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Wed 8th Sep 2010:

SNP too interested in tactical politicking.

Jeremy Purvis says it is unacceptable that the Scottish Government have refused to publish their response to the Independent Budget Review

Jobs must be main objective of Government.

Tavish Scott focusses on jobs as the Scottish Government publish their last Programme for Government

SNP face uncomfortable questions over Homecoming.

Iain Smith says a new report is a dmaning insight into the way the SNP Government handled the year of Homecoming 2009.

Finnie welcomes preliminary report on blood contaminations.

Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Ross Finnie MSP says that he welcomes the preliminary report from Lord Penrose on the unacceptable blood contaminations which arose during the 1970’s and 1980’s

Purvis: Untenable for SNP to wait two months to publish budget proposals.

Finance spokesperson Jeremy Purvis says that it is becoming untenable for the SNP Government to wait two months before they publish their budget proposals

Euro Parliament strikes balance between animal welfare and vital research - Lyon.

"The new rules mean that Scotland will retain our existing high animal welfare standards but compel Member States that are lagging behind to raise their game."

Crockart backs tougher Freedom of Information laws.

Mike Crockart, MP for Edinburgh West, has supported a 10 minute rule bill in Parliament which seeks to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act.

Lyon meets with EU Commissioner to discuss cloning rules.

"It is in the interests of both consumers and farmers that there is a common approach across Europe on this issue. Anything else simply leads to confusion, as we saw this summer."

McInnes: Climate change targets working group making real progress.

Climate Change spokesperson Alison McInnes MSP says that they Climate Chage working group is making real progress

Tue 7th Sep 2010:

Lib Dems: Crime statistics give the lie to labour’s knee-jerk and expensive populism.

Justice spokesman Robert Brown says that the fall in the large fall in both recorded crimes of violence and in the carrying of knives gives lie to Labour’s kneejerk and expensive populism, and their demands for more and longer prison sentences

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