In Parliament

I start by echoing the thanks of the committee convener to all those who gave evidence to the committee in relation to our stage 1 scrutiny.

We can explore that as the bill progresses.

The minister mentioned procurement, so I wonder whether he agrees with the comments from the Federation of Small Businesses that, for the bi

I think that I am in my last minute.

I apologise to the Deputy First Minister.

I say to Mr Macpherson that he should go back and review the evidence to which I referred, because it gives a somewhat different picture.

When I saw that it was to be Labour business today, I thought that Daniel Johnson might have chosen to debate next week’s tax rises by the C

The latest data shows that, actually, the number of people receiving the real living wage in Scotland is in decline and has been for years.

I thank the cabinet secretary for her statement and for advance sight of it.

Yesterday, the United Kingdom Supreme Court issued a judgment in the cases of David Daly and Andrew Keir, which, while upholding their convi