In Parliament

The First Minister is entirely right to raise concerns about Labour’s tax on jobs, but the Scottish Government’s budget for the coming year,

Mark Ruskell is entirely right to raise the issue of libraries under threat in Mid Scotland and Fife, although I gently say to him that he m

I remind members of my entry in the register of members’ interests in relation to my connection with the Scotch Whisky Association.

As others have done, I start by thanking the committee, its convener and its members for the assiduous work that they have done on this impo

To ask the Scottish Government when it estimates that ScotRail will end the use of short-formed trains that run on rail services between Fif

As the cabinet secretary knows, I have been raising that issue for years and have been promised for years that it is going to get better, bu

The Scottish Government’s budget for the coming financial year delivers a real-terms cut in the funding of the enterprise networks compared

I agree with you.

I very much welcome the fact that we are having a debate on the importance of the culture sector.

Although the additional funding is very welcome, I am sure that the cabinet secretary is aware that, right across Scotland, there is real co