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Meeting of the Parliament Tuesday 24 November 2020 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 Tuesday 24 November 2020 CONTENTS Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 TOPICAL QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................... 3 Covid-19 (Care Homes) ................................................................................................................................ 3 Covid-19 (Restrictions over Christmas) ........................................................................................................ 6 COVID-19 .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Statement—[Nicola Sturgeon]. The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon) ............................................................................................................. 9 SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR MEDICINES ............................................................................................................. 27 Motion moved—[Lewis Macdonald]. Lewis Macdonald (North East Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................... 27 The Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing (Joe FitzPatrick) ....................................................... 31 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 34 David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................. 37 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 40 George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) ................................................................................................................... 42 Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con) ....................................................................................................................... 44 Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................ 47 David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) .............................................................................................................. 49 David Stewart ............................................................................................................................................. 52 Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con) ......................................................................................................... 53 Joe FitzPatrick ............................................................................................................................................ 56 Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 59 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 64 Motion moved—[Miles Briggs]—and agreed to. PERIOD PRODUCTS (FREE PROVISION) (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 .................................................................. 65 PERIOD PRODUCTS (FREE PROVISION) (SCOTLAND) BILL ................................................................................. 76 Motion moved—[Monica Lennon]. Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 76 The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government (Aileen Campbell) ................................. 77 Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con) ..................................................................................................................... 80 Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 81 Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 82 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 83 James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 85 Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 86 Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 87 Aileen Campbell.......................................................................................................................................... 88 Monica Lennon ........................................................................................................................................... 90 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 92 Motion moved—[Graeme Dey]—and agreed to. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 93 NATIONAL ADOPTION WEEK 2020 .................................................................................................................... 97 Motion debated—[Rona Mackay]. Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) ..................................................................................... 97 Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ............................................................................ 100 Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 102 Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 103 The Minister for Children and Young People (Maree Todd) .................................................................... 105 1 24 NOVEMBER 2020 2 been marginalised, putting the needs of others Scottish Parliament ahead of our comforts, welcoming the stranger, caring for the earth, and ensuring that all have a Tuesday 24 November 2020 place to call home. May our Advent preparation bring a blessing for all. [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at Thank you. 14:00] Time for Reflection The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good afternoon, colleagues. We begin business today with time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader is the Rev Teri C Peterson, who is the minister at St John’s church in Gourock. The Rev Teri C Peterson (St John’s Church, Gourock): Presiding Officer and members of the Scottish Parliament, I thank you for the opportunity to address you today, especially as an immigrant who made Scotland my home three and a half years ago because I value so much the Scottish ethos of welcome and hospitality, fairness, looking out for each other, and being humble about how brilliant you are. Thank you for welcoming me and for making me feel at home here. I came to serve as a minister in the Church of Scotland, and like many Christians, I am currently preparing for the season of Advent, which begins this Sunday. Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas, and is a season of preparation and waiting, in contrast with the culture of instant gratification. During Advent, we get ourselves ready for the coming of Jesus, who is love in the flesh, living among us in the world. In a normal year, it is easy to be overwhelmed by preparations for the festive season and its trappings of parties and gifts. This year, when things are far from normal, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the sense of loss and anxiety about how different it will be—but perhaps that gives us a chance to reclaim the meaning of Advent and Christmas, which are a celebration of love that changes the world. Several years ago, I asked one of my good friends, who is a rabbi, what it means to her and her fellow Jews to be waiting for the Messiah. She said, “To say we are waiting for the Messiah is to say that the world is not yet as it should be, and we still have work to do.” I think that that is also at the heart of Advent—and how much more than usual do we feel that this year? The world is not as it should be, and we have work to do. Jesus was born more than 2,000 years ago already, and now we who celebrate Christmas use Advent to wait for that same world-changing love to be born in us. We hear the call of the prophets—ancient and contemporary—to prepare the way by valuing the voices of those who have 3 24 NOVEMBER 2020 4 Topical Question Time have also been advised by care home staff that they are repeatedly being asked to accept Covid- positive patients, with no negative test, and are Covid-19 (Care Homes) being told just to isolate them for 14 days, instead. Did the First Minister mislead Parliament on 1. Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab): To ask the Thursday, or did she