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Meeting of the Parliament MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT (ABERDEEN) Tuesday 28 May 2002 Session 1 £5.00 Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2002. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to the Copyright Unit, 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 Tuesday 28 May 2002 SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS PRESIDING OFFICERS SCOTTISH PARLIAMENTARY CORPORATE BODY PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU COMMITTEE CONVENERS AND DEPUTY CONVENERS Debates Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION .................................................................................................................................... 9097 MODERNISING GOVERNMENT FUND ................................................................................................................. 9099 Motion moved—[Mr Andy Kerr]. Amendment moved—[Tricia Marwick]. The Minister for Finance and Public Services (Mr Andy Kerr) .................................................................. 9099 Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) .......................................................................................... 9103 Mr David Davidson (North-East Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................... 9105 Iain Smith (North-East Fife) (LD) ............................................................................................................... 9108 Elaine Thomson (Aberdeen North) (Lab) .................................................................................................. 9110 Michael Russell (South of Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 9111 Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD) ..................................................................................... 9112 Mr Kenneth Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab) .................................................................................................. 9113 Fiona Hyslop (Lothians) (SNP) .................................................................................................................. 9115 Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD) ...................................................................................................... 9117 Mr Keith Harding (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ....................................................................................... 9117 Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 9118 The Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services (Peter Peacock).................................................... 9121 ADDRESS BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN .......................................................................................................... 9125 Her Majesty the Queen .............................................................................................................................. 9128 The First Minister (Mr Jack McConnell) ..................................................................................................... 9129 ALTERNATIVES TO CUSTODY ........................................................................................................................... 9132 Motion moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]. Amendment moved—[Roseanna Cunningham]. Amendment moved—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton]. The Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice (Mr Jim Wallace) ........................................................ 9132 Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 9140 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Lothians) (Con) ....................................................................................... 9146 Scott Barrie (Dunfermline West) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 9151 Karen Whitefield (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 9155 Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 9157 Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................................ 9159 Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................... 9160 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 9162 Kay Ullrich (West of Scotland) (SNP) ........................................................................................................ 9164 Paul Martin (Glasgow Springburn) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 9165 Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD) ................................................................................................................... 9166 Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) ................................................................................ 9168 Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green) ............................................................................................................... 9170 Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 9171 Mrs Lyndsay McIntosh (Central Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................... 9173 Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 9174 Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD) ...................................................................................................... 9176 Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con) ....................................................................................................................... 9177 Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 9179 The Deputy Minister for Justice (Dr Richard Simpson) ............................................................................. 9182 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTION .................................................................................................................. 9186 Motion moved—[Euan Robson]. DECISION TIME ............................................................................................................................................... 9187 DRUG MISUSE IN NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND ...................................................................................................... 9198 Motion debated—[Richard Lochhead]. Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ....................................................................................... 9198 Elaine Thomson (Aberdeen North) (Lab) .................................................................................................. 9202 Mr David Davidson (North-East Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................... 9203 Brian Adam (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 9204 Mr Keith Raffan (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................... 9205 Shona Robison (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 9207 Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ................................................................................... 9209 Irene McGugan (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 9210 Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ................................................................................... 9211 Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 9212 The Deputy Minister for Justice (Dr Richard Simpson) ............................................................................. 9213 SCOTTISH MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS FIRST MINISTER—Right hon Jack McConnell MSP DEPUTY FIRST MINISTER—Right hon Jim Wallace QC MSP Justice MINISTER FOR JUSTICE—Right hon Jim Wallace QC MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR JUSTICE—Dr Richard Simpson MSP Education and Young People MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE—Cathy Jamieson MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND YOUNG PEOPLE—Nicol Stephen MSP Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE, TRANSPORT AND LIFELONG LEARNING—Iain Gray MSP DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ENTERPRISE, TRANSPORT AND LIFELONG LEARNING—Lewis Macdonald MSP Environment and Rural Development MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT—Ross
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