I welcome the cabinet secretary’s amendment and the much-needed detail that it provides. Her amendment and the motion mention the A77 and the A75—two roads in the south-west of Scotland that need major investment. Mr Carson has highlighted well the number of lives lost and families affected. The A77 connects Scotland’s central belt to Ireland via the port of Cairnryan and is economically vital to Scotland.

I want to highlight the good work that is under way by Transport Scotland on the Crocketford and Springholm bypass design development, which, when complete, will mean that every settlement along almost 100 miles of the A75 will have been bypassed. The A77 Maybole bypass was completed three years ago and has been improving travel since it opened. Investment has been made of more than £100 million on improvements along the two roads since the SNP came to power, along with more than £300 million on maintenance, but that is still not enough.

I will not take an intervention. I usually do, but I have only four minutes—apologies.

Like everyone in Dumfries and Galloway, I want to see more investment, and the quicker the better. It does not help that successive UK Governments have squeezed and squeezed Scotland’s capital spending budget in the name of the economic disaster that is austerity. We need continued investment in transport in the south-west, as the cabinet secretary rightly noted in her amendment. I welcome the cabinet secretary’s work with the south-west Scotland transport alliance and the A77 action group.

I welcome the cabinet secretary’s amendment highlighting the need for improvements to rest stops for freight drivers, which Sue Webber’s motion also mentions. I want to focus the remainder of my time on rest stops. I recently met the Road Haulage Association. One of the main items that came out of our discussions was the need for better facilities for HGV drivers. HGV drivers are the hidden heroes and heroines of our economy, which we saw especially during the Covid lockdown. The entire logistics system that keeps almost everything in our society supplied and stocked can only function with them working safely and efficiently, so the working conditions that they operate under are hugely important.

Unfortunately, the level of provision that is currently in place on our trunk roads does not match that level of importance. None of us would accept being told that there were no toilets in the building where we work, yet, while Scotland lags behind with the rest areas that are provided, that is, in essence, what many HGV drivers are being told. The second strategic transport projects review specifically noted that investing in lorry parks and rest facilities for drivers would

“significantly improve working conditions for Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) drivers”,

and that

“Improvements to facilities would, therefore, also help support the Scottish economy and its growth”

by supporting and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of key supply chains.

Motorways have service stations that operate privately but are regulated and controlled by Government and that provide a basic level of facilities for all drivers, free of charge. However, trunk roads have no such regulation and no such facilities, except where private operators have set them up of their own volition. I wrote to Transport Scotland asking whether there were plans for some provision of rest facilities along the A75, either as part of the Crocketford and Springholm project or somewhere else on the route. I was disappointed to hear recently that the answer to whether it would pursue that at this time was no. I ask the cabinet secretary to perhaps nudge her officials in Transport Scotland into thinking again and to look to Europe and at some of the incredible facilities that it has for its road hauliers.

Today is 10 December, which is human rights day, commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations in 1948. I would like us to support our HGV drivers and their human right to dignity. They need facilities in which to take a break, have a shower and use the loo. The men and women who keep our shops, hospitals, supermarkets, chemists, factories, farms and everything else stocked 365 days a year deserve nothing less.

Does the bill provide enough clarity on who can perform the procedures that are listed in schedule 1, which includes things such as threading, microablation and injectable Botox, for example? Is there enough clarity around who can perform the procedures that are listed there?

Laura Boyce mentioned IT systems. I am a former NHS Dumfries and Galloway nurse. When there was an adverse incident, we entered it in Datix, which has been replaced by InPhase. Would there need to be some kind of tracking mechanism for reports of issues where somebody’s safety has been compromised?

What about a knowledge of prescribing and its role in providing safe and effective delivery? Hyaluronic acid is considered to be a medical device. It is not even considered to be a medication in the same way as Botox is a medication. In addition, there is a move to reclassify it from being a medical device. Do we need to think about what are medications versus what are considered to be devices, such as dermal fillers?

Okay—thanks.

Good morning. Before I ask my substantive questions, I want to follow up on the point about dermal fillers not needing a prescription. Is that because—I raised this with the previous panel—hyaluronic acid is a medical device, rather than a medication? Does that need to change?

Does the financial memorandum accurately reflect what you think might be required in terms of investment, including for the delivery of the transition?

Given the public advice that has been issued about the proposed new process for the regulation of non-surgical procedures, does the financial memorandum cover what might be required in providing wider information to the public about what is coming down the line?

To follow up on Brian Whittle’s question, there are a lot of businesses out there that you know are providing treatments for people. As Brett Collins said, they are the low-hanging fruit—the businesses that are easy to detect or find. However, it seems that the number of unregulated businesses that offer non-surgical procedures is greater than the number of regulated businesses that offer such procedures. Paragraph 14 of the financial memorandum provides some numbers. It refers to the fact that not all hair salons will do Botox treatments, for example, but even if only 20 per cent provide such treatments, about 5,000 new businesses will need to be regulated—and those businesses might come forward and apply or they might need to be found.

How much time do you think will be needed to enable a transition? More people will need to look into this area, and people who want to apply will need to have the time to transition, which will involve them turning their place of practice into an HIS clinic area. What are your thoughts on timelines?