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Meeting of the Parliament Tuesday 6 February 2018 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 6 February 2018 CONTENTS Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 BUSINESS MOTION ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Motion moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. TOPICAL QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................... 4 University Applications ................................................................................................................................. 4 Live Animals (Export) ................................................................................................................................... 7 DRAFT BUDGET 2018-19 (EQUALITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEVERS) ................................................................ 11 Motion moved—[Christina McKelvie]. Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) ............................................................... 11 The Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities (Angela Constance).................. 15 Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con) ..................................................................................................................... 17 James Kelly (Glasgow) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 18 Gail Ross (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP) .................................................................................. 20 Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 22 Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 23 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 25 David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) .............................................................................................................. 27 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 29 Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................................ 30 The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution (Derek Mackay) ................................................. 32 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 34 WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE (CENTENARY) .......................................................................................................... 38 Motion moved—[The First Minister]. Amendment moved—[Ruth Davidson]. Amendment moved—[Richard Leonard]. The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon) ........................................................................................................... 38 Ruth Davidson (Edinburgh Central) (Con) ................................................................................................. 41 Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 44 Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) ............................................................... 46 Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................ 47 Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 49 Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 50 Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)............................................................................................................ 53 Jenny Gilruth (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP) .......................................................................................... 55 Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................................... 57 Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 59 Michelle Ballantyne (South Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 61 Kate Forbes (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (SNP) ................................................................................ 63 Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab) ........................................................................................................................ 64 Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 66 Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) ................................................................. 68 Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 70 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 71 Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .................................................................................................... 73 The Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities (Angela Constance).................. 75 DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 79 CYBER-RESILIENCE (YOUNG PEOPLE) .............................................................................................................. 80 Motion debated—[Gillian Martin]. Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 80 Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con) ................................................................................. 83 Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 85 Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 86 Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 87 Tavish Scott (Shetland Islands) (LD) .......................................................................................................... 89 Ash Denham (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP) ................................................................................................... 91 Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con) ......................................................................................................... 92 Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) ..................................................................................... 94 Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) .............................................................................................. 96 Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)....................................................................................................... 97 Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 99 Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green) ....................................................................................................... 100 The Minister for Childcare and Early Years (Maree Todd) ....................................................................... 102 1 6 FEBRUARY 2018 2 There is no judgment against anyone who believes in Scottish Parliament him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. Tuesday 6 February 2018 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others 14:00] can see that they are doing what God wants.” Time for Reflection I know, of course, that not everyone agrees with that. It is the prerogative of every person to The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good determine their course through this life. I respect afternoon. The first item of business today is time that. However, our tolerance of people’s ideas for reflection. Our time for reflection leader is requires that we consider those words, as well. Pastor David Fraser, from Alva Baptist church in For, if they are true, the consequences