The number of community wardens will be doubled and new community justice programme schemes will be introduced to deliver fast, visible and effective justice in local communities.

There will be a focus on health prevention as well as cure; men's health MOTs will be introduced and Scotland will become the first nation in the world to offer free vaccination against cervical cancer to young women.

Tough targets will be set for developing renewable energy, along with a Scottish Climate Change Bill to cut emissions by 60% by 2050.

A University for Sport will be created and there will be an aim to give every child in Scotland swimming lessons.

There are plans to rebuild or refurbish a further 250 schools. Labour will ensure no child is left behind as we build Scotland's potential through Skills and Science Academies and high quality volunteer placements.

An Edinburgh Air Link will be delivered, along with Edinburgh Trams and plans for a replacement Forth crossing. We will build on the air discount scheme, offering a 40% reduction in the cost of ferry travel for island residents who are foot passengers.

Scottish Labour will create a full employment agency, getting a further 100,000 Scots into work within eight years and increase the number of modern apprenticeships to 50,000 a year by the end of the next parliamentary term.

There will be plans to invigorate Scotland's town centres through investment and an ambitious renewal strategy. We will expand the Homestake shared-equity scheme to give more families the first home they aspire to.

Safer streets with 1,000 more community police officers; tougher action against underage drinking, airguns and organised crime and a new sentencing council for more consistent sentencing. There will be more tough community punishments and fewer short prison sentences.

A patient-centred NHS will have a new individual waiting time guarantee; local access to healthcare protected; elections to health boards and prescription charges phased out. Annual health checks and piloted free nutritious meals in schools, plus health-MOTs for adults.

Yes to green energy, no to nuclear. A Climate Change Bill with annual carbon reduction targets of 3%. Support carbon capture, offshore wind and community-based renewables. New entrants' scheme for farmers and no GM.

Integrate tourism with economic development. Stronger marketing effort and lighter regulation. Decentralised information and services. St. Andrews Day national holiday and new Winter Festival. Tax exemption scheme for artists and a £2m 'Edinburgh Festival Expo Fund'.

Improved opportunities with 50% more free nursery education, class sizes of 18 in P1-P3 and more personalised and vocational learning in schools. Will scrap Graduate Endowment; replace Student Loans with grants and lift graduate debt.

Improve capacity of existing transport network. Reduce train journey times between cities. New Forth crossing. More investment with infrastructure bonds. More flexi-working; park-and-rides to ease congestion and increased use of green fuels.

Support wealth and job creators with business rates being abolished for 120,000 small firms; reduce business burdens; have a trimmer Scottish Enterprise and more procurement contracts for SMEs. Abolish council tax and lower local taxation with local income tax.

More help for first time buyers with £2,000 first time buyers' grant and expanded shared equity schemes. Higher energy efficiency standards in buildings. Planning to recognise need for affordable housing.

To cut crime, we will tackle the damage that drugs does to our communities through a £100m extra a year for drug rehabilitation programmes alongside a commitment to an extra 1,500 policemen on our streets.

We will offer closer, faster, better healthcare. We will retain local emergency and maternity services, and improve the system for elective treatments by allowing patients to choose which hospital will perform their operation.

We want to see a thriving countryside that is an attractive place to live, work and visit. Therefore, we will seek to free rural communities from the interference of government and its agencies. We will introduce a Scottish Eco-Bonus scheme to promote the use of micro-renewables.

Reducing business rates and investing in transport will help tourism. Specific measures involve promoting local control and strengthening marketing Scotland abroad. We will support cultural bodies but avoid excessive interference.

We propose a new Education Act, which will extensively enhance the powers of head teachers and restore school boards. We will set up an independent commission to investigate the future funding of universities and colleges.

We will invest an extra £30m p.a. to upgrade and improve the A9, A96, A75 and A82. Plus a £15m annual BlackSpot Fund to target dangerous roads. We will build a new Forth crossing and investigate the case for high speed rail links.

We will abolish business rates for 116,000 small firms and to cut them for another 37,000. We will allocate £20m a year to a town centre regeneration fund. We will cut council tax by 50% for all pensioners aged over 65.

We will form local Affordable Homes Trusts, run by trustees independent from the state, worth £100m every year to which aspiring home owners can apply for assistance.

The Liberal Democrats want to introduce a seven-year sentence to end the growing problem of knife crime. We also want to replace very short prison sentences with tougher community sentences.

We will make sure that people can have treatments and tests closer to where they live by opening 100 new local health centres. We will tackle the growing problem of childhood obesity with one hour of physical education every day. We will also establish a Children's Health Service.

To tackle climate change we are committed to setting a target of generating 100% of Scotland's electricity from renewable sources by 2050. We also want to set new ambitious targets for recycling and we want to introduce Council Tax discounts for people who install microrenewables in their homes.

We want to increase the effectiveness of the marketing of Scotland as an international destination. We also want to see communities having more access to cultural events and promote the concept of the Rabbie Burns centenary as a Homecoming Festival for Scots who live abroad and people of Scottish ancestry.

We will introduce a free playgroup place for all two-year-olds. We want to have a more personalised approach to learning in schools which will better meet the needs of the individual pupil. And in universities and colleges we will abolish the Graduate Endowment and continue to oppose the introduction of Top-Up Fees in Scotland.

The Liberal Democrats want to see faster rail links between Scotland's cities. We also want to discuss with the UK Government a high speed rail link between Edinburgh/Glasgow and London. We will continue to support the Air Route Development Fund.

The Liberal Democrats want to cut Scottish business rates to below the level in England and Wales in order to increase Scottish competitiveness. We want to set up an agency to spearhead investment in Research & Development and we want to cut red tape and reduce regulation.

The Liberal Democrats want to introduce new models of social housing such as Community Land Trusts. We want to give local communities more of a say over their own affairs and have a greater stake in the decisions which affect their lives.

More rehabilitation and victim-offender mediation to cut re-offending; prioritise drug rehab in prisons; more support for domestic abuse victims; joined-up working between police, social services and communities; genuine support for vulnerable young people not demonisation and less emphasis on ASBOs.

No new PFI contracts; all government policies to be "health-proofed"; much greater emphasis on prevention; more support for community health; oppose hospital closures driven solely by cash concerns and treat drug abuse as a public health crisis.

Binding targets to cut climate change pollution by 4.5% each year; stop Firth of Forth ship-to-ship oil transfers; plug Land Reform Act loopholes; promote organics, oppose GM; protect farmers from unfair trade and establish a robust Marine Act.

Protect specific arts funding decision from political interference; conduct library audit to assess fit-for-purpose buildings; enhance status of Scots and Gaelic; bring Visitscotland.com under public ownership and boost Green Tourism Business Scheme.

We will resist closures of rural schools; promote outdoor education; limit primary school class sizes to 20; less emphasis on exams; healthy school meals; ban advertising in schools; mandatory peace and citizenship education; scrap graduate endowments, bring back grants and oppose top-up fees.

Concessionary public transport for low-income groups; encourage safer driving; more support for cycling; improve bus services and re-open rail stations; scrap Glasgow M74 and Aberdeen bypass; oppose an additional Forth road crossing and halt airport expansion.

Build low-carbon economy; dramatically increase support for renewable energy industry; promote local economies and small businesses, inhibit growth of "clone towns"; more public spending to go through social enterprise, less to big business and have a land-valuation tax to replace council tax and business rates.

More social housing; targets for affordable housing in all new developments; consult on expanding Homestake scheme to help first-time buyers and support community right of appeal for planning decisions.

Communities deserve reassurance over offending; redirect funding from prison into communities to stop crime before it happens and we are for accountable community sentences instead of custody, where appropriate. Victim centred policies in response to crime.

Full realisation of original vision of NHS; publicly owned and delivered services; we oppose hospital closures and want massive investment of funds for expansion of services; scrap PFI schemes and abolish prescription charges.

Immediate action on a global scale on pollution; halt road building projects and end new supermarket developments. Protection of small family farms; retention of rural schools; post offices; shops and services.

Free access to all art galleries, museums and sports centres. A commitment to revitalise the Gaelic language. Free football coaching schools in local communities which are open to boys and girls.

We are for a free, universally accessible education system. We want to reinstate full grants and bursaries; end the creeping privatisation and scrap the inequality of private schools for a truly comprehensive system.

We back a completely free Scottish-wide public transport system to combat congestion, global warming and social exclusion. We are for the abolition of all bridge tolls and in favour of 20 mph zones with traffic calming in residential streets.

Abolish council tax and replace it with an income-based alternative; take essential services back into public ownership; we are for an immediate increase in the minimum wage to £8 for 16-year-olds and upwards.

Reverse and end housing stock transfers; cancel all local authority housing debt and build 100,000 council homes in four years. Council and housing association tenants should be involved in strategic planning decisions.

Ban Air Guns - Tommy Sheridan MSP has proposed a bill in parliament to ban the ownership and use of air guns, except in sporting or pest control contexts, in order to take this deadly weapon off Scotland's streets.

Solidarity will introduce a bill in parliament to abolish prescription charges. We will also continue Tommy Sheridan's campaign for free nutritious school meals for all children in all schools.

We want support through grants and subsidies for tenant farmers and crofters. We want to see a publicly owned national renewable energy company.

Solidarity will support local authority funding for community based facilities for artists, musicians and writers by scrapping Scottish Enterprise and funding smaller social enterprises and not-for profit organisations from the funds released.

Free university and college education for all - with grants and the restoration of benefits during holidays and housing benefit throughout the duration of study.

Bring Scotland's Railways back into public ownership. A road equivalent tariff for those living on islands where ferry fares will cost only what it would cost to drive the shortest distance between the island and mainland.

Solidarity will reintroduce Tommy Sheridan's bill to replace Council Tax with a tax based on the ability to pay with pensioners free from paying any council tax. A national minimum wage of £8.50 per hour.

Solidarity will cancel all historic housing debt for local authorities and ring-fence the money released from this to build new homes for rent. We will allow housing association tenants to transfer ownership back to local authorities.

It is essential that senior citizens feel safe at all times when they go out and also that they are entitled to feel secure in their own homes. Criminals are often better cared for than pensioners.

We are delighted in the way the Professor Kerr report is being implemented. This will result in far fewer pensioners being required to sell their home to pay for residential care.

We are concerned for the environment because, we are frankly, ashamed of the legacy which will be passed on to our children and grandchildren. We must preserve our countryside.

Scotland has an ideal opportunity to capitalise upon its heritage and culture and this is currently not being exploited to the full.

For our generation the most important area of education is the life-long learning aspect. This is not receiving sufficient funding to make it easily accessible to all senior citizens.

This is one of the main success stories to come out of Holyrood. Free bus travel for the elderly is a superb concept which has been realised and this has liberated thousands of senior citizens. Free rail travel at off-peak times must follow.

Pensions which have been paid into by senior citizens throughout their working lives should be tax free. At 80 we qualify for an additional age supplementary pension of 25p per week and all too often this is taxed and up to 10p recouped by the Treasury. Dick Turpin at least had the decency to wear a mask.

Our main concern is the legalised theft of a singe pensioner's home to pay for their Residential Care. This obscenity must stop. Senior citizens are means-tested while criminals, who cost over £30,000 per annum to be incarcerated, are not. Society has managed to get its priorities mixed up.