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Wed 17th Mar 2010:

Lib Dems reveal cost of mandatory knife sentences.

A six month mandatory sentence for carrying a knife would cost the taxpayer almost £21 million, while a two year mandatory sentence would cost nearly £84 million, Liberal Democrats can reveal.

Lib Dems: Government need to sort out priorities.

Commenting on the Minister for Public Health’s photo op to launch National Sport week, Ross Finnie said the Minister should sort out the SNP’s P.E targets instead of attending photo ops

Government not preparing properly for years ahead: Purvis.

The number of people employed in public sector bodies in Scotland has increased since the SNP took power in 2007 commenting Finance spokesman Jeremy Purvis said the focus of Government should not be on creating more civil servants

For once the Government has done what Parliament told it to.

Commenting as the Scottish Government drops its plans to publish all public notices online, Liberal Democrat Media spokesman Iain Smith said this was a welcome about-face from the SNP

Brown: New focus needed for SPT.

Glasgow Liberal Democrat MSP Robert Brown has called for an independent Enquiry into SPT in the wake of the controversy over the organisation cutting evening and Sunday services.

Lib Dems: Students must be able to finance their studies.

Margaret Smith questions whu student numbers aren't rising as much as South of the border

Brown calls for zero tolerance approach to domestic abuse.

Robert Brown says that Domestic Abuse levels in Scotland are still far to high

Brown: Diageo need to explain their decision.

Robeert Brown says that the head of Diageo needs tell MSPs why he rejected the government backed restructuring programme

Tue 16th Mar 2010:

Retail figures demonstrate extreme fragility of Scottish Economy - Purvis.

Liberal Democrat Finance spokesman Jeremy Purvis MSP comments on figures released by the Scottish retail Consortium showing that February was the worst February since the survey began

Committee backs Lyon over farm penalties.

George Lyon, Liberal Democrat MEP for Scotland, has welcomed the European Agriculture Committee’s backing of his amendments to the CAP Simplification Report that ensure the criteria and penalties for non-compliance are applied in a proportionate manner.

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