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Meeting of the Parliament MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 17 December 2015 Session 4 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.scottish.parliament.uk or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Thursday 17 December 2015 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................................. 1 Scotland Bill (Planning for Additional Powers) ............................................................................................. 1 Individual Patient Treatment Requests (Replacement) ................................................................................ 2 Further Education Colleges (Allocation of Resources in Glasgow) .............................................................. 3 Forth Road Bridge Closure (Impact on North-east Communities) ............................................................... 3 Delayed Discharge (Edinburgh) ................................................................................................................... 6 Flood Defences (At-risk Areas) .................................................................................................................... 7 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ..................................................................................................................... 9 Engagements ................................................................................................................................................ 9 Secretary of State for Scotland (Meetings) ................................................................................................ 13 Cabinet (Meetings) ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Prime Minister (Meeting) ............................................................................................................................ 16 NHS 24 (Information and Communication Technology Future Programme) ............................................. 18 Commission on Local Tax Reform ............................................................................................................. 19 AIR STRIKES (SYRIA) ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Motion debated—[John Wilson]. John Wilson (Central Scotland) (Ind).......................................................................................................... 21 Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) ............................................................... 24 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) .......................................................................... 25 Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ......................................................................................... 27 John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Ind) .................................................................................................. 28 Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) .................................................................................... 30 Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab) ........................................................................................................................ 31 Jean Urquhart (Highlands and Islands) (Ind) ............................................................................................. 33 The Minister for Europe and International Development (Humza Yousaf)................................................. 34 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 37 Motion moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. SMOKING PROHIBITION (CHILDREN IN MOTOR VEHICLES) (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 ....................................... 38 SMOKING PROHIBITION (CHILDREN IN MOTOR VEHICLES) (SCOTLAND) BILL ...................................................... 49 Motion moved—[Jim Hume]. Jim Hume (South Scotland) (LD) ................................................................................................................ 49 The Minister for Public Health (Maureen Watt) .......................................................................................... 52 Jenny Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 55 Jackson Carlaw (West Scotland) (Con) ..................................................................................................... 57 Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 58 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) .......................................................................... 60 Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................ 62 Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) .................................................................................... 63 Maureen Watt ............................................................................................................................................. 65 Jim Hume .................................................................................................................................................... 66 INTERESTS OF MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL ................................................... 70 Motion moved—[Stewart Stevenson]. Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) ........................................................................ 70 The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Joe FitzPatrick)......................................................................... 72 Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 73 Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ............................................................................................. 75 Stewart Stevenson ..................................................................................................................................... 76 MOTION WITHOUT NOTICE ................................................................................................................................ 77 Motion moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]——and agreed to. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 78 1 17 DECEMBER 2015 2 The Presiding Officer: Question 2, in the name Scottish Parliament of Michael McMahon, has not been lodged. The member has provided an explanation. Thursday 17 December 2015 Individual Patient Treatment Requests [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at (Replacement) 11:40] 3. Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab): To ask General Question Time the Scottish Government when it will introduce the new peer-approved clinical system to replace the individual patient treatment request system. (S4O- The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick): Good 05196) morning. We come first to general question time. The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing Scotland Bill (Planning for Additional Powers) and Sport (Shona Robison): A pilot of the peer- approved clinical system has been introduced and 1. Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP): To ask the initial outcomes from that pilot will inform the Scottish Government what planning it is further roll-out. As the member will be aware, the carrying out regarding the additional powers revised individual patient treatment request proposed in the Scotland Bill. (S4O-05194) system has provided substantially increased The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet access, ahead of a body of decisions from the Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Scottish Medicines Consortium under its new Economy (John Swinney): The Scottish process. Government is committed to using the new powers Anne McTaggart: I am led to believe that the to create a fairer and more prosperous country for peer-approved system was promised for May everyone who lives here. We set out early policy 2015. Given that the individual patient treatment priorities in the programme for government for request system was extended and given the new 2015-16, which was published in September this guidance on dropping exceptionality, what year, and we are committed to an open and monitoring has the Scottish Government done to consultative process in developing policies for the ensure that the postcode lottery has been new powers under the Scotland Bill. The eliminated? Government will not recommend that the Parliament should approve the bill until a fair fiscal Shona Robison: We keep a close eye on such framework has been agreed. matters. As we review the new SMC process, which I said previously we would do at the end of Graeme Dey: As the cabinet secretary is aware, a year and we are doing now, we will have an it is proposed that control over the winter fuel opportunity to look at all those matters. allowance will come to this Parliament. He will also be aware that, down at Westminster, my MP It is important to note that the reformed colleague Mike Weir has sought
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