Meeting of the Parliament Wednesday 29 May 2019 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 Wednesday 29 May 2019 CONTENTS Col. NEXT STEPS IN SCOTLAND’S FUTURE ................................................................................................................. 1 Statement—[Michael Russell]. The Cabinet Secretary for Government Business and Constitutional Relations (Michael Russell) ............. 1 PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................. 14 HEALTH AND SPORT ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Passive Smoking ........................................................................................................................................ 14 Health Services (Impact of Brexit) .............................................................................................................. 15 General Practitioner Recruitment (Rural Communities) ............................................................................. 16 Long-term Conditions (Art Therapy) ........................................................................................................... 17 NHS Grampian (Referral to Treatment Target) .......................................................................................... 18 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (Staff Car Parking) ....................................................................................... 19 Out-of-hours Urgent Care (Fife) ................................................................................................................. 20 Hospital Meals (Nitrites) ............................................................................................................................. 22 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ......................................................................................................... 22 Child Poverty .............................................................................................................................................. 22 New-build Social Housing (Dumfries and Galloway) .................................................................................. 23 Scottish Land Commission (Land Development) ....................................................................................... 25 Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Meetings) .................................................................................. 25 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (Visit to the United Kingdom) ................................................................................................................... 26 Glasgow City Council (Meetings) ............................................................................................................... 27 Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Local Government Finances) ................................................... 28 WIND TURBINE CONSTRUCTION (FIFE) .............................................................................................................. 29 Motion moved—[Richard Leonard]. Amendment moved—[Derek Mackay]. Amendment moved—[Dean Lockhart]. Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 29 The Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work (Derek Mackay) ......................................... 33 Dean Lockhart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ............................................................................................ 36 Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) ........................................................................................... 39 Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) ........................................................................................................... 42 Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 44 Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) .................................................................................................... 47 Alexander Burnett (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) ......................................................................................... 49 Alex Neil (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)........................................................................................................... 51 Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 53 David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) .............................................................................................................. 55 Bill Bowman (North East Scotland) (Con) .................................................................................................. 57 Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) .................................................................................... 59 Lewis Macdonald (North East Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................... 61 Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 64 Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 66 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 68 Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con) .............................................................................. 70 The Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands (Paul Wheelhouse) ............................................... 74 Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 77 BUSINESS MOTION ........................................................................................................................................... 81 Motion moved—[Graeme Dey]—and agreed to. DECISION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 84 EXPANDING SCOTLAND’S RAILWAYS ................................................................................................................ 85 Motion debated—[Mark Ruskell]. Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) ........................................................................................... 85 David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) .............................................................................................................. 88 Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................................ 90 Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 91 Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................... 92 Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green) ......................................................................................................... 94 Mark McDonald (Aberdeen Donside) (Ind) ................................................................................................. 97 Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 98 Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) ............................................................... 100 Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 102 Jenny Gilruth (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP) ........................................................................................ 104 The Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands (Paul Wheelhouse) ............................................. 105 1 29 MAY 2019 2 in this chamber. The Scottish National Party Scottish Parliament manifesto on which we won the Holyrood election in 2016, and on which this Government is Wednesday 29 May 2019 founded, said that the Scottish Parliament should have the right to hold another referendum [The Deputy Presiding Officer opened the “if there is a significant and material change in the meeting at 13:30] circumstances that prevailed in 2014, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against our will.” Next Steps in Scotland’s Future Any deal that takes Scotland out of the EU against the wishes of the majority of people in Scotland The Deputy Presiding Officer (Linda has that effect. That is what people voted for when Fabiani): The first item of business is a statement they voted the SNP into Government. by Michael Russell, on the next steps in Scotland’s future. The cabinet secretary will take questions at If a new Tory prime minister attempts a no-deal the end of his statement, so there should be no Brexit, although we will do everything possible to interventions or interruptions.