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Before I ask my next question, I declare an interest in terms of my former employment and as a Lothian MSP, on account of the lack of affordable social housing in Edinburgh, which is already a huge issue.
I was aware from my early engagement with stakeholders and various party spokespersons and MSPs that there was concern about how the Government was performing in relation to tackling drug deaths and that there were concerns in and around the task force.
I was aware from my early engagement with stakeholders and various party spokespersons and MSPs that there was concern about how the Government was performing in relation to tackling drug deaths and that there were concerns in and around the task force.
I was aware from my early engagement with stakeholders and various party spokespersons and MSPs that there was concern about how the Government was performing in relation to tackling drug deaths and that there were concerns in and around the task force.
We have received apologies from Jim Fairlie MSP, who is unwell. Agenda item 1 is to decide whether to take item 5, which is consideration of evidence that we have heard, in private.
However, she maintained the view that it was “unlikely that a case of war memorial desecration would attract these more significant penalties under existing offences” and “existing offences are inadequate to proportionately address the level of distress caused by desecration”.6Meghan Gallacher MSP. (2025). Correspondence, 3 November 2025.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2025
It would amend section 82 of the Scotland Act 1998 by inserting a new subsection (2A), which is intended to prevent an MSP who is also an MP from receiving an MSP salary.