In November 2021, I raised the desecration of war memorials in a Portfolio Question to the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Angus 16 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/vandals-smear-scum-earth-over-16506487 17 https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3880461/boer-war-glasgow-kelvingrove-park-hammer- destroyed/ 18 https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/7313416/motherwell-memorial-fascist-graffiti- vandals/ 19 https://www.meghangallacher.uk/consultation 20 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/widespread-condemnation-after-memorial-towns- 16512597 21 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-63624149 22 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/outrage-glasgow-war-memorial-torched-13169502 23 https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18797568.friends-dennistoun-war-memorial-bid-make- desecration-memorials-specific-crime/ 24 PE1893 Introduce legislation to protect Scotland’s war memorials, https://www.parliament.scot/get- involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe1893-introduce-legislation-to-protect-scotlands-war- memorials?