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Official Report MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 25 September 2014 Session 4 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.scottish.parliament.uk or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Thursday 25 September 2014 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................................. 1 Poverty (Disabled People) ............................................................................................................................ 1 Local Income Tax ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Rail Journey Times ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Employment .................................................................................................................................................. 4 High-skilled, High-quality Jobs (West Scotland) ........................................................................................... 4 Referendum (Turnout) .................................................................................................................................. 6 “Challenges from the frontline” ..................................................................................................................... 7 Fairer Pay ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................... 10 Engagements .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Secretary of State for Scotland (Meetings) ................................................................................................ 14 Cabinet (Meetings) ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Voting Franchise ......................................................................................................................................... 18 Minimum Wage ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Ryder Cup (Legacy) ................................................................................................................................... 20 HYDROELECTRIC DAMS AND TUNNELS (CONTRIBUTION OF BUILDING WORKERS) ............................................... 22 Motion debated—[Annabelle Ewing]. Annabelle Ewing (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) ........................................................................................ 22 Dr Richard Simpson (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) .................................................................................... 25 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 27 Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) ........................................................................ 28 The Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism (Fergus Ewing) ............................................................. 30 ACCESSIBLE TOURISM ..................................................................................................................................... 33 Motion moved—[Fergus Ewing]. Amendment moved—[Jenny Marra]. The Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism (Fergus Ewing) ............................................................. 33 Jenny Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 38 Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................ 41 Graeme Dey (Angus South) (SNP) ............................................................................................................ 44 Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab).......................................................................................................... 47 Nigel Don (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) ............................................................................................. 49 Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (Lab) ..................................................................... 51 Chic Brodie (South Scotland) (SNP) .......................................................................................................... 54 Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) ......................................................................................................... 56 Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) ..................................................................................... 58 Dennis Robertson (Aberdeenshire West) (SNP) ........................................................................................ 60 Margaret McCulloch (Central Scotland) (Lab) ............................................................................................ 63 Rob Gibson (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP)............................................................................... 64 Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) ........................................................................ 66 Margaret McDougall (West Scotland) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 69 Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 71 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 73 Jenny Marra ................................................................................................................................................ 76 Fergus Ewing .............................................................................................................................................. 79 COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS (MEMBERSHIP) ................................................................................................... 83 Motion moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 84 1 25 SEPTEMBER 2014 2 lowest value loss or reduction of any one Scottish Parliament component of the disability living allowance. We share the concerns of disability organisations that Thursday 25 September 2014 many disabled people will face financial hardship as a result of the move to PIP. General Question Time We will do all that we can to help and we will continue to impress on the UK Government that [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at the most vulnerable people in our society must be 11:40] protected and that any changes to the welfare system must not further reduce their income. Poverty (Disabled People) Local Income Tax 1. Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Government how it will 2. Hugh Henry (Renfrewshire South) (Lab): reduce poverty among disabled people. (S4O- To ask the Scottish Government what the latest 03531) date will be for the introduction of a local income tax. (S4O-03532) The Minister for Housing and Welfare (Margaret Burgess): We are committed to The Minister for Local Government and promoting and protecting equality and human Planning (Derek Mackay): The Scottish rights for disabled people and we are supporting Government is committed to consulting others disabled people’s organisations to increase their later in this parliamentary session to develop a capacity and effectiveness to engage in the fairer, more progressive local tax based on the redesign of public services, as well as supporting ability to pay. independent living. Hugh Henry: A local income tax was promised We recognise that households containing a more than seven years ago—seven years ago, disabled person have a substantially greater risk Presiding Officer. The minister says that of poverty. Recently published Scottish consultation will take place later in this Government research shows that a significant parliamentary session. Will the minister guarantee number of disabled people in Scotland will lose that that local income tax will be introduced by the some or all of their disability benefits by 2018. The end of the parliamentary session? research also shows that the cumulative impacts of tax and welfare reforms will mainly affect Derek Mackay: I advise Mr Henry that the families containing at least one disabled person, commitment that was outlined in the manifesto on particularly a disabled child. We remain committed which this Government was elected will be to doing all that we can to help those who are delivered. That commitment was that affected by welfare changes, including investing “Over the period of the next Parliament we will consult with £7 million in each year from 2013-14 to 2015-16 others to produce a fairer system based on ability to pay to on welfare mitigation
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