Meeting of the Parliament Tuesday 19 March 2019 Session 5 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.parliament.scot or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Tuesday 19 March 2019 CONTENTS Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 BUSINESS MOTION ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Motion moved—[Graeme Dey]—and agreed to. TOPICAL QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................... 4 Christchurch Terrorist Attack ........................................................................................................................ 4 Job Creation (Annan) ................................................................................................................................... 8 UNITED KINGDOM SPRING STATEMENT (IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMY AND PUBLIC SPENDING) .......................... 12 Statement—[Derek Mackay]. The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work (Derek Mackay) ......................................... 12 MENTAL HEALTH AND INCAPACITY LEGISLATION (REVIEW)................................................................................ 23 Statement—[Clare Haughey]. The Minister for Mental Health (Clare Haughey) ........................................................................................ 23 DAMAGES (INVESTMENT RETURNS AND PERIODICAL PAYMENTS) (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 ............................ 35 DAMAGES (INVESTMENT RETURNS AND PERIODICAL PAYMENTS) (SCOTLAND) BILL ........................................... 48 Motion moved—[Ash Denham]. The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Denham) .................................................................................... 48 Gordon Lindhurst (Lothian) (Con) ............................................................................................................... 50 Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) .............................................................................................. 52 Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) ......................................................................................................... 53 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 55 Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con) .............................................................................. 57 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 58 Angela Constance (Almond Valley) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 60 Daniel Johnson ........................................................................................................................................... 61 Dean Lockhart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ............................................................................................ 63 Ash Denham ............................................................................................................................................... 65 DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 68 SCOTTISH TOURISM MONTH 2019 .................................................................................................................... 71 Motion debated—[Stuart McMillan]. Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) .................................................................................... 71 Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 74 Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) ......................................................................................... 76 Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 77 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 79 Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) ......................................................................................................... 81 Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 83 Tom Mason (North East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................... 85 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 86 Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) ................................................................................ 88 The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs (Fiona Hyslop) ..................................... 89 1 19 MARCH 2019 2 rituals, your philosophies or your religious or Scottish Parliament political dogmas, but look to your relationships. Rely on them and trust in them. Maybe see our Tuesday 19 March 2019 legacy as how we make this country a community, where everyone can call it home; a place where [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at you can be listened to respectfully and know that 14:00] you are loved and cared for. I will say a wee word of prayer—if you want to Time for Reflection regard that as a reflection, I am quite happy with that. May we do what we need to do this day to The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good help grow our community, and may we consider afternoon. The first item of business today is time how every decision that we make helps or hinders for reflection. Our time for reflection leader is the that community. Amen. Rev Jim McNeil, who is the minister of Alva parish church. The Rev Jim McNeil (Alva Parish Church): I know that when you look at me, all that you see is a minister, because I am wearing the garb. Before I became a minister, I was trained as a microbiologist. I know that you do not argue with each other, because you are far more esteemed than I am—I am nowhere near that esteemed. One of the biggest rows that I ever had was with my mum. It was about microbiology. She had come back from the doctors and told me that she had got some antibiotics for her cold. Being a microbiologist, I said, “You don’t get antibiotics for a cold, because a cold is a virus, and antibiotics deal with bacteria.” My mum felt that I was looking down on her. She was not going to put up with that, so she stood her ground and was not backing off. Because I was a microbiologist, and I was right, I was not backing off. By the time that my dad came in from his work, the two of us were not so much discussing as screaming at each other. He calmed us down, listened to the arguments and said, “It’s obvious—your mum’s right.” Off went mum, happy as Larry, into the kitchen. I looked at my dad and said, “She’s so wrong.” He said, “Yeah, of course.” I responded by asking, “How could you take her side when you know she’s wrong?” He said, “Jim, you don’t need to sleep with her.” [Laughter.] My dad may have started as a sheet metal work apprentice for Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, but at that moment he was Yoda, a Jedi master—he was the wisest man on the earth. He saw that, in the end, it is not the winning or the losing of an argument that matters; in the end, it is relationships that matter. He saw that the community in our house would grow or wither on what we say and what we do. Every faith and every philosophy have at their basis the importance of relationships—maybe with a higher being; definitely with other people. My simple words of advice to you this day are these: if you think that you are struggling—to be honest, in this climate who is not?—do not look towards your 3 19 MARCH 2019 4 Business Motion Topical Question Time 14:04 14:04 The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): The Christchurch Terrorist Attack next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-16432, in the name of Graeme Dey, 1. Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab): To ask the on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out Scottish Government what action it is taking to a change to today’s business. provide reassurance to communities in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack. (S5T-01562) Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees to the following revision to The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and the programme of business for Tuesday 19 March 2019— Local Government (Aileen Campbell): Our thoughts and condolences are with the victims, after their families and the communities that have been 2.00 pm Topical Questions affected by this dreadful act. The First Minister has insert sent condolences on behalf of Scotland to the Prime Minister of New Zealand. followed by Ministerial Statement: UK Spring Statement – implications for our We stand in solidarity with Muslim communities economy and public spending across the world. The First Minister, the Cabinet followed by Ministerial Statement: Review of Mental Secretary for Justice and I