MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 29 January 2015 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 29 January 2015 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................................. 1 Wave Energy Scotland (Objectives and Budget) ......................................................................................... 1 Organ Donations........................................................................................................................................... 2 North Ayrshire Economy ............................................................................................................................... 3 Carbon Taxes (Restoration-related Coal Production) .................................................................................. 5 Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Employment Support) ...................................................................................... 6 NHS Ayrshire and Arran (Meetings) ............................................................................................................. 7 Roads in Rural Areas (Gritting) .................................................................................................................... 8 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................... 10 Engagements .............................................................................................................................................. 10 Secretary of State for Scotland (Meetings) ................................................................................................ 13 “Safeguarding Scotland’s vulnerable children from child abuse” ............................................................... 16 Energy Jobs Task Force (Update) .............................................................................................................. 17 Science Education (Funding) ..................................................................................................................... 19 Mental Health Research (Funding)............................................................................................................. 20 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS ....................................................................................................................... 23 Motion debated—[David Stewart]. David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................. 23 George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) ................................................................................................................... 25 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) .......................................................................... 26 Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ............................................................................................. 27 Jenny Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 29 Jim Hume (South Scotland) (LD) ................................................................................................................ 30 Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab).......................................................................................................... 32 The Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages (Dr Alasdair Allan) ................................... 33 CHILCOT INQUIRY............................................................................................................................................. 38 Motion moved—[First Minister]. Amendment moved—[Alex Fergusson]. The First Minister (Nicola Sturgeon) ........................................................................................................... 38 Alex Fergusson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)............................................................................... 41 Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 44 Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 45 Willie Rennie (Mid Scotland and Fife) (LD) ................................................................................................ 47 Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) ............................................................... 49 Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 50 Jim Eadie (Edinburgh Southern) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 52 James Kelly (Rutherglen) (Lab) .................................................................................................................. 53 Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) .............................................. 55 Kenny MacAskill (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP) ............................................................................................. 57 Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab).......................................................................................................... 59 Chic Brodie (South Scotland) (SNP) .......................................................................................................... 61 Alex Johnstone (North East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................. 63 Mary Fee (West Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 64 The Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities (Keith Brown) ........................................ 67 COMMUNITY CHARGE DEBT (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 1 ................................................................................... 70 Motion moved—[John Swinney]. The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy (John Swinney)70 Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 74 Alex Rowley (Cowdenbeath) (Lab) ............................................................................................................. 77 Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con) ...................................................................................................................... 79 Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 81 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) .......................................................................... 83 Kenny MacAskill (Edinburgh Eastern) (SNP) ............................................................................................. 85 Cameron Buchanan (Lothian) (Con) .......................................................................................................... 87 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 89 Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 91 Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 92 Richard Lyle (Central Scotland) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 93 Gavin Brown ............................................................................................................................................... 95 Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 97 The Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment (Marco Biagi) ................................... 99 COMMUNITY CHARGE DEBT (SCOTLAND) BILL: FINANCIAL RESOLUTION.......................................................... 103 Motion moved—[John Swinney]. HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (SAFETY AND QUALITY) BILL ................................................................................ 104 Motion moved—[Shona Robison]. DECISION TIME .............................................................................................................................................. 105 1 29 JANUARY 2015 2 to ensure that staff at Aquamarine Power are Scottish Parliament advised of the decision at the earliest opportunity? Thursday 29 January 2015 John Swinney: First, I endorse the point that Mr McArthur makes about the significant achievements that have been made in the sector. [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at It is a challenging sector and none of us could 11:40] suggest otherwise, but there have been significant achievements made, which is why we have General Question Time brought forward the wave energy Scotland proposal, as a means to ensure that those The