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Official Report
Meeting date:
4 March 2026
Criminal Justice Committee 04 March 2026
That will enable the expansion of alternatives to custody, including diversion, alternatives to remand, and community sentences, which we know are more effective at reducing reoffending than short custodial sentences.Despite our best efforts, the prison population remains stubbornly high, which poses significant risks to those who are living and working in ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 February 2026
Meeting of the Parliament 19 February 2026
Scotland has consistently had the best-performing foreign direct investment for 10 years, and we are doing better than anywhere else in the UK, outside London, on that.As the cabinet secretary mentioned, we watch the impact of those changes closely, which answers Willie Rennie’s question.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 February 2026
Meeting of the Parliament 10 February 2026
That transformation is bringing quality, skilled jobs and employment to the south, which is only one example of how the just transition delivers real economic benefits across our country.However, the benefits cannot come at the expense of local communities and their right to be heard when decisions are made about where that investment goes and what it delivers. I want to see international best practice, which means not only consulting communities but involving them in the planning process from the very beginning.As I said earlier, Mr Carson mentioned many groups and people who have contacted me, and it is something that we really— Will the member take an intervention?
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 January 2026
Meeting of the Parliament 21 January 2026
They are on councils’ amber and red lists of concern, yet the works are required to restore them are often not being done at the pace or scale that is needed. Councils are doing their best with constrained budgets, but local government funding simply does not stretch to cover the scale of maintenance and renewal that is needed for that critical infrastructu...
Official Report
Meeting date:
16 December 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 16 December 2025
Cats were most obviously mentioned, although, given the freedom to wander, for practical purposes, they are quite different from dogs. Christine Grahame put it best when she said: “Dogs have owners.
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 October 2025
Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee 30 October 2025
I hope that you get the feeling that our committee—I do not think that I am speaking out of turn to say this—wishes you all the best in solving this issue. However, I do not think that we can overstate the seriousness of the situation at Historic Environment Scotland.
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 May 2025
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 27 May 2025
I am not the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and I am not best placed to speak on clause 42, so I welcome the presence of officials from Transport Scotland who will be able to reply if you require further information on that front.
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 June 2024
Finance and Public Administration Committee 11 June 2024
Amendment 34, also in my name, gets a little complex. I am not a lawyer but will do my best. The aim of amendment 34 is to make clear that LBTT group relief is available on the transfer of a property to a company as part of a non-partition demerger—I had to look that up—where stamp duty relief under section 75 of the Finance Act 1986 is available on the sub...
Official Report
Meeting date:
24 October 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 24 October 2023
We must move through this difficult and tragic period to see some positive movement and real progress towards a two-state solution and the Palestinian nationhood that has been denied for so many decades. I add my best wishes to the First Minister at this incredibly difficult time for him and to anyone caught up in this conflict.
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 September 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 27 September 2023
That is why we have engaged with a wide range of local, regional and national stakeholders to ensure that the final plan is place based and will best support communities to thrive. Over the summer, I heard from people in the Western Isles about Syrian refugees learning Gaelic.
