Meeting of the Parliament Thursday 6 September 2018 Session 5 © Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Information on the Scottish Parliament’s copyright policy can be found on the website - www.parliament.scot or by contacting Public Information on 0131 348 5000 Thursday 6 September 2018 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................................. 1 Endometriosis (West of Scotland Specialist Centre) .................................................................................... 1 Short-term Letting (Licensing Powers) ......................................................................................................... 2 Overcrowding on Trains (Edinburgh to Dunblane) ....................................................................................... 3 NHS Grampian (Funding) ............................................................................................................................. 5 William McIlvanney Campus ........................................................................................................................ 6 MV Loch Seaforth (Financing) ...................................................................................................................... 6 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ..................................................................................................................... 9 Parole System (Victims and Families) .......................................................................................................... 9 Yammer (Pornographic Images) ................................................................................................................ 12 Transvaginal Mesh Implants ....................................................................................................................... 14 TMD Friction (Job Losses) ......................................................................................................................... 15 Kweku Adoboli (Deportation) ...................................................................................................................... 15 Glasgow Fire Recovery Fund ..................................................................................................................... 16 Programme for Government ....................................................................................................................... 17 Orange Order Marches ............................................................................................................................... 19 Guru Nanak Gurdwara Edinburgh (Attack) ................................................................................................ 19 Exports ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 Ayr Station (Alternative Parking at Prestwick Airport) ................................................................................ 20 Young People (Mental Wellbeing) .............................................................................................................. 21 Thrombectomy ............................................................................................................................................ 24 Drug Deaths ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Scottish National Standardised Assessments ............................................................................................ 25 MICHELLE’S LAW CAMPAIGN ............................................................................................................................ 27 Motion debated—[Liam Kerr]. Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)....................................................................................................... 27 Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) .............................................................................................. 30 Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 32 John Scott (Ayr) (Con) ................................................................................................................................ 33 The Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Humza Yousaf) ................................................................................... 34 PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT 2018-19 ........................................................................................................ 39 The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport (Jeane Freeman) ................................................................. 39 Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con) ....................................................................................................................... 41 James Dornan (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 44 Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 46 Alex Neil (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)........................................................................................................... 48 Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .................................................................................................... 50 Bruce Crawford (Stirling) (SNP) ................................................................................................................. 53 Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 55 Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) ................................................................................ 58 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 61 Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 63 Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 65 Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 67 Michelle Ballantyne (South Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................... 69 Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) ...................................................................................... 72 George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) ................................................................................................................... 74 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 77 Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)............................................................................................................ 79 Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 82 Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con) ............................................................................................................. 84 The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills (John Swinney) ...................... 88 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTIONS ................................................................................................................. 94 Motions moved—[Graeme Dey]. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 98 1 6 SEPTEMBER 2018 2 The clinical advice is that in a population of Scottish Parliament Scotland’s size, with the level of prevalence that Mr Gibson has quoted, having three specialist Thursday 6 September 2018 centres is recommended as the optimal approach for effective treatment of women in Scotland. [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at However, that is where we are treating severe 11:40] endometriosis; work is going on to look at what else can be done to support the pathway into General Question Time those centres so that we can deal with women and girls with the condition much earlier. Endometriosis (West of Scotland Specialist Short-term Letting (Licensing Powers) Centre) 2. Andy Wightman (Lothian) (Green): To ask 1. Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) the Scottish Government what its response is to a (SNP): To ask the Scottish Government what recent report by the City of Edinburgh Council that progress has been made in the last year in requested licensing powers under the Civic establishing a west of Scotland specialist unit for Government (Scotland) Act 1982 to allow local the treatment of endometriosis. (S5O-02319) authorities to license the use of domestic property The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport for short-term letting. (S5O-02320) (Jeane Freeman): We are working closely with The Minister for Local Government, Housing NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to help to and Planning (Kevin Stewart): I understand the establish the west of Scotland specialist centre, pressure in some parts of the