MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT Thursday 13 December 2001 Session 1 £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 13 December 2001 Debates Col. CANCER SERVICES (WEST OF SCOTLAND) ....................................................................................................... 4777 Motion moved—[Nicola Sturgeon]. Amendment moved—[Malcolm Chisholm]. Nicola Sturgeon (Glasgow) (SNP) ............................................................................................................. 4777 The Minister for Health and Community Care (Malcolm Chisholm) .......................................................... 4781 Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ............................................................................................ 4785 Mrs Margaret Smith (Edinburgh West) (LD) .............................................................................................. 4787 Ms Sandra White (Glasgow) (SNP) ........................................................................................................... 4789 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab) .................................................................................................... 4791 John Scott (Ayr) (Con) ............................................................................................................................... 4793 Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP) ....................................................................................................... 4795 Brian Fitzpatrick (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (Lab) .................................................................................. 4797 Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 4798 Mr Duncan McNeil (Greenock and Inverclyde) (Lab) ................................................................................ 4799 Bristow Muldoon (Livingston) (Lab) ........................................................................................................... 4801 Robert Brown (Glasgow) (LD) ................................................................................................................... 4802 Ben Wallace (North-East Scotland) (Con) ................................................................................................. 4804 The Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (Mrs Mary Mulligan) ............................................. 4806 Shona Robison (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 4808 SCOTTISH PRISON SERVICE ............................................................................................................................ 4812 Motion moved—[Roseanna Cunningham]. Amendment moved—[Mr Jim Wallace]. Amendment moved—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton]. Roseanna Cunningham (Perth) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 4812 The Deputy First Minister and Minister for Justice (Mr Jim Wallace) ........................................................ 4817 Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (Lothians) (Con) ....................................................................................... 4821 Maureen Macmillan (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ................................................................................... 4824 Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP) .......................................................................................... 4826 Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con) ........................................................................................................ 4828 Karen Whitefield (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 4829 Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 4830 George Lyon (Argyll and Bute) (LD) .......................................................................................................... 4831 Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ....................................................................................... 4832 Dr Sylvia Jackson (Stirling) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 4833 Alex Neil (Central Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................................ 4834 Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD) ...................................................................................................... 4836 Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Con) ....................................................................................................................... 4837 The Deputy Minister for Justice (Dr Richard Simpson) ............................................................................. 4838 Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP) ............................................................................................ 4840 BUSINESS MOTION .......................................................................................................................................... 4844 Motion moved—[Euan Robson]—and agreed to. Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................ 4845 The Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Business (Euan Robson) ............................................................. 4845 QUESTION TIME .............................................................................................................................................. 4847 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................. 4863 POINT OF ORDER ............................................................................................................................................ 4871 SEA FISHERIES ............................................................................................................................................... 4873 Motion moved—[Ross Finnie]. Amendment moved—[Richard Lochhead]. Amendment moved—[Mr Jamie McGrigor]. The Minister for Environment and Rural Development (Ross Finnie) ....................................................... 4873 Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP) ....................................................................................... 4877 Mr Jamie McGrigor (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ................................................................................... 4880 Elaine Thomson (Aberdeen North) (Lab) .................................................................................................. 4882 Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 4884 Mr Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD) ............................................................... 4886 Rhona Brankin (Midlothian) (Lab).............................................................................................................. 4887 Alex Johnstone (North-East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................ 4888 Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP) .......................................................................................... 4890 Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD) ..................................................................................................................... 4892 Dr Winnie Ewing (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) ...................................................................................... 4893 Robin Harper (Lothians) (Green) ............................................................................................................... 4895 Iain Smith (North-East Fife) (LD) ............................................................................................................... 4897 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) .............................................................................................. 4898 Mr David Davidson (North-East Scotland) (Con) ...................................................................................... 4899 Fergus Ewing (Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber) (SNP) ..................................................................... 4901 Ross Finnie ................................................................................................................................................ 4903 POINTS OF ORDER .......................................................................................................................................... 4906 DECISION