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Thursday’s business in the Chamber

Thursday's business in the Chamber starts at 11:40am and includes:

• First Minister's Questions
• Portfolio Questions
• Ministerial Statement: Getting It Right for Every Child - Practice Development Panel's Report

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Call for evidence on bottle deposit scheme

The Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee has launched a call for evidence to find out what barriers might prevent people from taking part in a proposed bottle deposit scheme.

This scheme will see a 20p deposit applied to drinks packaged in certain single use containers. This deposit could then be reclaimed by consumers by returning the containers to retailers.

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Review of senior phase of education needed

A report from the Education and Skills committee has recommended that a review of the senior phase of curriculum for excellence is needed to ensure that pupil aspirations are being met and that breadth of opportunity remains a cornerstone of Scottish education.

This comes following an inquiry which looked into whether or not the number of subject choices to pupils had narrowed.

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Festival of Politics 2019

Thursday 10 October – Saturday 12 October 2019

As the Parliament celebrates its 20th birthday, this year’s Festival of Politics programme looks back at its history and forward to its future.

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