Colin Beattie MSP

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  • Member for: Midlothian North and Musselburgh
  • Region: Lothian
  • Party: Scottish National Party

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Convener of the Scottish Commission for Public Audit

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Meeting of the Parliament 10 May 2012 : Thursday, May 10, 2012
Colin Beattie I have an example in which meals on wheels are flown frozen from Wiltshire to Glasgow and then trucked a further 120 miles via a Scottish depot to my constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh. Does the cabinet secretary agree that that is patently absurd and that encouraging local produce thr...

Meeting of the Parliament 10 May 2012 : Thursday, May 10, 2012
Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)

1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to encourage the establishment of farmers co-operatives to promote local produce. (S4O-00989)



Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie It would be interesting to know.



Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie I suppose that the only people who would know about it would be the Scottish Prison Service and perhaps the Cabinet Secretary for Justice.



Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie To return to reoffending, one point that has arisen is that the reoffending rate in Scotland is significantly higher than the rate in England, although I believe that the gap has closed a little over the years. I am not sure whether we have ever really found out whether there is an underlying reason...

Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie You have highlighted some positive aspects but, if we look back at what happened previously, we find that there was a 46 per cent real-terms increase in council social work budgets. A proportion of the budget cuts must inevitably fall on local councils, which will create strains at that level. Under...

Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie Again, you talk about using strategies to get us through the next few years. How long can that continue with a budget that, certainly for councils, is unlikely to increase and which might well decrease, as the report suggests? How will you cope with that?



Public Audit Committee 09 May 2012 : Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) I have raised the subject of funding before. Paragraph 12 of the report refers to the fact that local authorities’ spending on social care has increased by 46 per cent in real terms over the past eight years. The final bullet point in paragraph 23, on page 14, states:

“Public sector budge...

Meeting of the Parliament 26 April 2012 : Thursday, April 26, 2012
Colin Beattie In my constituency of Midlothian North and Musselburgh, around 8,000 residents who are already on low incomes will be adversely impacted as a result of the imposition of Westminster’s welfare reform. An estimated £9 million will be lost to the local economy, threatening the viability of some local b...

Meeting of the Parliament 26 April 2012 : Thursday, April 26, 2012
Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)

8. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government on welfare reform and what impact this will have on people in Scotland. (S4O-00916)

Vote DetailMSP VoteResult

S4M-02800 Kenny MacAskill: Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament agrees to the
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YesCarried

S4M-02591 John Swinney: Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Bill—That the Parliament, for the purposes
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YesCarried

S4M-02808.3 Ken Macintosh: Scottish Government Growth Strategy—As an amendment to S4M-02808 in the n
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NoDefeated

S4M-02808.2 Gavin Brown: Scottish Government Growth Strategy—As an amendment to motion S4M-02808 in
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NoDefeated

S4M-02808 John Swinney: Scottish Government Growth Strategy—That the Parliament supports the Scottis
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YesCarried

S4M-02754 Bruce Crawford on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Business Motion—That the Parliament
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YesCarried

S4M-02687.1 Derek Mackay: Localism—As an amendment to motion S4M-02687 in the name of Jackson Carlaw
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YesCarried

S4M-02687 Jackson Carlaw: Localism—That the Parliament recognises the transformation of relations w
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YesCarried

S4M-02639.3 Keith Brown: Transport—As an amendment to motion S4M-02639 in the name of Elaine Murray
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YesCarried

S4M-02639 Elaine Murray: Transport—That the Parliament notes the total funding of nearly £250 m
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YesCarried

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Motion S4M-02752: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02751: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02750: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02749: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 01/05/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02595: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10/04/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02594: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 10/04/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02585: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 06/04/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02488: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 26/03/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02470: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22/03/2012 Show Full Motion >>
Motion S4M-02465: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22/03/2012 Show Full Motion >>
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Question S4O-01032: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 09/05/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00989: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 25/04/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00916: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 11/04/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00889: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28/03/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00853: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 14/03/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00776: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00730: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 22/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4O-00718: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 08/02/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4W-05324: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27/01/2012 Show Full Question >>
Question S4F-00407: Colin Beattie, Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 16/01/2012 Show Full Question >>

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