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Official Report Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) Tuesday 23 June 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 23 June 2020 CONTENTS Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 BUSINESS MOTION ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Motion moved—[Graeme Dey]—and agreed to. TOPICAL QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................... 5 National Health Service (Covid-19 Transmission) ........................................................................................ 5 Test and Protect ........................................................................................................................................... 7 POINT OF ORDER ............................................................................................................................................. 11 EDUCATION RECOVERY .................................................................................................................................... 12 Statement—[John Swinney]. The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (John Swinney) ...................... 12 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (CORONAVIRUS) (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT ORDER 2020 [DRAFT] ..................... 27 Motion moved—[Ben Macpherson]. The Minister for Public Finance and Migration (Ben Macpherson) ............................................................ 27 Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 28 Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 29 Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 31 Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................................... 32 Ben Macpherson......................................................................................................................................... 34 ECONOMIC RECOVERY ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Motion moved—[Fiona Hyslop]. Amendment moved—[Maurice Golden]. Amendment moved—[Richard Leonard]. Amendment moved—[Andy Wightman]. Amendment moved—[Willie Rennie]. The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture (Fiona Hyslop) ............................................ 36 Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con) ..................................................................................................... 40 Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 42 Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 45 Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................................... 47 Bruce Crawford (Stirling) (SNP) ................................................................................................................. 49 Dean Lockhart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ............................................................................................ 50 Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 52 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 53 Alex Neil (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)........................................................................................................... 55 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 56 Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 58 Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 60 Willie Rennie ............................................................................................................................................... 62 Andy Wightman .......................................................................................................................................... 63 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 65 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 66 Fiona Hyslop ............................................................................................................................................... 68 CIVIL PARTNERSHIP (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 .............................................................................................. 72 CIVIL PARTNERSHIP (SCOTLAND) BILL ............................................................................................................. 74 Motion moved—[Shirley-Anne Somerville]. The Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People (Shirley-Anne Somerville) .......................... 74 Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 76 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 78 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 80 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 81 Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 83 Pauline McNeill ........................................................................................................................................... 84 Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con) ..................................................................................................... 85 Shirley-Anne Somerville ............................................................................................................................. 86 COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT ........................................................................................................................... 89 Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 89 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTION ................................................................................................................... 91 Motion moved—[Graeme Dey]. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 92 1 23 JUNE 2020 2 experiences allowed me to the see the magic in Scottish Parliament my normal. Tuesday 23 June 2020 Now, young women lead is teaching us how to use our political voice. It is empowering to hold an inquiry for young BAME women, by young BAME [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at women. In light of Covid-19, and with the Black 14:00] Lives Matter movement gaining momentum into mainstream consciousness, the support from Time for Reflection young women lead continues to be monumental. Currently in our research stages, we ask that The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good everyone listening shares our surveys to help to afternoon, colleagues. We begin our week’s inspire positive changes for young BAME women business, as always, with time for reflection. Our in Scotland. time for reflection leader today is Miss Miriam Hussain, young women lead committee member. From our communal garden here at my parents’ Miss Hussain is delivering her time for reflection shop, we thank you for your leadership at this remotely. poignant time and wish you all a safe summer. Miss Miriam Hussain (Young Women Lead The Presiding Officer: Thank you, Miss Committee): Thank you, Presiding Officer, and Hussain, for joining us from Fife. thank you to Linda Fabiani MSP for nominating me to represent this year’s young women lead cohort. Members of Parliament, welcome to my home in Fife at my parents’—Fateh and Fatima—shop, Leslie Mini Market. Young women lead is a leadership programme that aims to give young women between the ages of 16 and 30 in Scotland the opportunity to form a committee and lead an inquiry on a topic of our choice in partnership with YWCA Scotland and the Scottish Parliament. There is a lack of Scotland-specific data regarding black, Asian and minority ethnic women’s experiences in education and employment, which
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