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Official Report Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) Thursday 25 February 2021 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 25 February 2021 CONTENTS Col. FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ..................................................................................................................... 1 Ministerial Code (First Minister’s Evidence) ................................................................................................. 2 Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints (Confidentiality) ............................................... 6 Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints (Confidentiality) ............................................... 9 Homelessness (Winter Evictions Ban) ....................................................................................................... 10 Tenant Hardship Loan Fund ....................................................................................................................... 11 Mesh Implant Surgeries (Case Record Review) ........................................................................................ 12 Scottish Courts (Covid-19 Transmission) ................................................................................................... 14 Lifeline Ferry Services (Isle of Barra) ......................................................................................................... 15 Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion ................................................................................................................ 15 Breast Cancer Service (Dundee) ................................................................................................................ 16 Garden Centres (Reopening) ..................................................................................................................... 17 Covid-19 (Briefings) .................................................................................................................................... 18 Places of Worship (Reopening) .................................................................................................................. 18 Mesh Removal Procedures (National Health Service Funding) ................................................................. 19 NHS Highland (Bullying) ............................................................................................................................. 19 Discretionary Housing Payments (Low Earners) ........................................................................................ 20 Covid-19 Vaccination (Mobile Testing Unit Staff) ....................................................................................... 21 Quarantine (Offshore Oil and Gas Workers) .............................................................................................. 21 Easing Covid-19 Restrictions ..................................................................................................................... 22 Travel Restrictions ...................................................................................................................................... 22 Prisons (Face-to-Face Teaching) ............................................................................................................... 22 Educational Attainment (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Report) ................. 23 Scotch Whisky (United States Tariffs) ........................................................................................................ 23 PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................. 25 HEALTH AND SPORT ........................................................................................................................................ 25 Health Inequalities ...................................................................................................................................... 25 Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Covid-19) ........................................................................................ 26 Port Glasgow Health Centre ....................................................................................................................... 28 Covid-19 Vaccine (Hospital Patients) ......................................................................................................... 29 Mental Health Services (Demand) .............................................................................................................. 29 Mental Health Service (Staffing) ................................................................................................................. 31 Elective Surgery (NHS Grampian).............................................................................................................. 32 Mental Health Services (Rural Areas) ........................................................................................................ 33 BUDGET (SCOTLAND) (NO 5) BILL: STAGE 1 .................................................................................................... 36 Motion moved—[Kate Forbes]. Amendment moved—[Murdo Fraser]. Amendment moved—[Jackie Baillie]. The Cabinet Secretary for Finance (Kate Forbes) ..................................................................................... 36 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 39 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 42 Bruce Crawford (Stirling) (SNP) ................................................................................................................. 45 Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................................... 47 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 49 Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 50 Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con) .............................................................................. 52 Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 54 Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab) ........................................................................................................................ 56 Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 58 Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) ................................................................. 59 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 61 Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (Ind) ................................................................................................. 63 Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 64 Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 65 Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con) ..................................................................................................... 68 Kate Forbes ................................................................................................................................................ 70 SCOTTISH INCOME TAX RATE RESOLUTION 2021-22 ......................................................................................... 74 Motion moved—[Kate Forbes]—and agreed to. The Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance (Ivan McKee) ....................................................... 74 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 78 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 81 Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................................... 82 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 84 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 85 Bill Bowman (North East Scotland) (Con) .................................................................................................. 87 Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) .................................................................................... 89 Shona Robison (Dundee City East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 91 Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................................
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