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Meeting of the Parliament Meeting of the Parliament Wednesday 30 May 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 Wednesday 30 May 2018 CONTENTS Col. BUSINESS MOTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 Motion moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. ISLANDS (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 ................................................................................................................. 2 ISLANDS (SCOTLAND) BILL............................................................................................................................... 73 Motion moved—[Humza Yousaf]. The Minister for Transport and the Islands (Humza Yousaf) ..................................................................... 73 Peter Chapman (North East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................. 76 Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................... 78 John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Green) ............................................................................................. 80 Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD) ................................................................................................. 82 Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) ........................................................................ 83 Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................................ 85 David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................. 86 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 88 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 90 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 92 Humza Yousaf ............................................................................................................................................ 94 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 98 Motion moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. DECISION TIME .............................................................................................................................................. 100 PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES (HOUSING) ........................................................................................... 103 Motion debated—[Joan McAlpine]. Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................... 103 Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con) ................................................................................................................ 106 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 107 Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP) .......................................................................................................... 109 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 111 Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 113 Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................. 114 The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Kevin Stewart) ........................................................... 116 1 30 MAY 2018 2 Scottish Parliament Islands (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 Wednesday 30 May 2018 14:00 The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): We [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at turn to the stage 3 proceedings on the Islands 14:00] (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with the amendments, Business Motion members should have with them a copy of the bill as amended at stage 2, which is SP bill 15A; the The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good marshalled list and the supplement to the afternoon. The first item of business is marshalled list; and the groupings paper. consideration of business motion S5M-12423, in The division bell will sound and proceedings will the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the be suspended for five minutes for the first division Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for of the afternoon. The period of voting for the first consideration of the Islands (Scotland) Bill at stage division will be 30 seconds. Thereafter, a voting 3. period of one minute will be allowed for the first Motion moved, division after a debate. Members who wish to speak in the debate on any group of amendments That the Parliament agrees that, during stage 3 of the should press their request-to-speak button as Islands (Scotland) Bill, debate on groups of amendments soon as possible after I call the group. shall, subject to Rule 9.8.4A, be brought to a conclusion by the time limits indicated, those time limits being calculated from when the stage begins and excluding any periods Section 2—Meaning of “island community” when other business is under consideration or when a meeting of the Parliament is suspended (other than a The Presiding Officer: Amendment 1, in the suspension following the first division in the stage being name of Liam McArthur, is grouped with called) or otherwise not in progress: amendment 6. Groups 1 to 3: 1 hour Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD): It is a Groups 4 to 6: 2 hours pleasure to get stage 3 of the Islands (Scotland) Bill under way. It feels slightly counterintuitive to Groups 7 to 10: 2 hours 45 minutes.—[Joe FitzPatrick] start by focusing on uninhabited islands rather Motion agreed to. than islands that sustain populations and communities but, as the committee acknowledged at stage 2 when it supported my original amendment on the subject, the importance of uninhabited islands should never be underestimated. As I said at stage 2, although fewer than 20 of Orkney’s islands are inhabited, all 70 or so play a crucial role in making Orkney the unique place that it is, not least in sustaining populations of birds that are of not just national but global significance. In its briefing, as well as drawing attention to the fact that uninhabited islands can be a refuge for some of Scotland’s most at-risk or sensitive species, RSPB Scotland points to the fact that islands such as St Kilda can also be of considerable cultural significance. The committee agreed, and at stage 2 it took the step of reflecting what it saw as the “cultural, environmental and economic significance” of uninhabited islands and including a provision to that effect in the bill. However, it was accepted by everyone that we needed to ensure that the changes properly reflected our collective intent, and amendment 1 seeks to achieve that by making more explicit the link between uninhabited islands and the inhabited 3 30 MAY 2018 4 islands to which they make such a significant bill. Therefore, I am content with amendment 6, contribution. which will remove that definition. I am very grateful to the minister and his officials I also support amendment 1, in the name of for their help in this tidying-up exercise. I also Liam McArthur, which will amend the current thank RSPB Scotland and committee members— provision and cover the fact that uninhabited in particular, John Mason, who lodged similar islands can be considered island communities. amendments at stage 2—for their support to date, The amendment rightly recognises such islands’ and I hope that Parliament will follow suit. natural, cultural and economic value, and it has Labour’s full support. I move amendment 1. Liam McArthur: I thank Colin Smyth and the The Minister for Transport and the Islands minister for their supportive comments. It was (Humza Yousaf): I am delighted to get stage 3 helpful for the minister and Colin Smyth to set out consideration of the Islands (Scotland) Bill under the background to amendment 6, which is a way on behalf of the Government. On a point of technical amendment that we will also be consensus, I thank Liam McArthur for lodging supporting. amendment 1. At stage 2, I indicated that the Government agreed with his original amendment Amendment 1 agreed to. to bring uninhabited islands within the scope of the bill. I also indicated that we had a technical Section 2A—Meaning of “islands authority” concern about the wording of his amendment and Amendment 6 moved—[Humza Yousaf]—and the way in which it fitted into section 2—it read as agreed to. though an “island community” could be an uninhabited island on its own. Section 3—National islands plan I am pleased that the member has worked with us to produce amendment 1, which makes it The Presiding Officer: Amendment 7, in the clearer that uninhabited islands fit within the name of the minister, is grouped with amendments 17 to 23 and 8. “common interest, identity or geography”
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