11 November 2010

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— today's business in the Chamber

• Live
coverage of today's events in the Chamber of the
Parliament including:

• First Minister’s Question Time at midday
•
Themed Question Time on Rural Affairs and the
Environment; Justice and Law Officers.

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Parliament remembers those who gave their
lives

The Parliament observed a two
minute silence today to commemorate those members of the
armed forces and civilians, who were killed during the
two World Wars and other conflicts.

Following a
brief message from the Presiding Officer, MSPs and
Parliament staff stopped what they were doing at 11 am,
in order to reflect upon the millions of lives lost
during the two world wars, as well as more recent
hostilities in the Falklands and
Afghanistan.

Remembrance day is commemorated at
11 am on the 11th of November, as it was at this time
and date that hostilities were formally ended in 1918,
signalling the end of the Great War.

Find out
more:

Official Parliament charity
'PoppyScotland'

Pupils gather in Holyrood for
American-Scottish Foundation link up

Deputy
Presiding Officer Alasdair Morgan MSP, welcomed
pupils from 5 schools across Scotland who are involved
in an initiative called Global Youth Partners, supported
by the American Scottish
Foundation.

Global Youth Partners is an
award-winning student exchange programme that connects
New York City youth, ages 9-12, with students around the
world through the internet.

The programme
fosters global awareness and develops practical
technology skills by allowing students to communicate
online. The focus of this year's programme will be on
urban sustainability and the dynamic systems that
sustain life in Cities.

Find out
more:

Deputy
Presiding Officer Alasdair Morgan MSP | American Scottish
Foundation

Petitions Committee considers
Megrahi petition

The Public
Petitions Committee has considered evidence on a
petition to persuade the Scottish Parliament to urge the
Scottish Government to open an independent inquiry into
the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi.

In January 2001 Mr Megrahi was convicted of the
bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in December 1988.
The
committee considered evidence from–
• Dr Jim Swire
(pictured)
• Robert Forrester
• Professor Robert
Black QC
• Iain McKie from the campaign group Justice
for Megrahi

Find out more:

Public
Petitions Committee | Petition
PE1370: "Justice for Megrahi"

Holyrood Highlights

Holyrood Highlights is our
weekly programme looking at business and events taking
place in Parliament.

The latest programme
includes:
• an interview with Dr Jim Swire on his
recent evidence session with the Public
Petitions Committee, on the Justice
for Megrahi petition.
•
a report on stage 3 of the Alcohol
Etc. (Scotland) Bill.
• an Interview with Christine
Grahame MSP, on the stage 1 report of the Patients
Rights (Scotland) Bill

Watch
Holyrood Highlights >>
This week's studio
guests are MSPs Jamie
Stone and Christine
Grahame

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more:

Archive
of previous programmes

This week in
the Chamber

Thursday's business begins at
9.15am with Parliamentary Bureau Motions, and includes:

• First Minister’s Question Time at midday
•
Themed Question Time on Rural Affairs and the
Environment; Justice and Law Officers
• Health and
Sport Committee Debate: Inquiry into out-of-hours
healthcare provision in rural areas
• Members’
Business from Helen
Eadie MSP, on World Arthritis Day, 12 October 2010

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more:

Holyrood.tv | The
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and future parliamentary business

Committee slams “reckless”
Faroese and Icelandic governments over mackerel stocks

The Rural Affairs and
Environment Committee has written to the Scottish
Government, strongly condemning the Icelandic and
Faroese Governments for their unilateral declarations of
increased quota for north-east Atlantic
mackerel.

The letter notes that Scottish
fisherman have played their part in the sustainable
management of mackerel stocks in recent years but that
the future of the fleet is now threatened, and calls for
concerted action at European level to bring about a
negotiated solution that does not reward such
“irresponsible behaviour”.

The letter makes a
wide range of suggestions on other aspects of Scottish
fisheries

Find out
more:

Committee letter to the Scottish
Government (121KB pdf)

Today's education
visits

Our education programmes are
run for schools, colleges and other educational groups
who are interested in finding out more about the work of
the Scottish Parliament. Today we welcome students from:

• Ullapool High School in Ross-shire
•
Inverkeithing High School in Fife
• Crieff High
School in Perthshire
• George Watson's College in
Edinburgh
• Edinburgh's Telford College

In
addition, Parliament staff will hold classroom sessions
at
• Milltimber Primary School in Aberdeen
• St
Cyrus Primary School near Montrose, Angus

For
more information on school visits, please visit our Education pages where you will
also find resources to help with school
work and interactive
games.

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