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The second question is, that amendment S4M-08714.4, in the name of Gavin Brown, which seeks to amend motion S4M-08714, in the name of John Swinney, on Scotland’s economy, be agreed to.
Amendment S4M-03397.2, in the name of Sarah Boyack, therefore falls.The next question is, that motion S4M-03397, in the name of Gavin Brown, on local government, as amended, be agreed to.
Given that the assaults on police officers that Keith Brown rightly brought up earlier have risen from 898 in 2015-16 to more than 2,000 in 2019-20, does the cabinet secretary accept that that rise in the number of assaults and the cuts to front-line numbers could have contributed to mental ill-health absences?
I will end by quoting a politician: the former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, who wrote favourably about citizens assemblies in The Guardian earlier this year.
I am sure that James Kelly will have heard Keith Brown’s remarks. James Kelly is aware—as all members are—that, if any member believes that a statement is inaccurate, a mechanism exists to correct the record.Decision Time Decision Time There are five questions to be put as a result of today’s business.
The reason for that is that, every year when it comes to the budget, MSPs such as Fulton MacGregor and Keith Brown press their buttons for a budget settlement that penalises local government and introduces cuts.