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MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 15 January 2004 Session 2 £5.00 Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2004. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to the Licensing Division, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ Fax 01603 723000, which is administering the copyright on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Produced and published in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by The Stationery Office Ltd. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office is independent of and separate from the company now trading as The Stationery Office Ltd, which is responsible for printing and publishing Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body publications. CONTENTS Thursday 15 January 2004 Debates Col. EUROPEAN COMMISSION (WORK PROGRAMME) ............................................................................................... 4809 Motion moved—[Richard Lochhead]. Amendment moved—[Nicola Sturgeon]. Amendment moved—[Phil Gallie]. Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP) ....................................................................................... 4809 Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP) ............................................................................................................. 4815 Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................................ 4818 The Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services (Tavish Scott) ....................................................... 4820 Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian) (Lab) ........................................................................................ 4825 Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................... 4827 Mark Ballard (Lothians) (Green) ................................................................................................................ 4830 Helen Eadie (Dunfermline East) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 4832 Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP) .......................................................................................................... 4834 Alex Johnstone (North East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................ 4836 Frances Curran (West of Scotland) (SSP) ................................................................................................ 4839 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 4840 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 4842 Alasdair Morgan (South of Scotland) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 4844 Mr Ted Brocklebank (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .................................................................................. 4846 Nora Radcliffe (Gordon) (LD) .................................................................................................................... 4848 Mr Alasdair Morrison (Western Isles) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 4850 Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ............................................................................................. 4852 Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 4854 Tavish Scott ............................................................................................................................................... 4855 Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab) ............................................................................................. 4858 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................. 4862 QUESTION TIME .............................................................................................................................................. 4875 POINTS OF ORDER .......................................................................................................................................... 4892 EMERGENCY WORKERS (PROTECTION) ........................................................................................................... 4893 The Minister for Finance and Public Services (Mr Andy Kerr) .................................................................. 4893 Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP) ..................................................................... 4898 Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 4900 Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD) ................................................................................................................... 4901 Mr David Davidson (North East Scotland) (Con) ....................................................................................... 4904 Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 4906 Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................................ 4909 Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP) ........................................................................................................... 4910 Christine May (Central Fife) (Lab) ............................................................................................................. 4912 Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 4914 Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab) ............................................................................... 4916 Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD) ..................................................................................................... 4918 Mr Brian Monteith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 4920 Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 4922 The Lord Advocate (Colin Boyd) ............................................................................................................... 4925 BUSINESS MOTION .......................................................................................................................................... 4929 Motion moved—[Patricia Ferguson]—and agreed to. The Minister for Parliamentary Business (Patricia Ferguson) ................................................................... 4929 DECISION TIME ............................................................................................................................................... 4930 MEDICAL SERVICES (WEST HIGHLANDS) ......................................................................................................... 4934 Motion debated—[George Lyon]. George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD) .......................................................................................................... 4934 Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP) ..................................................................... 4936 Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ................................................................................... 4938 Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD) ............................................................... 4940 Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ................................................................................... 4941 Jim Mather (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 4943 Dr Jean Turner (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Ind) .................................................................................... 4945 John Farquhar Munro (Ross, Skye and Inverness West) (LD) ................................................................. 4946 Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ............................................................................................ 4947 Rob Gibson (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 4949 Eleanor Scott (Highlands and Islands) (Green) ......................................................................................... 4950 The Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (Mr Tom McCabe) ................................................ 4952 Oral Answers Col. FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................. 4862 Cabinet (Meetings) .................................................................................................................................... 4862 Financial Services ..................................................................................................................................... 4869 Fish