Podcasts By The Scottish Parliament

First Minister's Questions (FMQs) - 3rd October 2019

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 3rd October 2019.

#ScotParl20: Chief Executive of The Scottish Parliament, Sir Paul Grice

In this special #ScotParl20 podcast the Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh MSP interviewed the Parliament's outgoing Chief Executive Sir Paul Grice, who has led the Parliament since 1999.

To find out more about the Scottish Parliament at 20, please visit our website.

First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) - 26th September 2019

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 26th September 2019.

Tackling drug-related deaths – perspectives from the Dundee Drugs Commission

The Dundee Drugs Commission is an independent group of experts tasked by the Dundee Partnership with considering what more can be done to turn around the rate of drug deaths in Dundee. In this seminar, members of the Commission will provide their views on the causes and consequences of drug deaths in Dundee and what can be done to address the problem in Dundee and elsewhere in Scotland.

The seminar was chaired by Lewis Macdonald MSP and featured members of the Dundee Drugs Commission Dr Robert Peat (Chair, Former Director of Inspection, Care Inspectorate and former Depute Chief Executive and Director of Social Work and Health with Angus Council) and Suzie Mertes (Superintendent, Police Scotland).

First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) - 19th September 2019

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 19th September 2019.

Tom Chivers on Aritifical Intelligence - Scotland’s Futures Forum

How will Artificial Intelligence affect our lives? How should we respond?

 

In conjunction with Reform Scotland, the Futures Forum held a seminar with writer and journalist Tom Chivers to discuss how artificial intelligence is developing and changing our lives and the way we should approach it as citizens and how the Scottish Parliament can respond as a legislature.

 

Tom worked for the Daily Telegraph from 2007 to 2014, and was a science writer at BuzzFeed UK from 2015 to 2018. He has received several awards for his journalism, including the ‘Explaining the facts’ category in the Royal Statistical Society’s Statistical Excellence in Journalism awards, and he is the author of the recent book “The AI Does Not Hate You”.

 

Find out more on the Scotland's Futures Forum website.

First Minister’s Questions (FMQs) - 12th September 2019

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 12th September 2019.

First Minister's Questions (FMQs) - 5th September 2019

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon answers questions from MSPs and Party Leaders. 

 

 

First Minister's Questions (FMQs) - 5th September 2019

World Press Photo 2019

The World Press Photo exhibition has returned to the Scottish Parliament, and we're speaking with the curator of the exhibition and one of this year's winning photojournalists.

Yi Wen Hsia is an Exhibitions Manager and Curator at World Press Photo. She has been working at World Press Photo since 2016, and Olivia Harris is a British documentary photographer and filmmaker, based in London.

You can find out more about the exhibition at http://bit.ly/2yqCNyK

We’ll be hosting the exhibition between in Parliament from 31st July to Saturday 24th August 2019 (closed on Sundays) from 10am – 5pm, and entry is free.

A Sustainable Future for Urban Scotland - Scotland's Futures Forum

What role is there for communities in the regeneration of urban Scotland?

Life in Scotland’s towns and cities is forecast to change significantly in the coming decades. Cities are set to continue to grow, facing the challenge of providing housing and services for new populations, while the role and place of towns in Scotland remains uncertain.

Join Andy Milne, chief executive of Scotland’s Regeneration Forum (SURF), Jemma Neville of the Voluntary Arts Scotland, and Andrew Bowman Head of Business Investment and Operations at Riverside Inverclyde.

You can find out more on the Scotland's Futures Forum website.