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Meeting of the Parliament Meeting of the Parliament Tuesday 7 January 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 7 January 2020 CONTENTS Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 BUSINESS MOTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Motions moved—[Graeme Dey]—and agreed to. TOPICAL QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................... 4 Drug-related Deaths ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Ferry Cancellations (Arran) .......................................................................................................................... 9 Automated Teller Machines (Charges) ....................................................................................................... 14 URGENT QUESTION .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Scottish Government Budget ...................................................................................................................... 17 EMPTY HOMES ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Motion moved—[James Dornan]. James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 24 The Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning (Kevin Stewart) ............................................. 28 Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 32 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 35 Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 39 Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 42 Tom Mason (North East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................... 45 Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 47 Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab) ........................................................................................................................ 49 Dr Alasdair Allan (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 52 Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con) .................................................................................................................. 54 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 56 Pauline McNeill ........................................................................................................................................... 58 Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 61 Kevin Stewart .............................................................................................................................................. 63 Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 66 COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT (FERRY VESSELS IN SCOTLAND).......................................................................... 70 Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 70 DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 71 LEVERN VALLEY DEFIBRILLATOR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP ............................................................................ 72 Motion debated—[Tom Arthur]. Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 72 Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 75 Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) .................................................................................... 76 Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) .................................................................................... 78 Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con) ......................................................................................................... 80 The Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing (Joe FitzPatrick) ....................................................... 81 1 7 JANUARY 2020 2 experience something of the all-embracing love of Scottish Parliament God, which has been such an important part of the faith and heritage of our land and our people. Tuesday 7 January 2020 There is a hymn that we sing that could be adapted for use across our land: [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at 14:00] “Let us build a land where love can dwell, and all can safely live” Time for Reflection for “all are welcome, all are welcome in this place.” The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good afternoon and welcome back. We start, as we Thank you. often do on a Tuesday, with time for reflection, for which our leader is the Rev Sarah Nicol, minister of St Cuthbert’s church in Saltcoats. The Rev Sarah Nicol (St Cuthbert’s Church, Saltcoats): Presiding Officer and members of the Scottish Parliament, thank you for the opportunity to address you. Yesterday was the feast of the Epiphany, a day when Christians remember the visit of wise men to the Christ child in Bethlehem. Although nativity plays and paintings often portray the wise men as being present with the shepherds on the night of Jesus’s birth, it is quite likely that their journey from wherever their homelands were took some time. Based on Herod’s slaughter of boys under the age of two in that town, scholars have suggested that their arrival may have taken up to two years after they first spotted the new star in the sky. Epiphany has inspired many with its wonderful message of the love of God being revealed widely to people from every corner of the world. God does not restrict his love to the people of one nation or ancestry, for he is a God who includes everyone in his embrace—although, of course, we are free to accept or reject his love. While Christmas shows us the long journey that God is willing to make to reveal his love for us, leaving the wonder of heaven for the down-to- earth life of a child sleeping in a manger in an animal shelter in a crowded town in a troubled land, Epiphany goes on to show us that even our shorter journeys, from where we are now to where God wants us to be, need great commitment and perseverance from ourselves. Where does God want us to be? He wants us to be in a place where every child is valued and cared for as God’s gift to us. We have some distance still to travel, haven’t we? God’s far-reaching love and the journeys that we need to undertake to respond to and share his love are something to remember at a time when many people are seeking refuge in lands such as our own. Epiphany challenges us to recognise the value of the journeys that those people have made, and to consider how in our land they may 3 7 JANUARY 2020 4 Business Motions Topical Question Time 14:03 14:04 The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Our Drug-related Deaths next item of business is consideration of business motion SM5-20324, in the name of Graeme Dey, 1. Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab): on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out To ask the Scottish Government what its response changes to business for tomorrow and Thursday. is to reports that drug-related deaths are continuing to increase. (S5T-01931) Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees to the following revision to the The Minister for Public Health, Sport and programme of business for— Wellbeing (Joe FitzPatrick): Each and every death is a tragedy, and tackling this issue is a (a) Wednesday 8 January 2020— priority for me and the Government. We set up the delete drug deaths task force specifically to advise on followed by Scottish Government Debate: Improving measures to reduce deaths, and it will meet for the the Lives of Gypsy/Travellers third time next week. We are also working with local services to implement our action plan to and insert deliver our strategy to reduce alcohol and drug followed by Ministerial Statement: Short-term Lets harm in Scotland. That is supported by investment followed by Scottish Government Debate: of £800 million, including an additional £10 million Legislative Consent to the European in 2020-21. Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
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