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Posted: Sunday 19 September 2010

Talking Points: MSP Question Time

Peter Aitken [S6] reports.

Question Time 2010In the style of the Leaders Debates, which took place prior to the 2010 General Election, S6 pupils were introduced to a panel of MSPs, each representing the main parties in the Scottish Parliament, and all ready to battle it out to reign supreme. With chairman Reevel Alderson, Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC Scotland, leading the debate's proceedings, each politician was put in place when their diatribe lasted a tad too long!

Fighting in the blue corner was long-standing Conservative Party veteran Bill Aitken. In the yellow corner was SNP Deputy First Minister and Govan MSP, Nicola Sturgeon. In the other yellow corner, Robert Brown, the Liberal Democrat. And finally, in the red corner, Labour politician and East Renfrewshire MSP Ken Macintosh.

Question Time 2010It was a heated debate with many topical questions ranging from the SNP's proposed referendum on independence, questions about cuts in public spending, the licensing of ‘medical' cannabis and childhood obesity. The most important question on many of the audience's minds was, perhaps, ‘is Scotland adequately represented in the new Westminster Parliament?'

The whole debate was interesting and exciting and I'm sure it allowed the spectators to gauge the political mood of the Scottish Parliament first hand.

Tags: Modern Studies, S6, Talking Points

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