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MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 2 March 2000 Volume 5 No 4 £5.00 Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2000. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to the Copyright Unit, Her Majesty‘s Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ Fax 01603 723000, which is administering the copyright on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Produced and published in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by The Stationery Office Ltd. Her Majesty‘s Stationery Office is independent of and separate from the company now trading as The Stationery Office Ltd, which is responsible for printing and publishing Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body publications. CONTENTS Thursday 2 March 2000 Debates Col. EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ..................................................................................................... 301 Motion—[David McLetchie]—moved. Amendment—[Mr Jim Wallace]—moved. Amendment—[Roseanna Cunningham]—moved. David McLetchie (Lothians) (Con) ............................................................................................................... 301 The Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice (Mr Jim Wallace) .......................................................... 308 Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP) ........................................................................................................ 314 Gordon Jackson (Glasgow Govan) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 319 Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh (Central Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................ 324 Hugh Henry (Paisley South) (Lab)............................................................................................................... 325 Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 327 Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD) ..................................................................................................................... 328 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 330 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 332 Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con) ......................................................................................................................... 334 Scott Barrie (Dunfermline West) (Lab) ........................................................................................................ 336 Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................... 337 Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP) ......................................................................................................... 339 Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD) ....................................................................................... 341 Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 343 The Lord Advocate (Colin Boyd) ................................................................................................................. 346 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Lothians) (Con) ......................................................................................... 350 BUSINESS MOTION ............................................................................................................................................ 354 Motion—[Iain Smith]—agreed to. QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 356 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................... 373 GAELIC ............................................................................................................................................................ 382 Motion—[Alasdair Morrison]—moved. Amendment—[Brian Monteith]—moved. The Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic (Mr Alasdair Morrison) ................................... 382 Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ........................................................................................ 392 Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 395 Mr John Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD) .............................................................................. 400 Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 404 Dr Winnie Ewing (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) ........................................................................................ 406 Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 408 Mr George Reid (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) .......................................................................................... 410 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 412 Irene McGugan (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................. 413 Cathy Peattie (Falkirk East) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 414 Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD) ................................................................. 415 Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ..................................................................................... 417 Michael Russell............................................................................................................................................ 419 Mr Morrison .................................................................................................................................................. 421 DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................. 427 GRAMPIAN TELEVISION ..................................................................................................................................... 434 Motion—[Richard Lochhead]—debated. Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 434 Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 437 Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con) .............................................................................................. 438 Mr Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD) ................................................................... 439 Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 440 Cathy Peattie (Falkirk East) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 441 Mr John Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD) .............................................................................. 442 The Deputy Minister for Children and Education (Peter Peacock) .............................................................. 443 Oral Answers Col. QUESTION TIME SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE ................................................................................................................................ 356 Child Workers .............................................................................................................................................. 363 Common Agricultural Policy ........................................................................................................................ 362 Elderly People.............................................................................................................................................. 360 Ferry Services .............................................................................................................................................. 367 First Minister (Website) ................................................................................................................................ 357 Genetically Modified Food ........................................................................................................................... 371 Infectious Salmon Anaemia ......................................................................................................................... 358 Measles, Mumps and Rubella Immunisation ............................................................................................... 365 Mental Health and Well-being Development Fund ................................................................................................................................... 359 National Park ..............................................................................................................................................