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Meeting of the Parliament MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Tuesday 13 May 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 Tuesday 13 May 2014 CONTENTS Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION ............................................................................................................................... 30811 BUSINESS MOTIONS ................................................................................................................................... 30813 Motions moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. TOPICAL QUESTION TIME ........................................................................................................................... 30814 Mesh Implants (National Health Service) ............................................................................................. 30814 North Sea Oil (Wealth Fund) ................................................................................................................ 30817 PROCUREMENT REFORM (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 ................................................................................. 30820 PROCUREMENT REFORM (SCOTLAND) BILL ................................................................................................ 30927 Motion moved—[Nicola Sturgeon]. The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities (Nicola Sturgeon) ............................................................................................................................... 30927 James Kelly (Rutherglen) (Lab) ............................................................................................................ 30930 Alex Johnstone (North East Scotland) (Con) ....................................................................................... 30932 Jim Eadie (Edinburgh Southern) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 30933 Hugh Henry (Renfrewshire South) (Lab) .............................................................................................. 30934 Linda Fabiani (East Kilbride) (SNP)...................................................................................................... 30936 Tavish Scott (Shetland Islands) (LD) .................................................................................................... 30937 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) .......................................................................................................... 30938 Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con) ................................................................................................................ 30939 Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab).................................................................................................... 30940 Nicola Sturgeon .................................................................................................................................... 30942 DECISION TIME .......................................................................................................................................... 30946 ASBESTOS-RELATED CONDITIONS (HEALTHCARE COSTS RECOVERY) ......................................................... 30947 Motion debated—[Bill Kidd]. Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP).................................................................................................. 30947 Stuart McMillan (West Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 30948 Hanzala Malik (Glasgow) (Lab) ............................................................................................................ 30950 Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) .................................................................. 30951 Jackson Carlaw (West Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 30953 Gil Paterson (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) ................................................................................... 30954 The Minister for Public Health (Michael Matheson) .............................................................................. 30955 30811 13 MAY 2014 30812 And I hope that you, as members of our Scottish Scottish Parliament Parliament, continue to show courage in the decisions that you make to legislate for the people Tuesday 13 May 2014 of Scotland. Be assured that you are in the prayers of Christians nationwide. [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at 14:00] Finally, I would like to end with the words of St John Paul II: Time for Reflection “True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick): Good everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in afternoon. The first item of business is time for social and political involvement.” reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is Thank you. Laura Seggie of the University of Strathclyde Catholic Society. Laura Seggie (University of Strathclyde Catholic Society): Presiding Officer, members of the Scottish Parliament, thank you for your kind invitation to address you today. At this time of year, many of my fellow students face important exams determining their future. However, through my experiences at the University of Strathclyde Catholic Chaplaincy, I have found that not only do those young people rely on books and endless hours of studying in order to pass their exams, they increasingly look for spiritual support. Through my involvement at the chaplaincy and other youth groups, I have witnessed a great deal of young people embracing their faith despite social pressures. That faith journey is one that does require a great deal of courage, since at times religious faith is portrayed as something negative, but it is a journey that brings so much joy and meaning to people’s lives. A recent message from Pope Francis resonated with my experience. Using Twitter he said: “It is not easy to follow Jesus closely, because the path he chooses is the way of the Cross.” So often we find that in some way or another everyone has a cross to bear, be it poverty, loneliness or illness; and central to the Christian message is that we should have a willingness to help people with their cross. For many of us, we bear our cross for the sake of serving those around us, and being as Christ to them. So much of the work of political life is in fact taking the problems of others on your own shoulders. That spirit of service for the common good is the heart of the Christian message. It means loving God and treating others as we would wish to be treated ourselves. I am therefore convinced that Scotland still has much to benefit from the Christian faith. My hope for the future is that more people find the courage to embrace and express their faith. 30813 13 MAY 2014 30814 Business Motions Topical Question Time 14:03 14:04 The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick): The Mesh Implants (National Health Service) next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-10034, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, 1. Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab): To ask the on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out Scottish Government, in light of the recent a revision to the business programme for today. reclassification of mesh implants as high risk in the United States, when mesh implants will be banned Motion moved, in the NHS in Scotland. (S4T-00695) That the Parliament agrees— The Minister for Public Health (Michael (a) to the following revision to the programme of Matheson): The Cabinet Secretary for Health and business for Tuesday 13 May 2014— Wellbeing has written to both the Medicines and delete Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the 5.00 pm Decision Time European Commission, asking that they urgently consider the United States Food and Drug and insert Administration’s proposed reclassification of 6.15 pm Decision Time surgical mesh for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse. The European Commission is seeking (b) that Rule 2.2.5(a) of Standing Orders be suspended for the purpose of allowing the Parliament to meet beyond further research and expert opinion. The cabinet 5.30 pm on Tuesday 13 May 2014.—[Joe FitzPatrick.] secretary has asked for assurance that it will act quickly, once the research is available, to Motion agreed to. reclassify these devices if the evidence points to The Presiding Officer: Deputy Presiding that requirement. Officer, I take it that you did not mean to press Neil Findlay: The complications for many your button and that you do not wish to speak women after the implant of a mesh device are against the motion. devastating, leaving them disabled, in chronic pain John Scott (Ayr) (Con): Correct. and facing a life of multiple operations and uncertainty. In the US and Australia, mass class The Presiding Officer: The next item of actions are being taken against the manufacturers, business is consideration of business motion S4M- which are pending. 10024, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable The Scottish Government originally told me, in for stage 3 consideration of the Procurement answer to a parliamentary question, that only six Reform (Scotland) Bill. women in Scotland have suffered an adverse impact of a mesh implant. That figure then rose to Motion
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