Meeting of the Parliament Tuesday 28 January 2020 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 Tuesday 28 January 2020 CONTENTS Col. TIME FOR REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................................... 1 TOPICAL QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................... 3 Coronavirus .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Scottish Visa ................................................................................................................................................. 6 QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OVERSIGHT BOARD ......................................................................... 11 Statement—[Jeane Freeman]. The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport (Jeane Freeman) ................................................................. 11 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY ........................................................................................................................... 22 Motion moved—[Aileen Campbell]. The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government (Aileen Campbell) ................................. 22 Ruth Davidson (Edinburgh Central) (Con) ................................................................................................. 27 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 29 Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green) ......................................................................................................... 31 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 34 Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 36 Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con) .................................................................................................................. 39 Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 40 Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 41 Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 43 Bill Bowman (North East Scotland) (Con) .................................................................................................. 46 Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)........................................................................................................ 48 Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 49 Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) ................................................................................ 51 Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 54 Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 56 Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) .............................................................................................. 57 Adam Tomkins (Glasgow) (Con) ................................................................................................................ 59 Aileen Campbell.......................................................................................................................................... 62 POINT OF ORDER ............................................................................................................................................. 66 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 67 Motion moved—[Graeme Dey]—and agreed to. Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con) ..................................................................................................... 67 The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans (Graeme Dey) ..................................................... 68 DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 73 ALASDAIR GRAY .............................................................................................................................................. 74 Motion debated—[Sandra White]. Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 74 Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) ...................................................................................... 77 Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con) ..................................................................................................................... 78 Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 79 Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) .............................................................................................................. 81 Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 82 Adam Tomkins (Glasgow) (Con) ................................................................................................................ 84 Linda Fabiani (East Kilbride) (SNP)............................................................................................................ 85 The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs (Fiona Hyslop) ..................................... 87 1 28 JANUARY 2020 2 My colleague Patrick McShane has led pupil Scottish Parliament trips to Auschwitz and Rwanda, and his good work has been recognised by vision schools Scotland Tuesday 28 January 2020 and the Holocaust Educational Trust. St Roch’s will never stand still in our quest to make [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at Holocaust education as effective as possible. 14:00] Accreditation by vision schools Scotland has sharpened our focus and affirmed our good Time for Reflection practice. It has helped us reflect on connections between our teaching of the Holocaust and our The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh): Good school motto “Alios Adiuva”, which means “Help afternoon. Our first item of business today is time Others”. Through the vision schools Scotland for reflection. Our time for reflection leader is Mr programme, we will continue to share dialogue, Stephen Stone, the headteacher of St Roch’s ideas and good practice with other teachers and secondary school in Glasgow, which is part of the schools. That will be to the great benefit of our visions schools Scotland programme. teachers, our communities and, above all, our young people. Thank you. Mr Stephen Stone (Headteacher, St Roch’s Secondary School, Glasgow): Holocaust memorial day takes place on 27 January every year to remember the millions lost in the Holocaust and in subsequent genocides. This year is especially poignant as it marks 25 years since the genocide in Bosnia and 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Vision schools Scotland was launched in 2017 to accredit and support schools that demonstrate commitment and good practice in Holocaust education. Set up by the school of education and social sciences at the University of the West of Scotland, under Dr Paula Cowan, in partnership with the Holocaust Educational Trust, it provides free, high-quality training for teachers and advice on teaching the Holocaust. There are 15 vision schools across Scotland, with several more to receive the award this year. As headteacher of St Roch’s secondary school in Glasgow, I am proud to say that St Roch’s became a vision school in 2018 and last year became a level 2 vision school. Holocaust education has been embedded in the school for many years, impacting parents, staff, the community and, above all, our young people. It has enabled pupils not only to become aware of the atrocities of the past and develop an understanding of their role in the world today but to become global citizens and young leaders. Holocaust education has impacted significantly on attainment; for example, exam results in history have been consistently strong in the school and last session we had 100 per cent success for pupils sitting history at national 5 and higher. In particular, the programme has been good for our deaf pupils. We have almost 40 deaf pupils in the school and they were heavily involved in last year’s Holocaust memorial day. The fact that deaf people were specifically persecuted under Nazi control has not been lost on our deaf pupils and their families. 3 28 JANUARY 2020 4 Topical Question Time providing information to passengers on those flights. That has now been extended to providing information to all passengers