DRAFT Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) Thursday 2 September 2021 Session 6 © 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 2 September 2021 CONTENTS Col. GENERAL QUESTION TIME .................................................................................................................................. 1 Child Poverty (Impact of Parental Smoking) ................................................................................................ 1 Drowning Prevention Strategy ...................................................................................................................... 2 Antisocial Behaviour (Off-road Vehicles) ...................................................................................................... 4 Football (Link Between Heading and Dementia) .......................................................................................... 5 Arts Funding (National Planning Framework 4) ........................................................................................... 6 National Health Service Recovery Plan (Mental Health Programme) .......................................................... 7 FIRST MINISTER’S QUESTION TIME ..................................................................................................................... 9 Vaccine Certification ..................................................................................................................................... 9 National Health Service Waiting Lists......................................................................................................... 12 Covid Vaccine Trials (Proof of Vaccination QR Codes) ............................................................................. 15 Covid-19 (Schools) ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Inverclyde Royal Hospital ........................................................................................................................... 16 Cabinet (Meetings) ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Free Prescriptions....................................................................................................................................... 18 Long Covid .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Exam System .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Retail Stock and Staff (Shortages) ............................................................................................................. 19 Ambulances (Increase in Waiting Times) ................................................................................................... 21 Universal Credit (Reduction) ...................................................................................................................... 22 Anti-Irish Racism and Anti-Catholic Prejudice (Public Displays) ................................................................ 24 MCVITIE’S FACTORY GLASGOW (PROPOSED CLOSURE) .................................................................................... 27 Motion debated—[Paul Sweeney]. Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab) .................................................................................................................. 27 John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (SNP) ................................................................................................. 29 Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con) ..................................................................................................................... 31 Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab) ................................................................................................. 33 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 34 Pam Duncan-Glancy (Glasgow) (Lab)........................................................................................................ 36 The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy (Kate Forbes) ........................................................ 38 POINT OF ORDER ............................................................................................................................................. 42 PORTFOLIO QUESTION TIME ............................................................................................................................. 43 Covid-19 Restrictions (Monitoring Island Economies)................................................................................ 43 Sustainable Farming ................................................................................................................................... 44 Mobile Abattoirs .......................................................................................................................................... 46 Farm Support Payments ............................................................................................................................. 47 Agriculture (New Entrants) ......................................................................................................................... 49 United Kingdom Seasonal Workers Scheme ............................................................................................. 50 Seafood (Brexit Export Challenges) ........................................................................................................... 51 Draft Co-operation Agreement (Protection for Farmers) .......................................................................................................................... 53 SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN .................................................................................................... 54 Motion moved—[Angus Robertson]. Amendment moved—[Donald Cameron]. Amendment moved—[Sarah Boyack]. Amendment moved—[Alex Cole—Hamilton]. The Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (Angus Robertson) .................. 54 Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 59 Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab) ..................................................................................................................... 63 Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) .......................................................................................... 65 Kaukab Stewart (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP) ................................................................................................... 68 Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con) ............................................................................................................. 71 Bob Doris (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP) ................................................................................ 73 Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) ................................................................................................................ 75 Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) ........................................................................................... 78 Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green) ...................................................................................... 80 Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) ....................................................................................... 83 Dr Alasdair Allan (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) ......................................................................................... 85 Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab) ............................................................................................................... 86 Alex Cole-Hamilton ..................................................................................................................................... 88 Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Lab) .............................................................................................................. 91 Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con) ............................................................................................................. 92 The Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development (Jenny Gilruth) ..................................... 95 DECISION TIME .............................................................................................................................................. 100 1 2 SEPTEMBER 2021 2 smoking, enabling them to improve their health Scottish Parliament and financial circumstances? Thursday 2 September 2021 Maree Todd: Mr Gibson makes a good point. Reducing health inequalities and increasing healthy life expectancy are priorities for the [The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at Scottish Government, and smoking has been the 11:40] primary preventable cause of ill health and premature death for many years. In June 2018, General Question Time the Scottish Government published its five-year strategy “Raising Scotland’s Tobacco-free The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone): Generation: our tobacco control action plan 2018”. Good