Meeting of the Parliament Thursday 7 December 2017 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 Thursday 7 December 2017 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................................. 1 A75 and A77 ................................................................................................................................................. 1 Non-domestic Rates ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Thyroid Disorders ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Scottish-Irish Relations (Post-Brexit) ............................................................................................................ 4 Salvesen v Riddell Case ............................................................................................................................... 5 NHS Fife (Meetings) ..................................................................................................................................... 6 NHS Grampian (Funding) ............................................................................................................................. 7 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ................................................................................................................... 10 Named Person Scheme ............................................................................................................................. 10 Local Government Funding ........................................................................................................................ 13 Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre ........................................................................................................ 16 Integration Joint Boards (Major Service Changes)..................................................................................... 16 Paisley (United Kingdom City of Culture 2021 Bid) .................................................................................... 17 Waverley Line (Performance) ..................................................................................................................... 17 Rail Fares ................................................................................................................................................... 18 Brexit ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 Middle East ................................................................................................................................................. 21 Accident and Emergency Waiting Times .................................................................................................... 22 Knife Crime ................................................................................................................................................. 22 Organ Donation .......................................................................................................................................... 24 General Teaching Council for Scotland ...................................................................................................... 25 BRAIN TUMOUR AWARENESS ........................................................................................................................... 27 Motion debated—[Alexander Stewart]. Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) ...................................................................................... 27 Clare Haughey (Rutherglen) (SNP) ............................................................................................................ 29 Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 31 Colin Smyth (South Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................................... 33 Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) ......................................................................................................... 34 Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 36 Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) .................................................................................................................... 38 Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP) ............................................................................................... 39 Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) ................................................................................................ 40 The Minister for Public Health and Sport (Aileen Campbell) ...................................................................... 42 AIR QUALITY (LOW-EMISSION ZONES) .............................................................................................................. 46 Statement—[Humza Yousaf]. The Minister for Transport and the Islands (Humza Yousaf) ..................................................................... 46 SEA FISHERIES AND END-YEAR NEGOTIATIONS ................................................................................................. 58 Motion moved—[Fergus Ewing]. Amendment moved—[Peter Chapman]. Amendment moved—[Tavish Scott]. The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity (Fergus Ewing) ........................................... 58 Peter Chapman (North East Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................. 62 Tavish Scott (Shetland Islands) (LD) .......................................................................................................... 65 Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) ............................................................................................... 68 Stewart Stevenson (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) ........................................................................ 70 Liam Kerr (North East Scotland) (Con)....................................................................................................... 72 Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) ...................................................................................................... 74 Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................... 76 Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) ........................................................................................... 79 Angus MacDonald (Falkirk East) (SNP) ..................................................................................................... 81 Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 83 Ivan McKee (Glasgow Provan) (SNP) ........................................................................................................ 86 Tavish Scott ................................................................................................................................................ 88 Lewis Macdonald (North East Scotland) (Lab) ........................................................................................... 91 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 94 Fergus Ewing .............................................................................................................................................. 97 DECISION TIME .............................................................................................................................................. 101 1 7 DECEMBER 2017 2 Brexit—are robbing this Scottish Government to Scottish Parliament the tune of £500 million over the next two years? Thursday 7 December 2017 Non-domestic Rates 2. Gordon Lindhurst (Lothian) (Con): To ask [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at the Scottish Government how it ensures that the 11:40] non-domestic rates system is fair to businesses. General Question Time (S5O-01545) The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution (Derek Mackay): We are doing A75 and A77 everything within our powers to support our 1. Finlay Carson (Galloway and West businesses. This year, we have reduced the non- Dumfries) (Con): To ask the Scottish Government domestic rates poundage by 3.7 per cent and what the scope is of the recently announced report have funded the most competitive package of on developing the A75 and A77. (S5O-01544) rates relief available anywhere in the United Kingdom, worth around £660 million, including the The Minister for Transport and the Islands small business bonus scheme, which will lift (Humza Yousaf): The south-west Scotland 100,000 properties out of rates altogether. transport study will consider the rationale for improvements to road, rail, public transport and We have also gone beyond the recent Barclay active travel on the key strategic corridors, review recommendations, with new measures to including