Scottish Parliament News RSS Feed from the Scottish Parliament http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/index.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmcentre/rss/rss.xml 11 Mar 2010 16:26:00 GMT 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT Cautious support from justice committee on reform of legal profession Cautious support has been given to the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill by the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee in a report published today. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cj10-s3-002.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cj10-s3-002.htm 12 March 2010 08:00:00 GMT Local Government Committee visits Fife for Housing Bill scrutiny Fife was on the agenda for the Local Government and Communities Committee this week as it met with Fife Council and local tenants at the Rothes Halls, Glenrothes, to inform its scrutiny of the new Housing (Scotland) Bill. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/clgc10-s3-003.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/clgc10-s3-003.htm 11 Mar 2010 13:13:00 GMT NHS IT services are failing patients, warns health committee The Scottish Government must take action now to improve NHS computing systems as patients are missing out on better care and treatment, warns a report from the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee. http://www.scottishparliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cHandS10-s3-001.htm http://www.scottishparliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cHandS10-s3-001.htm 08 Mar 2010 00:01:00 GMT End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Committee calls for written evidence A Scottish Parliament committee is calling for written evidence to help shape its examination of the issue of “assisted death”. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cend10-s3-001.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cend10-s3-001.htm 04 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT Petitions Committee visits Anstruther Waid Academy in Anstruther is the first port of call for the Public Petitions Committee as part of this year’s external committee visits. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cpp10-s3-003.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cpp10-s3-003.htm 04 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT Committee criticises enterprise body over Cairngorm funicular railway Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is facing serious criticism from a Scottish Parliament committee over its failure to identify and act upon key financial and operational risks in its management of the Cairngorms funicular railway project. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cau10-s3-002.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-comm-10/cau10-s3-002.htm 03 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT Photography graduate to take portrait of the Queen for Scottish Parliament A competition has been launched to give a photography graduate the opportunity of a lifetime – to take a portrait of Her Majesty The Queen on behalf of the Scottish Parliament. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-10/pa10-004.htm http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/nmCentre/news/news-10/pa10-004.htm 01 Mar 2010 08:00:00 GMT