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MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 28 September 2000 Volume 8 No 8 £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 28 September 2000 Debates Col. TOURISM .......................................................................................................................................................... 713 Motion moved—[Mr Davidson]. Amendment moved—[Mr Morrison]. Amendment moved—[Fergus Ewing]. Mr David Davidson (North-East Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................ 713 The Deputy Minister for Highlands and Islands and Gaelic (Mr Alasdair Morrison) ................................... 717 Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP) ....................................................................... 720 George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD) ............................................................................................................ 722 Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ..................................................................................... 724 Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) .................................................................................. 726 Dr Sylvia Jackson (Stirling) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 727 Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD) ................................................................. 729 Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP) ......................................................................................................... 730 Mr Morrison .................................................................................................................................................. 731 Nick Johnston (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 733 LONG-TERM CARE ............................................................................................................................................ 737 Motion moved—[David McLetchie]. Amendment moved—[Iain Gray]. David McLetchie (Lothians) (Con) ............................................................................................................... 737 The Deputy Minister for Community Care (Iain Gray) ................................................................................. 742 Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 746 Nora Radcliffe (Gordon) (LD) ...................................................................................................................... 748 Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con) .............................................................................................. 751 Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab) ........................................................................................... 753 Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP) ............................................................................................................. 754 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab) ................................................................................ 756 Mrs Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD) ................................................................................................ 759 Dorothy-Grace Elder (Glasgow) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 761 John Scott (Ayr) (Con) ................................................................................................................................. 763 Hugh Henry (Paisley South) (Lab)............................................................................................................... 764 Shona Robison (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................. 766 Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD) ........................................................................................................ 768 Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP) ............................................................................................................... 769 Iain Gray ...................................................................................................................................................... 771 Ben Wallace (North-East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................... 774 BUSINESS MOTION ............................................................................................................................................ 778 Motion moved—[Mr McCabe]—and agreed to. QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 780 FIRST MINISTER'S QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................... 796 TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE ................................................................................................................................ 804 Statement—[Sarah Boyack]. The Minister for Transport and the Environment (Sarah Boyack) ............................................................... 804 SEA FISHERIES (SHELLFISH) AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 ........................................................................................................................................................ 822 SEA FISHERIES (SHELLFISH) AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL ............................................................................. 829 Motion moved—[Tavish Scott]. Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD) ....................................................................................................................... 829 The Deputy Minister for Rural Affairs (Mr John Home Robertson) ............................................................. 830 Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 832 Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ..................................................................................... 833 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 833 MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES .......................................................................................................................... 834 Motion moved–[Mr McCabe]. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................. 835 BODY PIERCING ................................................................................................................................................ 844 Motion debated—[Dr Sylvia Jackson]. Dr Sylvia Jackson (Stirling) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 844 Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP) ............................................................................................................ 846 Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ........................................................................................ 847 Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD) ................................................................. 848 Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab) ........................................................................................... 849 Dr Richard Simpson (Ochil) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 850 Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD) ............................................................................................. 851 The Deputy Minister for Community Care (Iain Gray) ................................................................................. 851 Oral Answers Col. QUESTION TIME SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE ................................................................................................................................ 780 Carrick/City of Adelaide ............................................................................................................................... 790 Further and Higher Education ..................................................................................................................... 788 Genetically Modified Organisms .................................................................................................................. 787 Highland Council (Roads) ...........................................................................................................................