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MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 18 April 2013 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 18 April 2013 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .......................................................................................................................... 18715 Child Abuse (Interaction Meeting) ........................................................................................................ 18715 Local Bus Services ............................................................................................................................... 18716 Flooding (North East Scotland) ............................................................................................................ 18717 Planning Law Reform (Retail Units) ..................................................................................................... 18719 Golden Eagles (Protection) .................................................................................................................. 18719 Pension and Social Welfare Costs (Affordability) ................................................................................. 18722 Oil Test Drilling (Ayrshire Coast) .......................................................................................................... 18723 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................. 18724 Engagements ........................................................................................................................................ 18724 Secretary of State for Scotland (Meetings) .......................................................................................... 18728 Cabinet (Meetings) ............................................................................................................................... 18730 Public Finances (Assessment) ............................................................................................................. 18732 Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme ................................................................................ 18733 Third Sector Early Intervention Fund .................................................................................................... 18734 SCOTLAND’S BUTCHERS ............................................................................................................................ 18736 Motion debated—[Nigel Don]. Nigel Don (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) ....................................................................................... 18736 Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) .......................................................................................... 18739 David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) ........................................................................................................ 18741 Alex Fergusson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)......................................................................... 18742 Dennis Robertson (Aberdeenshire West) (SNP) .................................................................................. 18744 Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) ................................................................................................... 18745 The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment (Richard Lochhead) ............................ 18746 SOCIETY .................................................................................................................................................... 18750 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) ........................................................................................................ 18750 The Minister for Local Government and Planning (Derek Mackay) ..................................................... 18755 James Kelly (Rutherglen) (Lab) ............................................................................................................ 18759 Ruth Davidson (Glasgow) (Con) ........................................................................................................... 18761 Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD) .......................................................................................... 18764 Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 18767 Hanzala Malik (Glasgow) (Lab) ............................................................................................................ 18770 Gordon MacDonald (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP) ............................................................................... 18772 Elaine Murray (Dumfriesshire) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 18774 Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) ............................................................................... 18776 John Lamont (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) ................................................................... 18778 Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) ........................................ 18781 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) .................................................................... 18783 Mark McDonald (North East Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................... 18785 Alex Johnstone (North East Scotland) (Con) ....................................................................................... 18787 Clare Adamson (Central Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 18790 Margo MacDonald (Lothian) (Ind) ......................................................................................................... 18792 Jackson Carlaw (West Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 18793 Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab).................................................................................................... 18795 The Minister for Youth Employment (Angela Constance) .................................................................... 18798 John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Ind) ............................................................................................ 18800 DECISION TIME .......................................................................................................................................... 18804 18715 18 APRIL 2013 18716 We are considering a number of other things, Scottish Parliament but we must wait for the interaction to produce specific proposals. Further negotiations that will Thursday 18 April 2013 take place have already been agreed at the event, and that is an on-going process. We are waiting [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at for that to come to fruition. 11:40] The Presiding Officer: Mr Bibby, you got cut General Question Time off a wee bit too soon. Neil Bibby: I ask the minister to keep Child Abuse (Interaction Meeting) Parliament informed about any developments so that members can keep their constituents updated 1. Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab): To ask on the progress that is being made. the Scottish Government what progress has been made toward justice for victims of historical child Roseanna Cunningham: Notification of abuse following the first interaction meeting. (S4O- consultation, such as that on time bar, is widely 02005) available on the Scottish Government website, and the Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Bill is in The Minister for Community Safety and the legislative process. I appreciate that not all Legal Affairs (Roseanna Cunningham): It is members will be keeping tabs on that, but they important to say that the interaction process is an can do so if they choose to. Parliament will be initiative led by the Scottish Human Rights updated on other aspects by ministers as and Commission in which the Scottish Government is when appropriate. one of several participants. The first interaction process took place on 28 February and was Local Bus Services attended by a wide range of participants, including those from local authorities, charities, religious 2. Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab): To bodies and universities, as well as individuals. I ask the Scottish Government what action it will understand that a further event will be held in June take to ensure that people have access to regular and that more events are likely. One of the and reliable local bus services. (S4O-02006) purposes of the process is to develop an action The Minister for Transport and Veterans plan. Along with others, we will be interested in (Keith Brown): The Scottish Government receiving that in due course. continues to support the bus route network with Neil Bibby: This is a serious issue that £50 million of subsidy per year, by monitoring bus continues to have an impact on many people’s service delivery to promote reliability and by lives, so we need to see progress made. The launching a new bus investment fund this year to minister will be aware that, in pursuing the national encourage innovative projects. confidential forum in isolation, Scotland is Mark Griffin: The minister may be aware that, something of an
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