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Meeting of the Parliament Meeting of the Parliament Thursday 16 May 2019 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 Thursday 16 May 2019 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................................. 1 Fife Ethylene Plant (Reports) ....................................................................................................................... 1 Adult Mental Health Services (Tayside) ....................................................................................................... 3 Social Work Services (Funding) ................................................................................................................... 4 Planning (Local Decision Making) ................................................................................................................ 4 First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber .................................................................. 6 Sauchiehall Street (Glasgow School of Art Fire) .......................................................................................... 7 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................... 10 Numeracy Attainment ................................................................................................................................. 10 Mental Health Services ............................................................................................................................... 13 Vale of Leven Hospital (Out-of-hours Service) ........................................................................................... 15 Mohammad Zahir Zazai (Visa) ................................................................................................................... 15 Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd ............................................................................................................. 16 Child Poverty Levels ................................................................................................................................... 16 Climate Challenge Fund (Cut) .................................................................................................................... 17 Mental Health Services (Waiting Times) .................................................................................................... 19 Brexit ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 College Lecturers (Pay Dispute) ................................................................................................................. 20 Brexit (Travel Companies) .......................................................................................................................... 21 Mental Health Awareness Week ................................................................................................................ 21 Specialist Heart Failure Nurse Services ..................................................................................................... 23 COMMUNITY PHARMACY SCOTLAND ................................................................................................................. 26 Motion debated—[Alexander Stewart]. Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 26 Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 28 Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con) ....................................................................................................................... 30 David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................. 32 Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)............................................................................................................ 33 Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 35 The Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing (Joe FitzPatrick) ....................................................... 36 PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................. 40 JUSTICE AND THE LAW OFFICERS ..................................................................................................................... 40 Temporary Release .................................................................................................................................... 40 Community Payback Orders ....................................................................................................................... 42 Divisional Police Officers ............................................................................................................................ 43 Police Officers ............................................................................................................................................. 44 Police Officers (Ayrshire) ............................................................................................................................ 45 Family Courts (Children’s Interests) ........................................................................................................... 46 Victim Support Service ............................................................................................................................... 47 BREXIT (IMPACT ON FOOD AND DRINK) ............................................................................................................. 49 Motion moved—[Fergus Ewing]. Amendment moved—[Donald Cameron]. Amendment moved—[Rhoda Grant]. Amendment moved—[Mark Ruskell]. The Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy (Fergus Ewing) ................................................................. 49 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 53 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 57 Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) ........................................................................................... 59 Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD) ................................................................................................. 62 Bruce Crawford (Stirling) (SNP) ................................................................................................................. 64 Peter Chapman (North East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................. 65 Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 67 Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................... 69 Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) ........................................................................ 72 Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) ................................................................. 73 Gail Ross (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP) .................................................................................. 75 Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 77 Dr Alasdair Allan (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 79 John Scott (Ayr) (Con) ................................................................................................................................ 80 Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 83 Mark Ruskell ............................................................................................................................................... 84 Rhoda Grant ............................................................................................................................................... 86 Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 88 Fergus Ewing .............................................................................................................................................. 91 DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 94 1 16 MAY 2019 2 understand that it does not routinely publish Scottish Parliament reports. 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