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Meeting of the Parliament Meeting of the Parliament Wednesday 1 November 2017 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 1 November 2017 CONTENTS Col. PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 1 ECONOMY, JOBS AND FAIR WORK ...................................................................................................................... 1 Motorways (Noise Levels) ............................................................................................................................ 1 Economic Growth ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Carbon-free Economy .................................................................................................................................. 4 Business Growth (Areas of High Unemployment) ........................................................................................ 5 Section 36 Applications (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) ......................................................................... 6 Economic Growth (North Ayrshire) ............................................................................................................... 8 Brexit (Economic Impact Analysis) ............................................................................................................... 9 FINANCE AND THE CONSTITUTION ..................................................................................................................... 10 United Kingdom Government (Meetings) ................................................................................................... 10 Budget (Local Government Services)......................................................................................................... 12 Scottish Futures Trust ................................................................................................................................ 14 Borderlands Growth Deal ........................................................................................................................... 15 Small Business Bonus Scheme (Glasgow) ................................................................................................ 16 Retail Sector (Growth) ................................................................................................................................ 17 Scottish Growth Scheme ............................................................................................................................ 18 HEALTH ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 Motion moved—[Anas Sarwar]. Amendment moved—[Shona Robison]. Amendment moved—[Miles Briggs]. Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 20 The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport (Shona Robison) .................................................................. 24 Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con) ....................................................................................................................... 28 Alex Neil (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)........................................................................................................... 31 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 33 Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con) ......................................................................................................... 35 Clare Haughey (Rutherglen) (SNP) ............................................................................................................ 38 Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con) .............................................................................. 40 Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab) ........................................................................................................................ 43 Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) .................................................................................... 46 Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)............................................................................................................ 48 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 51 Maree Todd (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 53 Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 55 Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) ................................................................................ 57 Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con) ..................................................................................................................... 60 Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 62 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 64 Shona Robison ........................................................................................................................................... 66 Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................... 69 LOBBYING (SCOTLAND) ACT 2016 (REPORTING PROCEDURES) RESOLUTION 2017 ........................................... 74 Motion moved—[Clare Adamson]. Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) ...................................................................................... 74 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 77 Motion moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTIONS ................................................................................................................. 79 Motions moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 80 PANCREATIC CANCER ...................................................................................................................................... 89 Motion debated—[Clare Adamson]. Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) ...................................................................................... 89 Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con) ....................................................................................................................... 91 Maree Todd (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 93 Tom Mason (North East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................... 95 Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................... 96 John Scott (Ayr) (Con) ................................................................................................................................ 98 The Minister for Public Health and Sport (Aileen Campbell) ...................................................................... 99 1 1 NOVEMBER 2017 2 quite rightly—raising issues of concern to his Scottish Parliament constituents. As we both know, the project represents a huge benefit to central Scotland and Wednesday 1 November 2017 to the transport network of Scotland. It has involved £0.5 billion of investment and the [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at establishment for the first time of a motorway 14:00] between Glasgow and Edinburgh. Portfolio Question Time Economic Growth 2. George Adam (Paisley) (SNP): To ask the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage economic growth. (S5O-01386) Motorways (Noise Levels) The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs 1. Richard Lyle (Uddingston and Bellshill) and Fair Work (Keith Brown): We are taking a (SNP): To ask the Scottish Government what number of actions to support long-term economic action is being taken to alleviate the noise levels growth, including significant investments in impacting on residents since the completion of the transport—one of which I have just mentioned— M8, M73 and M74 improvement programme. and digital connectivity, and we are supporting (S5O-01385) investment in our cities and regions. The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs Moreover, we are expanding funded early and Fair Work (Keith Brown): Significant work learning and childcare facilities to improve young has been undertaken to mitigate the effect of the children’s outcomes and reduce barriers to M8, M73 and M74 motorway improvements parents participating in the economy. In addition, project. During the construction phase of the we have invested more
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