MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Wednesday 25 September 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 Wednesday 25 September 2013 CONTENTS Col. PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ....................................................................................................................... 22859 CULTURE AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ............................................................................................................. 22859 Youth Music Initiative ............................................................................................................................ 22859 Summer Festivals (Economic Benefit) ................................................................................................. 22860 Film Production ..................................................................................................................................... 22860 “The Great Tapestry of Scotland” ......................................................................................................... 22861 Broadcasting ......................................................................................................................................... 22863 Film Industry (Support) ......................................................................................................................... 22864 Digital Participation (Older People) ...................................................................................................... 22865 Creative Scotland (Meetings) ............................................................................................................... 22866 Syria (Humanitarian Crisis) ................................................................................................................... 22867 INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT AND CITIES ................................................................................................ 22868 National Performance Framework ........................................................................................................ 22868 Fuel Poverty .......................................................................................................................................... 22869 Poverty .................................................................................................................................................. 22871 Rail Franchise ....................................................................................................................................... 22872 Aviation Strategy................................................................................................................................... 22873 Road Safety (A76) ................................................................................................................................ 22874 Welfare Reform (Mitigation) .................................................................................................................. 22875 CORROBORATION ...................................................................................................................................... 22876 Motion moved—[Margaret Mitchell]. Amendment moved—[Kenny MacAskill]. Amendment moved—[Elaine Murray]. Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con) .......................................................................................... 22876 The Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Kenny MacAskill) .......................................................................... 22880 Elaine Murray (Dumfriesshire) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 22883 Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 22886 John Pentland (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab) .................................................................................... 22887 Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) ........................................ 22889 Alison McInnes (North East Scotland) (LD) .......................................................................................... 22890 Roderick Campbell (North East Fife) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 22892 John Lamont (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) ................................................................... 22893 Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) ......................................................... 22895 Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab) ........................................................................................................ 22897 Graeme Pearson (South Scotland) (Lab) ............................................................................................. 22898 Kenny MacAskill ................................................................................................................................... 22900 Annabel Goldie (West Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................ 22902 CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (NAMED PERSONS) .................................................................................... 22906 Motion moved—[Liz Smith]. Amendment moved—[Aileen Campbell]. Amendment moved—[Jayne Baxter]. Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) .............................................................................................. 22906 The Minister for Children and Young People (Aileen Campbell) .......................................................... 22910 Jayne Baxter (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ......................................................................................... 22914 Stewart Maxwell (West Scotland) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 22916 Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab) ......................................................................................................... 22918 Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con) ................................................................................................................ 22919 Clare Adamson (Central Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 22921 George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) ............................................................................................................. 22922 Anne McTaggart (Glasgow) (Lab) ........................................................................................................ 22924 Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) ............................................................................................. 22925 Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 22925 Aileen Campbell.................................................................................................................................... 22927 Liz Smith ............................................................................................................................................... 22930 BUSINESS MOTIONS ................................................................................................................................... 22933 Motions moved—[Joe FitzPatrick]—and agreed to. DECISION TIME .......................................................................................................................................... 22935 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH ....................................................................................................................... 22944 Motion debated—[Jim Eadie]. Jim Eadie (Edinburgh Southern) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 22944 Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (Lab) .................................................................... 22947 Marco Biagi (Edinburgh Central) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 22949 Gavin Brown (Lothian) (Con) ................................................................................................................ 22951 Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 22952 David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) ........................................................................................................ 22954 Hanzala Malik (Glasgow) (Lab) ............................................................................................................ 22955 Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)...................................................................................................... 22956 Aileen McLeod (South Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 22958 Kezia Dugdale (Lothian) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 22960 The Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning (Michael Russell) ................................... 22962 22859 25 SEPTEMBER 2013 22860 engaging young people in particular, it will