MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 8 March 2001 Volume 11 No 4 £5.00 Parliamentary copyright. Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 2001. Applications for reproduction should be made in writing to the Copyright Unit, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ Fax 01603 723000, which is administering the copyright on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Produced and published in Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body by The Stationery Office Ltd. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office is independent of and separate from the company now trading as The Stationery Office Ltd, which is responsible for printing and publishing Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body publications. CONTENTS Thursday 8 March 2001 Debates Col. FISHING INDUSTRY ............................................................................................................................................ 301 Motion moved—[Mr Jamie McGrigor]. Amendment moved—[Rhona Brankin]. Amendment moved—[Richard Lochhead]. Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ..................................................................................... 301 The Deputy Minister for Rural Development (Rhona Brankin) .................................................................... 304 Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 309 Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD) ................................................................. 312 Mr David Davidson (North-East Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................ 314 Lewis Macdonald (Aberdeen Central) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 315 Dr Winnie Ewing (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) ........................................................................................ 317 Iain Smith (North-East Fife) (LD) ................................................................................................................. 318 Mr Murray Tosh (South of Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................. 320 Elaine Thomson (Aberdeen North) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 322 Tricia Marwick (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 324 Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ..................................................................................... 325 Brian Adam (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................... 327 Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD) ....................................................................................... 327 Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan) (SNP) .............................................................................................. 329 Rhona Brankin ............................................................................................................................................. 331 Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con) .............................................................................................. 334 CRISIS IN RURAL SCOTLAND ............................................................................................................................. 337 Motion moved—[Alex Johnstone]. Amendment moved—[Ross Finnie]. Amendment moved—[Fergus Ewing]. Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con) .............................................................................................. 337 The Minister for Rural Development (Ross Finnie) ..................................................................................... 340 Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP) ....................................................................... 344 Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 346 John Scott (Ayr) (Con) ................................................................................................................................. 349 Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) .................................................................................. 351 Mr John Home Robertson (East Lothian) (Lab) .......................................................................................... 352 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Lothians) (Con) ......................................................................................... 354 Mr Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD) ................................................................... 355 Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 356 George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD) ............................................................................................................ 358 Ben Wallace (North-East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................... 359 Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale) (SNP) ........................................................................... 360 Cathy Jamieson (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab) ...................................................................... 361 Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP) ............................................................................................................ 362 Ross Finnie .................................................................................................................................................. 364 David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con) .................................................................................................... 366 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTIONS .................................................................................................................. 370 Motions moved—[Tavish Scott]—and agreed to. BUSINESS MOTION ............................................................................................................................................ 371 Motion moved—[Tavish Scott]—and agreed to. QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................................................ 373 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................... 390 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BILL ................................................................................................................. 398 Motion moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]. The Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (Malcolm Chisholm) ............................................... 398 Mr George Reid (Mid Scotland and Fife) (SNP) .......................................................................................... 399 Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con) ......................................................................................................................... 401 George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD) ............................................................................................................ 402 Des McNulty (Clydebank and Milngavie) (Lab) ........................................................................................... 402 Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD) ........................................................................................................ 403 Mike Watson (Glasgow Cathcart) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 404 Malcolm Chisholm ....................................................................................................................................... 405 LEASEHOLD CASUALTIES (SCOTLAND) BILL: STAGE 3 ....................................................................................... 407 Motion moved—[Mr Adam Ingram]. Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 407 The Deputy Minister for Justice (Iain Gray) ................................................................................................. 409 Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con) .......................................................................................................... 409 Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD) ....................................................................................... 410 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab) ...................................................................................................... 410 Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 411 Karen Gillon (Clydesdale) (Lab) .................................................................................................................. 412 Mr Ingram .................................................................................................................................................... 413 PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU MOTION ...................................................................................................................