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Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) Wednesday 24 February 2021 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 24 February 2021 CONTENTS Col. PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................... 1 ECONOMY, FAIR WORK AND CULTURE ................................................................................................................ 1 Fair Pay Practices (Promotion) ..................................................................................................................... 1 Young Person’s Guarantee (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) ................................................................. 3 Young Person’s Guarantee .......................................................................................................................... 4 Value for Money (Investment in Private Companies) ................................................................................... 6 Covid-19 Economic Impact (Highlands) ....................................................................................................... 8 Scottish National Investment Bank (Regeneration)...................................................................................... 9 Economic Resilience (North-east Scotland) ............................................................................................... 10 EDUCATION AND SKILLS ................................................................................................................................... 12 Out-of-School Care Providers (Financial Support) ..................................................................................... 12 Student Final Year Grading (Lockdowns) .................................................................................................. 13 Class Sizes (Multilevel Teaching) ............................................................................................................... 15 Developing the Young Workforce (Impact of Covid-19) ............................................................................. 17 Schools Reopening (Orkney) ..................................................................................................................... 18 Schools (Lost Teaching Time) .................................................................................................................... 19 Teaching and Education Unions (Meetings) .............................................................................................. 20 PRISONER VOTING ........................................................................................................................................... 22 Motion moved—[Liam Kerr]. Amendment moved—[Michael Russell]. Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)....................................................................................................... 22 The Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs (Michael Russell) ..................... 25 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 28 Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) ......................................................................................................... 30 John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Green) ............................................................................................. 31 Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .................................................................................................... 33 Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) ..................................................................................... 35 James Kelly (Glasgow) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 37 Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) ................................................................................ 38 Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 40 Michael Russell........................................................................................................................................... 41 Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con) .............................................................................. 43 URGENT QUESTION .......................................................................................................................................... 47 Crown Office (Correspondence) ................................................................................................................. 47 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING ........................................................................................................................ 50 Motion moved—[Annie Wells]. Amendment moved—[Aileen Campbell]. Amendment moved—[Sarah Boyack]. Amendment moved—[Patrick Harvie]. Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con) ..................................................................................................................... 50 The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government (Aileen Campbell) ................................. 52 Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 56 Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................................... 58 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 59 Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 61 James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 62 Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................ 64 Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 66 Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 67 The Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance (Ivan McKee) ....................................................... 69 Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 71 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 74 Motion moved—[Graeme Dey]—and agreed to. PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTIONS ................................................................................................................. 77 Motions moved—[Graeme Dey]. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 80 CITIZENS ADVICE SCOTLAND ............................................................................................................................ 94 Motion debated—[Christine Grahame]. Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) .............................................. 94 Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) ..................................................................................... 96 Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con) .................................................................................................................. 98 James Kelly (Glasgow) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 99 Maurice Corry (West Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................................... 101 Beatrice Wishart (Shetland Islands) (LD) ................................................................................................. 102 Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 104 The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government (Aileen Campbell) ............................... 106 1 24 FEBRUARY 2021 2 Jamie Hepburn: Of course, the first thing that I Scottish Parliament observe is that I absolutely share—[Inaudible.]— that we owe our care workers a great deal of Wednesday 24 February 2021 thanks at all times, but particularly in the current context. [The Deputy Presiding Officer opened the I recognise that proper remuneration for our meeting at 14:00] social care workforce is important. In that regard, we have worked closely with the sector and with Portfolio Question Time the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, and local government more widely, to ensure that all Economy, Fair Work and Culture those who work in the commissioned care services sector are paid the real living wage. That The Deputy Presiding Officer (Christine includes the resource allocated over the past two Grahame): Good afternoon.