27,...

Guidance to give residential mental health patients and workers the same protection from second-hand smoke as others throughout Scotland was published today.Smoking has been banned in public places since 2006. However, residential mental health...

by Councillor Stefan Tymkewycz, Councillor for Craigentinny/Duddingtston I am calling all local youth groups and uniformed organisations, in my Craigentinny/Duddingston Ward, such as the Boys Brigade, Scouts and Girl Guides who are looking for some...

Cash totalling £3.65 million recovered from the proceeds of crime will be invested in Scottish rugby club activities and facilities over the next three years.This investment builds upon the success Scottish Rugby has achieved...

The Scottish Government said today it is to invest a further £10 million in 2011-12 to support unemployed young people into work and training opportunities in a new programme, Community Jobs Scotland.The funding will...

Edinburgh Central MSP, Sarah Boyack, has slammed the SNP Government after it emerged that the number of staff battling childhood obesity in Edinburgh has been slashed by over a quarter since 2007.Statistics obtained under...

Queensferry & District Community Council (QDCC) this week called for a rethink of the way major public infrastructure projects are handled following the Forth Crossing Act coming into force. The calls came in response to...

The Scottish Government hopes that the new national 'heart hub' will ensure patients with advanced heart failure from throughout Scotland get access to potentially lifesaving treatment.The Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Strategy - launched...

The Scottish Government claim that Scotland's budget for next year, approved by Parliament today, will deliver the highest ever number of modern apprenticeships in Scotland. In addition to measures to boost economic recovery in the...

Last year’s snowy student protests may now be fading from memory a little, but the Scottish Youth Parliament is keen for young people aged 15-25 to have their say on what the next step...

by Margo McDonald MSP As the General Holyrood Election looms ever larger, expect to hear “It’s the economy, stoopid!” from every party trying to win seats in the Scottish Parliament. The irony is that with...

The expertise of Scotland's new Makar, Liz Lochhead, will be harnessed to promote Scottish literature at home and internationally as proposals to boost literature and publishing got the go ahead today.Responding to the Literature...

With the publication of papers by the UK Government related to the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, The Scottish Government took the opportunity today to release the final documents it considers it can publish which...

Creative Scotland, the national leader for Scotland’s arts, screen and creative industries, today announced almost £500,000 of investment in eight new innovative and interdisciplinary creative collaborations, which includes The Scottish Poetry Library here in...

by Margaret Smith, MSP for Edinburgh West As the constituency MSP for Edinburgh West I am in no doubt that it is a great part of the city to represent. Most people might think of...

New Holyrood  legislation to tackle problems with 'party flats' let out for stag and hen parties moved a step closer on Friday.Regulations amending the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 have been laid in...

A proposed merger between the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) has been approved by The Scottish Government and will be backed by £13.8 million of new investment from the Scottish...

A petition demanding action to protect wild land will be presented to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 25 January.The Trust is submitting the petition, backed by more than 3,500 signatures, to the Scottish Parliament...

An independent panel of media experts has called for a new Scottish Digital Network to be funded out of the television licence fee.The Scottish Digital Network Panel says that a new public service broadcaster...

Young people across the country are taking the lead in a new project to help drive Scotland's transition to a low carbon society as part of the Low Carbon Scotland Public Engagement Strategy.Developed by...

Engage for Education, the website created to prompt an active dialogue between The Scottish Government and the education community, reached 100,000 hits this week.The landmark came ahead of the e-Government National awards in London,...

Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove was today announced as the winner of the 2011 Robert Burns Humanitarian Award.Ms Norgrove, who died in October 2010 during a US military-led rescue mission to free her from...

Legal authority to build the Forth Replacement Crossing (FRC) has been given following Royal Assent for the necessary legislation to build the scheme. Royal Assent will see the Forth Crossing Bill, approved by the Scottish...

The Historic Environment (Amendment) (Scotland) Scotland Bill has been backed by Parliament, harmonising the existing legislation protecting our historic buildings and monuments.In addition to the introduction of certificates for immunity from listing during a...

The Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing has announced the appointment of a new member to Lothian NHS Board.The new member is:Shulah Allan who is Chairperson of the Edinburgh Development Group and has been...