In Parliament

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

I know that Mr Mason is no longer in the SNP, but it was his Government and Mr Swinney, when he was finance secretary, who negotiated the fi

I am really surprised that Michelle Thomson, who is a very experienced parliamentarian, does not understand what “in real terms” means.

I am sorry, but I have taken a number of interventions and I am going to run out of time.