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B
Thank
You
presiding
officer:
this
is
the
first
time
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge
that
the
Scottish
Parliament
has
had
the
opportunity
to
focus
on
the
future
of
Scotland's
environment
and
economy
in
one
giant
debate.
It's
an
innovation
I
welcome
because,
of
course,
our
environment
and
economy
are
intrinsically
linked,
they're,
often
seen
as
competing
priorities
for
any
government,
but
the
level
of
ambition
set
out
by
the
First
Minister
in
her
programme
for
government
requires
fresh
thinking
and
bold
ideas.
Scotland's
transition
to
a
more
prosperous
low-carbon
economy
is
already
well
underway.
B
We've
created
jobs
and
backed
innovative
new
industries,
while
winning
international
respect
for
our
ambition
and
leadership
on
climate
change,
the
defining
environmental
issue
of
our
age,
the
First
Minister
has
made
clear.
We
have
an
overriding
moral
duty
to
fight
climate
change.
No
one
sitting
in
the
public
gallery
following
this
debate
at
home
in
Scotland
or
listening
from
afar,
should
be
in
any
doubt
about
the
commitment
of
this
government
or
to
the
credit
of
MSPs
of
all
parties.
The
commitment
of
this
Parliament
so
a
moral
duty.
B
Yes,
not
least
when
we
consider
the
threat
facing
the
world's
poorest
people.
Those
who
did
the
least
to
cause
climate
change
in
the
first
place,
we
must
also
protect
ourselves
our
families,
homes
and
communities
from
the
threat
of
more
extreme
weather
occurring.
More
often,
we
also
have
to
protect
our
natural
environment
not
only
for
its
inherent
value,
but
also
because
our
natural
capital
underpins
our
national
prosperity.
B
Our
farmers
need
healthy
soils,
our
fisherman
need
healthy
seas,
but
it's
true
too,
that
cities
offering
a
high
quality
of
life
through
the
provision
of
green
space
and
active
travel
networks
are
also
the
most
competitive
in
attracting
the
brightest
and
the
best
scientists,
innovators
and
researchers.
So
ambition
and
innovation
lie
at
the
very
heart
of
our
programme
for
government.
The
low-carbon
economy
is
already
worth
more
than
ten
billion
pounds
to
Scotland's
economy
and
supports
nearly
60,000
jobs,
but
it
is
time
to
go
further
and
faster.
B
There
are
huge
opportunities
in
the
low-carbon
sector,
especially
in
terms
of
the
technological
and
business
innovation
that
will
be
needed
to
support
our
climate
change
ambitions.
I
proposed
new
climate
change
bill
will
increase
our
long
term
targets
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
at
least
90
percent
by
2050.
This
is
a
tough
target.
Indeed,
the
Committee
on
climate
change
advised
that
a
90
percent
reduction
is
and
I
quote
currently
at
the
very
limit
of
feasibility
unquote,
but
these
are
challenging
times
and
we
will
work
with
Scottish
businesses
to
ensure
they
are
best
placed
to
respond.
B
Independent
research
published
by
Ernst,
&
Young,
shows
the
challenges
we
must
confront
also
have
the
potential
to
bring
significant
benefits
to
the
Scottish
economy.
Indeed,
analysis
by
the
International
Finance
Corporation
indicates
that
the
Paris
agreement
will
help
open
up
23
trillion
dollars
worth
of
global
opportunities
for
climate.
Smart
investments
in
emerging
markets
between
2016
and
2030
and
Scotland
must
be
in
a
position
to
benefit
from
these
opportunities
I
mentioned
earlier.
The
time
has
come
to
go
further
faster.
In
short,
we
must
accelerate
our
transition
to
a
low-carbon
economy.
B
The
circular
economy
agenda
is
one
that
is
increasingly
understood
and
embedded
in
Scotland.
It
has
been
recognised
internationally.
It
is
an
approach
where
Scotland
is
being
and
seen
to
be
creative,
pushing
against
historic
approaches
with
innovative
and
creative
solutions,
and
this
government's
ambitions
for
the
introduction
of
electric
vehicles
demonstrate
our
ambition
and
intent
with
our
commitment
in
the
pfg
to
phase
out
the
need
for
petrol
and
diesel
cars
and
vans
by
2030
too
far
ahead
of
the
UK
government's
recent
2040
commitment,
we
have
risen
to
the
challenge.
B
This
commitment
reflects
our
ambition
to
reduce
carbon
emissions,
improve
air
quality
and
generate
valuable
economic
opportunities.
This
morning,
I
joined
the
first
minister
at
the
iconic
Riverside
Museum
building
in
Glasgow
to
view
the
latest
electric
and
loi
mission
vehicles
and
talk
about
the
rollout
of
our
ambitious
new
plans
for
a
network
of
low
emission
zones.
As
the
first
minister
said,
electric
vehicles
are
the
technology
of
today
as
well
as
tomorrow,
but
there
are
challenges
as
well
as
opportunities,
for
example.
How
best
should
we
provide
on
street
charging
facilities
in
Scotland's
densely
populated
cities?
B
How
best
do
we
ensure
rural
motorists
who
face
the
highest
petrol
and
diesel
costs
quickly
benefit
from
the
lower
running
costs
electric
vehicles
offer?
How
do
we
ensure
electric
vehicles
help
balance
demand
with
supply
from
renewable
sources
of
generations
sources
of
generation?
So
these
are
big
questions,
yes,
but
the
issues
represent
valuable
opportunities
to
our
own
power.
B
Companies
and
universities
are
already
working
on
solutions,
and
today
we've
invited
the
brightest
and
the
best
from
across
Europe
and
around
the
world
to
come
to
Scotland
to
work
with
businesses
and
researchers
safe
in
the
knowledge
that
this
government
and
its
agencies
will
support
them
on
the
journey
to
a
low-carbon
future.
The
pfg
shows
that
going
green
doesn't
put
us
in
the
red.
Harnessing
our
natural
and
human
capital
not
only
adds
to
our
well-being
but
is
integral
to
our
nation's
future
economic
success.
C
You
presiding
officer,
it's
a
privilege
to
take
part
in
today's
debate.
My
remarks
will
be
focused
on
the
economic
aspect
of
the
programme
for
government.
The
programme,
quite
rightly
recognized,
is
that
Scotland's
economy
has
immense
potential
that
we
should
all
be
ambitious
for
Scotland
and
work
towards
the
objectives
of
building
a
modern,
dynamic,
open
economy,
an
economy
that
benefits
everyone.
We
share
these
objectives
and
where
there
is
common
ground
on
the
economy,
we
will
work
constructively
with
the
government
towards
these
objectives.
C
However,
in
looking
at
the
substance
of
the
programme,
we
must
remember
this
is
a
government
that
has
over-promised
and
under-delivered
in
every
it's
been
in
power,
a
government
that
has
shown
itself
to
be
incapable
of
realizing
Scotland's
economic
potential
presiding
over
average
growth
of
less
than
1%
each
year,
on
average
of
the
10
years,
you've
been
in
power
and
a
government
that
has
failed
to
deliver
on
a
number
of
its
own
key
policy
commitments.
Take,
for
example,
the
Scottish
growth
scheme
announced
in
the
programme
for
government
last
year.
C
The
first
minister
described
it
as
a
half
billion
pound
of
confidence
in
Scottish
business
and
promised
500
million
of
government
guarantees
and
loans
to
help
business.
One
year
later,
not
a
single
business
has
received
a
single
penny.
More
importantly,
the
type
of
financial
assistance
available
has
changed
fundamentally
in
place
of
government
bite
loans.
C
It
was
announced
in
June
that
the
scheme
will
now
take
the
form
of
equity
investments
to
be
made
by
private
equity
funds,
so
instead
of
business
receiving
government
loans
and
guarantees,
as
promised
by
the
First
Minister,
they
will
now
have
to
sell
part
of
their
business
to
private
equity
funds
if
they
want
any
financing
under
this
scheme,
even
by
S&P
standards.
This
is
a
shameful
sellout
of
Scottish
business
know
with
policy
like
this.
C
E
Look
at
first
of
all
for
taking
intervention
and
can
I
assume
from
the
remarks
we
just
made.
First
of
all,
he's
got
nothing
to
say
to
the
UK
government
achieving
the
potential
of
the
UK
economy,
since
you've
only
got
a
quarter
of
the
growth
that
we
have,
or
does
he
still
believe,
and
it's
all
on
the
head
and
shoulders,
as
he
said
in
our
local
newspaper,
they're
selling
them
so
ever
on
the
SNP
government
or
like
the
scotland
office.
Does
he
think
that
the
UK
government,
as
a
role
in
the
Scottish
economy
as
well
mr.
C
Thank
you
very
much.
We
welcome
the
fight
that
Scotland
avoided
a
recession
in
the
first
quarter
of
the
year.
However,
I
would
ask
the
cabinet
secretary.
Is
he
pleased
that
growth
in
Scotland
over
the
last
two
years
is
point
five
percent
over
the
last
two
years,
and
the
growth
under
your
government
in
the
last
decade
has
averaged
less
than
one
percent?
That's
not
a
strike
record
that
you
should
be
proud
for
it.
C
That
is
not
being
stronger
for
Scotland,
presiding
officer
for
Scotland
to
realize
its
full
potential
to
become
a
high
wage,
high
growth,
innovative
and
enterprising
economy.
We
need
a
new
direction
in
policy,
and
this
program
for
government
is
not
the
answer.
Instead,
we
need
to
create
the
right
environment
for
the
creation
of
high-wage,
high-skilled
jobs.
To
do
this,
the
SNP
must
reverse
this
policy
of
making
Scotland
the
highest
Heights
part
of
the
UK
for
those
high-skilled
jobs.
Any
suggestion
I
need
to
make
a
bit
of
progress.
Thank
you
any
suggestion.
Yesterday.
C
C
Suggestion
yesterday
by
the
first
minister
to
further
increase
the
tax
burden
in
Scotland
for
highly-skilled
workers
would
be
the
wrong
policy
response.
Concerns
have
already
been
expressed
by
leading
organisations
that
further
S&P
tax
increases
with
further
damage,
this
Kotla
Scotland's
economy
on
enterprise
development.
We
welcome
the
government
following
our
lead
in
establishing
the
south
of
Scotland
agency
and
retaining
separate
boards
for
hi
and
the
other
agencies
and
in
appointing
a
business
leader,
not
a
minister
to
chair
the
new
strategic
board,
but
much
more
needs
to
be
done.
C
So
we
need
to
see
a
higher
return
on
this
2
billion
pounds
investment
and
we
look
forward
to
debating
the
policy
options
once
the
strategic
board
is
operational,
but
one
step
this
government
can
take
immediately
to
encourage
the
expansion.
Expansion
of
business
is
to
follow
the
Barclays
recommendation
to
reduce
the
large
business
supplement
and
bring
it
into
line
with
the
rest
of
the
UK,
and
we
encourage
the
government
to
do
so
immediately.
F
C
Cabinet
sector
we've
had
this
discussion
before
that
you've
had
ten
years
to
grow
the
economy
and
boost
tax
revenues.
That's
the
real
way
that
you
can
boost.
Tax
revenues
grow
the
economy,
presiding
officer
in
the
area
of
trades
and
exports.
The
programme
for
government
lacks
detail
on
how
we
can
expand
our
export
base
an
urgent
priority,
given
that
less
than
70
businesses
represent
50
percent
of
our
exports.
It
also
lacks
ideas
on
how
we
can
expand
trade
with
our
single
largest
market.
C
The
rest
of
the
UK,
the
depreciation
of
sterling,
gives
rise
to
a
number
of
economic
opportunities,
including
import
substitution.
Something
highlighted
actually
in
this
debate
last
year
by
Alex
Neil.
But
again
this
is
yet
another
opportunity
missed
by
this
government,
and
we
see
no
policy
initiative
on
that
front.
Presiding
officer.
Ten
years
is
more
than
enough
time
for
any
government
to
prove
whether
or
not
it
can
deliver
meaningful
change.
C
G
Thank
You,
the
Parliament,
will
no
doubt
be
aware.
Boehner
of
my
rule,
as
parliamentary
lays
an
offset
to
the
cabinet's
actually
for
the
economy,
presiding
officer.
Today's
debate
on
the
Scottish
Government's
programme
for
government
is
focused
on
the
economy
and
it's
focused
on
the
environment,
and
this
linkage
is
not
an
accident,
because
the
long-term
future
of
Scotland's
economy
will
be
built
on
sectors
sent
off
to
the
protection
of
our
environment,
not
just
through
exploiting
innovations
in
the
renewable
energy
sector,
but
through
the
use
of
Scotland.
G
G
The
technological
challenges
of
this
technology
shaft
through
the
establishment
of
an
Innovation
Fund,
invest
in
a
father.
60
million
pounds
to
deliver
low-carbon
energy
infrastructure
solutions,
including
battery
storage
and
electric
vehicle
charging,
North
totally
providing
the
infrastructure
that
Scotland
needs
for
law
machine
vehicles,
but
supporting
the
innovative
businesses
that
can
develop
and
export
that
technology
and
well
Brexton
me
Harvick's
Electric
Avenue.
G
The
establishment
of
fen
take
Scotland
to
accelerate
the
development
of
the
financial
services,
technology
ecosystem
and
Scotland
access
the
capital
for
growing
businesses
to
the
establishment
of
a
Scottish
national
investment
bank,
increase
commitment
to
government
support
for
business,
research
and
development
and
the
role
of
super
price
broadband
to
100%
of
Scotland's
homes
and
businesses.
Like
all
good
business
and
innovation
initiatives.
Value
for
money
is
key.
Hence
the
creation
of
the
strategic
enterprise
and
skills
board
to
oversee
the
two
billion
pounds
that
are
spent
annually.
G
On
economic,
the
Skills,
Development
and
Scotland,
and
she
didn't
focus
on
outcomes
and
support
for
key
target
sectors.
The
role
of
the
interpreter
is
key
to
building
the
high-tech
green
economy
of
the
future
in
Scotland
people
who
can
build
businesses
and
take
risks
and
the
role
of
government
has
to
nourish
and
support
that
ecosystem.
G
Those
who
want
to
try
and
fail
and
try
again
the
true
definition
of
an
entrepreneur,
those
who
want
to
focus
on
building
our
life
and
our
business
rather
than
as
ridiculous
dance
with
a
benefit
system
that
punishes
those
trying
to
get
back
into
work
with
effective
marginal
tax
rates
that
would
make
additional
tip
right
rate,
taxpayers,
eyes.
Water
I
now
welcome
the
focus
on
resolving
once
and
for
all
the
problem
of
ruff-ruff
sleeping
on
our
streets,
because
the
reality
is
that
we
cannot
seriously
considered
ourselves
to
be
dynamic,
successful
society
well,
that
problem
remains
unresolved.
G
I
am
working
to
find
common
ground
in
my
city
with
the
business
community
and
thought
sector
and
local
government
how
best
effects
this
problem
and
I
welcome
their
emphasis.
The
programme
for
government
places
or
in
their
session
the
program
for
government
and
its
focus
on
innovation
through
the
green
economy
has
been
widely
praised
by
amongst
our
last
friends
of
the
earth.
Wwf
assignment
community
and
Greenpeace
Scotland
has
no
shortage
of
opportunity.
We
are
blessed
with
natural
and
human
resources
that
are
the
envy
of
the
world
and
with
an
industrial
heritage
to
be
proud
of.
G
Where
Scotland's
future,
the
economic
success
will
be
built
on
the
technologies
and
entrepreneurs
of
the
future
and
the
place
of
the
environment,
and
that
future
economy
cannot
be
overstated.
This
government
recognizes
that
and
is
determined
to
provide
the
strategy
frame,
but
in
support
to
make
it
happen,
to
send
a
clear
signal
at
Scotland
as
the
place
for
innovation
in
digital
and
low-carbon
technology,
and
this
program
for
government
presiding
officer
is
a
bold
and
ambitious
step
in
that
direction.
D
Thank
you
before
I
call.
The
next
speaker
can
I
just
see
two
members,
while
I
understand
that
members
are
focusing
on
the
economy
in
the
environment
that
this
is
a
continuation
of
an
open
debate
on
the
Scottish
Government's
programme
for
government,
so
they
are
not
restricted
to
those
topics.
It's
just
to
make
it
plain,
if
anyone's
concerned
that
we're
coming
in
to
speak
about
something
other
than
those
two
I
called
Jackie
Bailey
to
be
followed
by
Stevenson,
miss
Bailey.
Please.
H
Presiding
officer
yesterday,
the
First
Minister
started
her
speech,
reflecting
on
the
apparent
success
of
the
SNP
government.
Over
the
past
10
years,
we
were
treated
to
the
usual
airbrushing
of
reality,
selective
memory
and
assertion
that
we
have
now
come
to
know
so
well
from
the
First
Minister
and
where,
where
were
the
economic
achievements?
Of
course,
there
was
mention
of
unemployment
rates
and
falling
unemployment
is
always
welcome,
but
absolutely
no
mention
of
rising
economic
inactivity.
H
Instead,
we
have
a
program
for
government
which
is
strong
on
rhetoric
about
the
importance
of
the
economy,
but
light
on
the
action
needed
to
secure
economic
growth.
So,
rather
than
the
partial
view
offered
by
the
SNP,
let
me
paint
a
more
complete
picture
of
the
Scotia
economy,
because
I
know
I
know
the
SNP
only
want
to
use
the
most
recent
GDP
figures
for
the
last
quarter.
Crewing
about
growth-
that
is
a
mere
0.7
percent,
is
a
measure
of
the
lack
of
ambition
at
the
heart
of
this
government.
H
It
is
perhaps
more
useful
to
look
at
long
term
friends
over
the
last
10
years,
output
per
head
in
Scotland,
the
key
measure
of
economic
progress
has
grown
by
just
one
point:
zero,
two
percent
for
the
eight
years
now
I
think
you
should
sit
and
listen
to
this
for
the
eight
years.
The
eight
years
before
that
from
1999
to
2007
output
per
head
grew
by
twenty
point.
Four
percent:
that's
20
times
more
under
labor.
E
Can
I
thank
Jackie
Baillie,
not
for
her
comments
before
taking
intervention
and
ask
whether
she
thinks
given
what
she
describes
as
the
economic
performance
of
the
last
ten
years?
If
any
of
that
is
at
all
attributable
to
the
mismanagement
of
the
economy
by
the
Labour
Party,
which
letters
into
the
Worcester
session
in
history
and
the
last
words
of
the
Labour
government,
which
was
there
is
no
money
left.
H
Presiding
officer
I
asked
the
cabinet
secretary
a
question.
He
failed
to
answer
that
question
that
growth
under
labor
was
twenty
times
more
than
is
the
case
for
the
whole
of
the
SNPs
tenure
in
office,
and
let
me
respond
to
him
because
I'll
take
no
lessons
from
the
SNP.
Remember,
of
course
it
was
that
wonderful
economist,
Alex
Salmond,
who
called
for
even
more
deregulation
of
the
banks.
H
Well,
thank
goodness,
we
didn't
listen
to
him,
because
it's
nearly
ten
years,
ten
years
since
ambitious
targets
were
set
for
Scotland's
economy,
we
have
an
economic
strategy,
that's
not
been
refreshed
despite
brexit,
and
there
is
no
real
attempt
to
evaluate
what
works.
In
truth,
the
SNP
has
been
content
for
our
economy
to
dawdle,
along
in
the
slow
lane.
Ministers
boast
about
closing
the
productivity
gap
with
the
rest
of
the
UK
and
whilst
movement
in
that
direction
is
welcome.
Let's
take
a
little
closer
look.
H
Productivity
actually
fell
back
in
2016,
our
productivity
in
Scotland,
and
the
UK
is
15%
lower
than
the
g7
average,
and,
despite
a
target
from
the
Scottish
government
to
raise
us
to
that
top
quartile
of
productivity,
we
dropped
to
the
third
quartile
before
clawing
our
way
back
to
be
in
the
second,
hardly
an
oscar-winning
performance.
It's
unfortunately
true
to
say
that
across
a
range
of
economic
measures,
Scotland's
performance
lags
behind
the
rest
of
the
UK.
Indeed,
it's
only
in
12
out
of
41
quarters
that
Scotland's
annual
growth
has
been
the
same
or
better
than
the
UK's.
H
Now
that's
warm,
but
it
has
serious
implications
for
the
amount
we
receive
in
Barnet
as
part
of
the
fiscal
framework.
Lower
grouse,
lower
tax
revenue
means
the
lower
block
grant
so
growing.
The
Scottish
economy
has
never
been
more
important
or
more
urgent.
Yeah
I
didn't
get
that
sense
of
urgency
from
the
First
Minister
yesterday.
What
we
were
offered
was
a
series
of
renouncement
from
a
regressive
retread
government
trade
envoy's
promised
last
year
yet
to
be
delivered.
H
Rhee
announced
Scottish
growth
scheme
promised
last
year
and
when
we
asked
about
this
a
month
ago,
not
a
single
payment
made
renounced
national
manufacturing
Institute
promised
last
year
yet
to
be
delivered
renounced
and
then
there's
the
National
Investment
Bank.
Now
imitation
is
the
sincerest
form
of
flattery,
so
I.
Thank
you
for
copying,
Labour's
idea,
but
there's
no
detail
about
how
it
will
work
or
where
the
money's
coming
from
and
if
it's
anything
anything
like
the
Scottish
Development
Bank
announced
Andrey
announced
I
counted
six
times.
H
I
look
forward
to
the
National
Investment
Bank,
still
being
a
work
in
progress.
Andrey
announced
next
year.
That
is
a
woeful
performance
and
let
me
turn
to
the
money
for
research
and
development.
Absolutely
welcome,
but
you
know
presiding
officer.
It
plugs
a
gap
that
was
created
by
the
SNP
linked
emails
from
Scottish
Enterprise,
so
that
research
and
development
budget
has
already
been
spent
and
we've
still
got
more
than
half
the
year
to
go
and
grants
will
no
longer
be
paid
in
advance.
H
That,
too,
is
a
woeful
performance
and
what
impact
does
the
program
for
government
have
on
hard-pressed
workers
well
in
secure
work
in
Scotland
has
sought
under
the
SNP
up
by
a
third
working
poverty.
Is
this
his
highest
level
since
devolution,
and
they
should
be
ashamed
about
that?
The
number
of
people
earning
less
than
the
living
wage,
a
priority
for
this
government
has
gone
up
and
the
cost
of
living
has
gone
up
and
wages
have
declined
now
I
welcome
the
lifting
of
the
peak
out
for
public
sector
workers.
It's
just
a
shame.
H
You
voted
against
Labour's
proposal
to
do
just
that.
Earlier
this
year,
it's
been
seven
years
since
public
sector
workers
had
a
weight
rise,
but
what
was
missing
from
the
First
Minister's
announcement
is
the
machinery
for
that
negotiation
and
whether
it
will
be
fully
funded
from
the
Scottish
Government's
coffers.
I
will
indeed
thank
you,
cabinet.
H
I,
really,
you
have
one
more
minute:
Thank,
You,
presiding
officer,
I
will
be
brief,
can
I
say
I
welcome
the
lifting
of
the
pay
cap.
It
was
Labour
in
this
Parliament
that
called
for
it
standing
alongside
the
RCN
and
unison.
At
a
time
where
the
government
Derrick
McKey
was
not
listening,
you
were
deaf,
you
were
deaf
well,
I
was
elected
to
the
Scottish
Parliament,
not
the
Welsh
Parliament,
so
the
cabinet
secretary,
if
he
wished
to
keep
shouting
from
a
sedentary
position,
is
really
is
really
pathetic
and.
H
I
say,
presiding
officer
when
I
look
at
the
Scottish
Government's
efforts
having
cut
1.5
billion
pounds
from
local
services,
it
would
be
breathtaking
if
they
asked
local
government
and
the
NHS
to
fund
the
pay
rise
themselves.
I
take
no
joy,
presiding
officer
in
what
is
a
fragile
and
failing
economy,
because
I
want
Scotland
to
flourish
and
wants
people
to
prosper,
but
it
is
not
doing
so
under
the
SNP
to
understand
the
challenge
you
need
to
acknowledge
where
we
are
and
stop
being
in
denial
with
the
SNP
rhetoric.
H
I
You
very
much
presiding
officer,
and
let
me
just
start
my
remarks
by
directing
through
you
some
comments
about
Dean
lockhardt
speech.
He
refers
to
sculpt
as
the
most
highest
tax
place
in
the
UK.
Well,
of
course,
with
a
25
percent
difference
and
local
taxation
on
premises
between
Scotland
and
England.
It
may
be
as
well
that
we
remind
ourselves
of
which
is
the
higher
and
ain't
Scotland,
its
England,
it's
also
in
Scotland,
where
we
have
a
hundred
thousand
businesses
taken
out
of
local
taxation
altogether.
I
We
take
different
solutions
in
a
different
environment,
but
we
certainly
aren't
the
highest
tax
part
of
the
UK,
but
the
other
thing
that
I
think
he
might
consider
talking
to
his
colleagues
at
westminster
about
is
the
plans
revealed
inadvertently.
It
seems
to
exclude,
in
particular
in
my
constituency,
thousands
of
workers
that
are
in
the
fish
processing
industry
from
future
employment
simply
because
they're
their
nationality,
not
being
that
of
being
UK
citizens.
I
If
he
genuinely
thinks
genuinely
thinks
that
is
a
contribution
to
the
Scottish
economy,
shutting
down
factories
in
the
northeast
of
Scotland
and
elsewhere
in
other
industries,
then
I'm
afraid
he
is
deluded
in
the
extreme
nope
I
want
to
talk
primarily
about
a
about
the
environment
and
I
particularly
welcome
the
addition
of
the
e9
as
an
electric
rod
to
our
existing
electric
rod.
I
refer,
of
course,
to
the
e7
1
9
and
the
electric
brave,
which
is
in
the
vicinity
of
Asia.
So
this
second
electric
broad
in
Scotland
will
be
a
true
piece
of
innovation.
I
Now,
of
course,
that's
connected
to
the
ambition
to
basically
be
all
electric
or
all
renewable
transport
by
2032.
Now
that's
a
bald
ambition
to
set
because
we're
not
in
control
of
everything
that
has
to
happen
to
make
it
happen,
and
the
reason
well
I
will
come
back
if
I
may
I
will
come
back,
though,
simply
because
at
the
moment
it
would
be
very
difficult
for
a
car
to
drive
from
Edmonton
Vaness.
However,
many
charging
points
that
are
because
you
need
to
stop
and
recharge
most
electric
cars
I
will
take
an
intervention
from
factory
car
battery.
D
J
I'm
grateful
perhaps
the
member
would
be
so
helpful
to
clarify.
He
said
the
ambition
was
for
Scotland
to
be
wholly
electric
on
transport
by
2030.
To
my
recollection,
from
yesterday,
statement
was
that
new
cars
and
vans
were
petrol
and
diesel
would
not
be
available
for
sale
at
at
that
point,
that's
very
different
from
not
using
them.
It's.
I
Just
even
slight
set
when
the
member
says
if
there
was
an
imprecision,
I'm
happy,
but
let's
be
quite
clear,
it's
a
very
ambitious
thing
for
us
to
do,
but
we
should
not
shy
from
ambition
when
we
all
of
those
of
us
who
were
here
in
2009,
discussed
the
climate
change
bill
with
it.
So,
in
a
cross-party
consensus,
where
every
party
represented
in
the
parliament
made
a
contribution
to
the
resulting
2009
climate
change
act,
that
is
the
solder
consensus.
That
I
hope
that
we
will
continue
to
sustain
on
subjects
of
climate
change.
I
Now
anyone
who
believes
that
believes
in
the
Tooth
Fairy
and
a
wide
range
of
other
things,
it's
quite
the
most
disappointing
thing.
That's
happened
in
the
world
of
climate
change
in
recent
years
and
it
reinforces
the
need
for
climate
change
leaders
such
as
Scotland
to
continue
to
apply
themselves
to
this
we're
going
to
find
it
very
hard
in
the
rest
of
the
world
to
compensate
for
the
over
emissions
that
come
from
the
United
States,
but
action
tapas
stopped
us
trying
to
do
something
now.
I
In
relation
to
my
consistency,
we've
heard
about
the
econ
project
at
San
Fergus
very
welcome
investment
there.
It's
worth
also
looking
a
high
wind
project,
which
is
a
floating
wind
farm
which
startled
the
Norwegian
oil
company.
They
are
installing
off
the
coast
of
Peterhead,
reusing
engineering
skills
that
we
have
here,
but
fundamentally-
and
this
goes
to
the
heart
of
the
long
term-
failure
of
the
UK
government
at
how
you
can
recycle
with
the
right
proper
regime.
I
The
money's
from
the
oil
industry
to
put
into
renewable
statoil
is
the
state
oil
company,
founded
in
1972
on
the
back
of
the
oil
wealth
of
Norway,
whereas
in
the
UK
the
Scottish
oil
resources
were
frankly
flushed
away
in
current
account
spending
and
not
invested
in
a
future.
That
is
the
most
shameful
long
run.
Failure
of
the
UK
government
in
relation
to
Scotland
and
Scotland's
economy,
one
that
we
live
with
today
and
have
limited
or
opportunity
to
do
very
much
about
hurricane
Harvey
is
a
wake
up
call
about
climate
change.
I
It
has
I,
must
say,
of
course,
impacted
the
price
of
oil
worldwide.
A
quarter
in
the
United
States
refineries
are
now
shut
down.
Pollution
and
disease
is
a
wash
in
Houston
and
surrounding
areas.
Climate
change
is
fundamentally
an
issue
for
the
whole
world.
Yes
most
critically
for
the
world
least
able
to
respond
to
it
in
Africa
in
the
Middle
East.
But
for
all
of
us,
climate
change
is
the
biggest
challenge
we
in
Scotland
I
hope
will
continue
to
have
a
broad
consensus
about
the
need
to
engage
in
this
and
support.
I
The
measures
will
continue
a
vigorous
debate
about
the
detail.
That's
entirely
proper,
but
I
hope
that
we
will
sustain
the
consensus
that
took
the
climate
change
act
to
the
legislate
into
legislation
in
2009.
High
ambition,
then
stepping
it
up
now.
This
government
has
a
record
second
to
none
on
climate
change,
on
the
environment
and
indeed
on
the
economy,
presiding
officer,
Thank,.
D
K
My
colleague
Dean
Lockhart
comments
that
where
we
can
find
common
ground
with
the
Scottish
Government,
where
we
are
more
than
willing
to
work
with
them
to
promote
Scotland's
economic
growth,
but
it
is
fair
for
opposition
parties
such
as
ours
to
question
where
we
don't
find
common
ground
or
where
we
feel
the
Scottish
government
is
failing
under
the
SNP.
The
skills
and
education
sector
suffered
college
places
have
been
cut
money
from
the
apprenticeship
levy,
which
the
Scottish
government
said
would
go
towards
funding.
K
Apprenticeships
has
been
used
for
other
programs,
we've
been
contacted
by
one
businessman,
I'm
gonna
get
on
please
I'm
gonna
go
on.
Please
thanks,
who
said
and
I
quote
government
is
not
making
it
easy
for
businesses
to
be
competitive
whilst
affording
our
young
people
in
opportunities.
He
warns
that
the
way
the
Scottish
government
as
implemented
the
apprenticeship
levy
and
a
quote,
puts
the
good
employers
at
a
disadvantage
in
terms
of
business
development
and
profitability.
K
D
L
L
D
K
We
want
to
see
10
you.
We
want
to
see
10
new
skills
academies
across
Scotland
by
the
end
of
this
decade,
similar
to
the
successful
digital
skills
and
coding
Academy
code
plan,
and
we
would
reverse
the
SNP
college
cuts
with
an
extra
60
million
every
year
for
the
sector
and
looking
wider,
we
will
be
encouraging
closer
working
relationships
between
schools,
colleges
and
local
businesses,
and
there
are
some
good
examples
of
this
already,
one
of
which
Armand
and
engineering
I
visited
earlier
this
week
with
the
economy,
jobs
and
Fair
Work
committee.
K
But
we
also
need
to
take
a
wider
look
at
how
we
educate
and
train
for
the
future.
Some
of
the
questions
we
will
ask
will
be
tough,
but
we
owe
our
young
people
an
open
and
honest
debate
before
its
future,
which
is
at
stake,
but
it
starts
with
accepting
that
no
path
should
be
predetermined
or
pre
favored.
K
We
should
ask
whether
University
has
become
the
default
destination
of
choice
at
the
expense
of
college,
apprenticeship
and
other
training
routes
which
might
be
more
suitable
for
many,
and
that
when
young
people
have
chosen
a
path
whichever
it
is,
does
that
chosen
past
adequate
adequately,
prepare
for
their
future
career
or
the
fight
for
the
wider
working
environment?
Above
all,
we
seek
an
economy
which
provides
the
right
opportunities
for
young
people
who
can
move
from
school
to
University,
College,
apprenticeships
or
other
training,
with
confidence
that
jobs
and
opportunities
will
be
available
for
them
once
they
leave.
K
K
In
last
year's
skills,
assessment,
Highlands
and
eyes,
Enterprise
now
saved
from
the
SMP
Zacks
identified
IT
as
a
sector
with
the
largest
projected
employment
growth,
the
region
and,
of
course,
area.
Two
traditional
industries
such
as
farming
and
fishing,
both
of
which
are
still
extremely
important
and
major
employers,
and
both
linked
to
the
region's
world-class
food
and
drink
sector.
Shetland
seafood
ought
needs
meat
and
cheeses
and,
of
course,
Murray
the
home
of
whiskey.
There
are
also
important
small
businesses
in
many
ways:
the
bedrock
of
the
economy
and
vital.
K
If
you
want
to
see
growth,
business
creation
is
lag
behind
the
Scottish
average
average
in
recent
years.
It
is
clear
they
need
support
and
clearer
still,
in
some
cases
at
least
they're,
not
getting
it
in
remote
and
not
to
remote
communities.
We
still
reach
the
real
potential,
but
also
significant
challenges
in
the
region.
We
have
fewer
people
than
the
Scottish
average,
with
no
qualifications,
but
a
lower
proportion
with
higher
level
qualifications.
K
They
have
certainly
been
some
successes
with
the
main
sector
for
apprenticeships,
being
an
austere,
tality,
construction
and
food
and
drink
it
would
seem
there
has
been
responsible
to
the
local
economic
needs,
but
we
still
need
to
consider
further
where
there
are
real
gaps
in
provision
and
to
what
extent
the
long-standing
Salford
migration
for
education,
skills
and
opportunities
to
hold
back.
The
highlands
continue
sorry
to
hold
back
the
Highlands
and
Islands.
There
is
real
concern
at
the
impact.
K
The
growth
in
tourism,
of
having
on
overstretch
local
infrastructure
in
some
part
welcomed
growth,
but
it
still
causes
issues
in
ortley.
That's
been
heated
or
be
it
relatively
one-sided
debate
on
the
introduction
of
a
tourist
tax
like
the
vast
majority
of
people
locally
are
not
in
favor
of
that,
but
it
does
highlight
the
need
for
investment
in
local
infrastructure
and
and
to
find
out
how
that's
paid
for
the
hospitality
industry
has
spoken
extensively
on
the
shortcomings
in
the
current
business
rate
scheme
and
is
disappointed
by
the
challenges
proposed
by
the
Barclay
review.
K
We
should
I'm
going
to
finish.
If
you
don't
mind,
we
should
aim
to
create
a
system
of
Taxation
that
recognizes
the
needs,
distinct
needs
of
the
sector
sectors
across
Scotland.
Meanwhile,
the
traditional
industries
of
farming
and
fishing
are
facing
real
challenges.
Incomes
in
the
rural
economy
have
fallen
over
recent
years
and
adequate
support
is
essential,
but
that
support
needs
to
be
paid
on
time
and
that
isn't
happening
that
makes
it
increasingly
hard
for
local
farmers
to
plan
for
the
future,
having
a
knock-on
effect
on
the
wider
agricultural
sector
and
rural
economy.
K
Our
transport
connections
in
the
infrastructure
are
key
to
the
region's
economic
growth.
We
now
have
competition
on
the
Northern
Isles
air
routes,
but
we
need
a
reliable
service.
One
which
is
more
reasonably
priced.
Communications
infrastructure
also
has
come
top
of
our
priorities.
Increasingly,
we
find
mobile
and
broadband
connectivity
becoming
intertwined
and
she
looks
to
mobile
networks
to
work
together.
I'm
sure
all
of
those
who
represent
all
of
those
who
represent
constituents
in
the
highlands
and
islands
or
in
the
region
itself
can
agree
that
the
rollout
of
broadband
has
been
too
slow.
K
M
You
presiding
officer,
the
program
for
government
has
many
references
to
digitization
the
development
of
infrastructure
and
skills.
The
digital
first
service
standard
for
public
services
are
delivered
digitally.
First
and
foremost,
those
are
laudable
aims,
but
missed
the
point
that
many
of
our
citizens
have
no
access
to
digital
connectivity
and
have
little
prospect
of
getting
leads
in
the
near
future.
M
I
can't
overestimate
the
urgency
of
the
need
people
are
being
left
behind,
not
able
to
access
services
and
jobs
not
being
able
to
communicate
with
friends
and
family,
and
certainly
not
enjoying
the
digital
media
that
others
take
for
granted.
This
is
predominantly
in
rural
areas,
but
many
inner
city
urban
areas
are
also
in
the
same
situation.
These
are
the
areas
that
are
used
to
being
left
behind
the
feast.
A
financial
divide
are
divided
with
regard
to
jobs
and
opportunities
on
the
now
face.
M
A
digital
divide,
the
Scottish
Government,
are
pledged
superfast
broadband
for
all
by
2021.
However,
they
won't
begin
this
role
light
until
2018
they've
been
in
government
for
10
years.
They
still
have
vast
swathe
the
Scotland
to
cover
the
most
challenging
areas
of
Scotland,
where
there
are
geographical
challenges
and
market
failure.
Do
they
really
believe
that
they'll
cover
these
areas
and
two
short
years
at
the
end
of
their
term
and
government?
In
the
meantime,
these
communities
are
told
to
wait.
M
It
simply
is
not
good
enough
communities
who
procured
and
installed
their
own
broadband
are
now
being
asked
by
the
Scottish
government
to
evaluate
their
own
systems
to
provide
the
assurance
that
their
infrastructure
is
sustainable
to
fulfill
the
2021
promise,
rather
than
encouraging
and
assisting
communities
that
questioning
their
achievements
while
expecting
them
to
deliver
the
government's
pledge.
This
government
needs
to
work
with
our
digitally
excluded
communities
now
to
get
them
connected
as
soon
as
possible,
rather
than
promised
them
connection.
M
I
M
If
the
Scottish
government
weren't
as
human,
a
responsibility
for
digital
connectivity,
they
wouldn't
have
been
making
that
promise.
So
why
make
the
commitment
that
it's
not
your
responsibility
and
you're
washing
your
hands
of
it
and
certainly
don't
make
a
promise
that
you
can't
live
up
to,
because
that
is
simply
unfair,
while,
while
setting
digital
as
a
standard
in
the
programme
for
a
government
that
doesn't
nothing
to
address
the
lack
of
digital
connectivity,
it
doesn't
address
either
the
the
disaster
that
was
the
cap
futures
program.
M
It
says
nothing,
whereas
a
paper
in
the
system
is
going
to
work
for
crafters
and
farmers
doesn't
inspire
confidence
in
the
scottish
government's
ability
to
deliver
full
connectivity
by
2021.
The
real
rural
economy
is
dependent
on
connectivity
without
digital
infrastructure,
or
indeed,
road,
rail
and
ferries.
These
communities
don't
operate
with
a
level
playing
field
due
to
distances
from
market.
The
European
Union
understood
their
policies
on
prefer
allottee,
so
the
building,
of
course
wastes
bridges,
roads
in
rural
Scotland
and
there's
a
real
fear
that,
due
to
withdrawal
from
the
EU,
these
priorities
and
spending
will
disappear.
E
Ground
for
taking
intervention
and
say
that
I
agree
with
that,
a
bit
the
point
about
the
dangers
of
leaving
the
EU
and
hey.
We
replace
the
money
that
previously
came
from
that
source,
but
she
must
recognize
through
the
road
equivalent
tariffs
for
the
investment
in
a
new
ferries
investment
in
new
routes
that
there
has
been
a
substantial
improvement
under
the
Scottish
Government.
At
least
you
should
recognize
that
fact.
Rodie.
M
Certainly
acknowledge
the
implementation
of
the
road,
equivalent
tariffs,
I'm,
really
disappointed,
and
that
was
removed
from
commercial
vehicles,
because
that
was
a
tax
on
everybody
who
lives
in
an
island
and
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
the
way
we
support
Islands
a
rather
than
put
extra
costs
on
them.
Our
crafting
and
farming
communities
fear
that
the
scarce
resources
that
will
take
place
of
car
payments
will
be
given
to
the
most
the
biggest
and
the
most
accessible
farms,
rather
than
supporting
producers
and
communities
and
rural
areas
that
desperately
need
additional
resources
to
keep
working.
M
Every
rural
communities
depend
on
successful
farms
and
Crofts
to
sustain
them
and
retain
the
population
and
I
welcome
the
pillar.
1
cup
payments
being
continued
by
both
our
governments,
but
rural
communities
are
also
concerned
about
pillar
2
funding,
for
example,
leader
that
supports
small
initiatives
that
provide
a
disproportionately
large
benefit
to
rural
communities.
Well,
it's
difficult
at
the
moment
to
make
commitments
in
monetary
terms.
We
can
ask
that
the
government
be
clear
about
the
policy
backdrop,
only
spending
decisions
and
how
they
will
be
made
going
forward.
M
We
ask
that
they
commit
to
breaking
down
barriers
and
investing
in
rural
and
remote
communities
that
need
most
help
and
protecting
our
environment
and
delivering
public
goods.
The
program
for
the
Herman
is
largely
warm
words
and
lacking
in
detail
and
weird.
That
is
detail.
This
is
sometimes
worrying
while
acknowledging
the
good
work
of
Highlands
and
Islands
enterprise
in
the
past,
the
Scottish
government
suggests
that
the
new
strategic
board
will
have
control
of
all
enterprise
budgets.
M
I
quote
establishing
a
new
strategic
board
to
coordinate
the
work
of
our
enterprise
and
skills
agencies
to
ensure
maximum
impact
of
our
two
billion
investment
each
year
and
enterprising
skills.
We
had
a
vote
in
the
Parliament,
a
commitment
from
the
cabinet
secretary
and
yes,
the
Scottish
Government
is
still
fixated
and
centralizing
control
of
enterprise
and
economic
development.
It
simply
doesn't
work
for
rural
areas
and
it's
the
exact
opposite
of
European
policy
on
peripheral
tea.
M
We've
been
promised
devolved
powers
through
the
islands
bill
and
still
there's
no
detail
about
what
those
powers
will
be
a
bill
as
again
warm
words,
but
no
detail
whatsoever
on
what
that
will
mean
to
islanders
their
daily
lives
and
how
they
will
be
empowered.
I
urge
the
Scottish
Government
to
be
more
ambitious
for
our
rural
and
remote
communities
to
trust
people
to
know
what
their
communities
need
or
work
for
them
and
to
help
them
achieve
that.
M
N
You,
deputy
presiding
officer
and
can
I
start
by
welcoming
much
of
what
we
heard
yesterday
from
the
First
Minister,
and
reaffirm
the
Greens
intention
to
contribute
to
the
government's
programme
in
our
usual
constructively
critical
way.
I
think
in
that
regard,
it's
slightly
disappointing
that
the
cabinet
secretary
for
environment,
climate
change
on
land
reform
isn't
now
in
this
debate,
I
mean.
N
Maybe
this
debate
is
on
the
telly
somewhere
in
the
Scottish
Parliament,
but
I
would
have
appreciated
the
opportunity
to
debate
some
of
the
points
that
I'm
going
to
raise
with
her
the
need
for
a
post
recess.
Reset
became
clear
in
June
for
this
government,
as
it
became
slightly
bogged
down
in
issues
from
teacher
workloads
to
tail
docking
and
on
some
issues
such
as
air
quality.
The
government
has
had
to
be
dragged
through
the
courts
alongside
the
UK
government
in
order
to
raise
its
ambition.
N
Small
and
I.
Think
a
big
tipping
point
for
Scotland
would
be
to
set
a
date
for
the
end
of
the
fossil
fuel
age.
We
shouldn't
be
afraid
to
choose
a
date
for
it
plan
for
it
and
invest
in
the
transition
now
to
take
our
society
and
economy
to
that
future
place.
It's
a
hit
reverse
gear
by
opening
up
new
risky
fossil
fuel
extraction.
Through
fracking
would
be
disastrous
and
send
completely
the
wrong
signal
to
investors.
So
we
await
the
Scottish
government
decision
on
fracking,
with
growing
expectation
in
the
weeks
to
come.
O
N
Trust
them
happy
to
confirm
that
I
signed
your
members
bill,
so
I
think
it's
part
of
the
belt
embraces
approach
to
banning
fracking.
It's
certainly
an
option
that
could
be
supported.
Of
course,
the
climate
bill
would
be
another
way
to
put
in
a
legal
ban
on
fracking
as
well.
If
I
could
move
on
with
a
sense
of
urgency,
presiding
officer,
you're.
N
N
The
need
to
call
time
on
the
fossil
fuel
age
is
the
reason
why
I'll
be
making
the
case
for
a
NetZero
carbon
target
for
2040
in
the
forthcoming
climate
bill.
The
science
tells
us
we
need
it
and,
with
a
step,
change
closure
of
long
Gannett
that
we've
seen
we
can
keep
our
current
pace
of
carbon,
cutting
action
till
2040
and
still
meet
this
target,
and
we
needn't
feel
alone
either
with
Norway
and
Sweden
amongst
other
countries
setting
similar
targets
and
like
other
countries
in
the
Nordic
arc.
N
Scotland
is
blessed
with
the
renewable
resources
to
show
global
leadership
and,
in
so
doing,
capture
the
intellectual
property
and
economic
advantage
that
will
reward
our
future
generations
with
well-paid,
secure
livelihoods.
Now
the
national
investment
bank
that
was
announced
as
a
welcome
new
tool
to
build
this
future,
it
could,
for
example,
help
de-risk
the
development
of
new
low-carbon
technology
and
then
propel
it
to
commercialization,
but
it
must
have
sufficient
capital
and
borrowing
powers
and
be
aligned
closely
with
a
national
transition
plan.
N
So
we
also
welcome
the
announcement
of
a
just
transition
Commission
as
the
first
step
towards
that
the
hope
its
membership
reflects
a
wide
spectrum
that
includes
political,
environmental,
public
sector
and
trade
union
representatives.
Working
to
this
zero
carbon
target
would
also
provide
a
strong
focus
on
transport,
agriculture
and
housing
sectors.
We're
actions
the
Commission's
so
far
have
been
weak
in
the
government's
draft
climate
plans.
N
If
implemented,
yesterday's
announcements
around
electric
vehicles
and
active
travel
will
reduce
emissions
from
transport
faster
than
the
current
climate
plan,
which
is
good
but
cannot
be
used
as
an
excuse
to
dial
back
on
action
elsewhere
in
housing
and
agriculture
in
government
spending.
Decisions
going
forward
will
have
to
be
aligned
with
climate
targets
more
closely,
especially
on
national
infrastructure
projects.
So
it's
disappointing
that
will
soon
enter
our
third
cold
winter,
since
the
commitment
to
make
energy
efficiency
a
national
infrastructure
priority
and
still
without
any
clarity
on
how
this
will
be
practically
delivered.
N
Clearly,
bringing
homes
across
the
country
up
to
a
C
rating
in
energy
efficiency
would
bring
a
warm
glow
to
one
hundred
and
twenty
seven
thousand
more
homes
every
year
create
thousands
of
jobs
and
save
the
NHS
millions
of
pounds.
Parliament
is
a
better
way
to
understand,
not
just
the
carbon
impact
of
infrastructure
projects,
but
also
the
carbon
impact
they
create
throughout
their
lifetime,
and
while
we
can
all
marvel
at
the
shiny,
Queens
ferry
crossing,
it
begs
the
question
about
whether
Fife
is
going
to
see
any
investment,
a
long-awaited
rail
infrastructure.
N
Now
we've
had
that
bridge
the
transport
ministers
pipeline,
a
rail
project,
is
in
danger
of
drying
up.
If
funding
for
economic
and
technical
appraisal
work
is
not
forthcoming
from
either
council
budget,
the
Scottish
government
or
city
region
deals
showrooms.
Electric
cars,
presiding
officer
will
be
a
cold
comfort
to
excluded
communities
such
as
leaving
mouths
if
their
rail
lines
remain
under
weeds.
There
can
be
small
tipping
points
too,
and
I
warmly
welcome
steps
being
taken
towards
a
deposit
return
scheme
for
Scotland
building
on
the
momentum
created
by
the
plastic
bag
tax
like
the
smoking
ban.
N
Those
subtle
changes
add
up
to
bigger
shifts
and
cultural
changes
over
time
and
one
of
the
best
ways
the
government
could
embed
the
success
of
an
enhanced
budget
for
walking
and
cycling
would
be
to
make
20ma.
Now
the
default
speed
limit
on
the
streets
where
we
live,
work
and
play
the
consultation.
My
bill
looks
set
to
have
one
of
the
highest
responses
so
far
on
any
legislation
proposed
a
session
and
I'll
be
delighted
to
share
the
results
and
insights
with
members
and
officials
in
the
weeks
ahead,
presiding
officer
this
year.
P
In
comes
his
successor,
Fergus
Ewing,
full
of
good
intentions,
a
white
knight
to
the
rescue.
Indeed
weren't.
We
all
impressed
in
this
chamber
when,
in
his
first
speech
after
taking
over
from
Richard
Locke
head,
he
apologized
to
the
rural
community
and
said,
and
I
quote,
this
will
not
happen
again.
Unquote,
it
was
to
be
as
number
one
priority
to
fix.
It
was
an
unacceptable
situation
which
was
not
to
be
repeated
well
over
one
year
on,
and
here
we
are
again.
P
He's
very
proud
of
that.
The
problem
here,
though,
is
that
our
farmers
are
so
worried
about
the
incompetence
of
the
Scottish
government
that
they
were
very
wary
of
these
loans,
and
the
take
up
of
them
has
been
absolutely
dreadful,
so
dreadful
in
fact,
led
up
to
200
million
pounds
of
the
500
million
pounds
of
the
money
that
should
have
been
injected
into
our
rural
communities.
Last
December
went
missing
because
they
weren't
paid
out.
This
is
money.
Our
rural
communities
can
ill
afford
to.
P
Let
go
by
my
point
is
that
this
money,
which
should
have
gone
to
our
farm
businesses,
should
have
been
available
to
we
spent
in
our
rural
towns
and
villages
across
the
country.
No
figures
Ewing's
record
on
this.
His
number
one
priority
is,
quite
frankly,
a
lamentable
it's
as
bad
as
his
predecessors,
and
there
can
be
no
doubt,
surely
that
the
minister's
coat
should
indeed
be
hanging
on
a
sugar
peg.
P
Yesterday,
I
listened
carefully
to
the
First
Minister
when
she
opened
this
debate
on
her
programme
for
government.
She
said
absolutely
nothing
about
the
problems
facing
our
rural
economy.
I'll
say
that
again,
she
said
absolutely
nothing
specifically
about
the
problems
facing
our
rural
economy.
It
didn't
fill
me
with
confidence
that
things
for
our
rural
communities
right
across
Scotland
are
going
to
get
any
better
over
the
next
year
as
soon
as
the
result,
for
instance,
of
last
year's
referendum
on
Europe.
P
As
soon
as
it
became
clear
to
leave
the
European
Union
I
argue
that
the
Scottish
government
needed,
as
a
matter
of
urgency,
to
engage
with
stakeholders
to
develop
a
new
strategy
for
financial
support
to
a
farming
sector.
Indeed,
it
took
until
January
this
year
for
Fergus
leading
to
indicate
that
he
would
do
this
when
he
accepted
my
amendment
in
a
debate
in
this
chamber,
which
called
for
the
setting
up
of
a
group
of
experts
to
develop
such
a
strategy.
P
It
turns
out,
however,
that
not
much
is
being
done
in
the
event
we
leave
the
European
Union.
The
Scottish
government
must
be
ready
with
a
bespoke
system
of
agricultural
support
tailored
to
the
needs
of
Scottish
farming,
rather
than
simply
be
content
to
administer
the
Common
Agricultural
Policy,
a
policy
designed
to
aid
farming
across
Europe.
P
Where
is
the
evidence
that
work
is
being
done
to
design
a
bespoke
system
to
meet
the
needs
of
Scotland
I
would
have
thought
that
a
nationalist
administration,
the
SNP
administration,
will
be
first
out
of
the
blocks
on
this
one,
but
no
were
just
meander
along
as
usual,
when
I
keep
raising
this
with
Fergus
Ewing.
All
he
does
all
he
does
is
deflect
my
questioning
by
attacking
the
UK
government
for
its
lack
of
clarity
on
future
arrangements,
while
indeed,
this
lack
of
clarity
is
true.
P
It
doesn't
make
up
for
the
fact
that
there
is
a
complete
lack
of
action
on
Ferguson
earrings.
A
part
of
designing
a
new
system
fit
for
purpose
for
Scotland
I
would
say
to
the
First
Minister
that
has
she
noticed
how
lacking
in
ambition
her
rural
economy
minister
is
as
she
noticed.
Is
she
content
I'm
on
my
last
minute?
Is
she
content
to
witness
the
complete
lack
of
forward-thinking
demonstrated
by
fergus
viewing
on
the
future
of
agricultural
support
in
Scotland?
If
she
is
content,
then
I
can
only
surmise
that
she
is
ignorant
of
what
is
required.
P
If
this
is
the
best
that
can
be
done
for
our
rural
economy,
then
heaven
help
us
deputy
presiding
officer.
I.
Make
no
apologies
for
focusing
my
time
in
this
debate
on
the
Scottish
Government's
abject
failures
in
supporting
our
rural
economy.
I
could
have
said
a
lot
more
on
the
espys
other
failures,
but
I
just
don't
have
the
time.
The
one
thing
that
could
be
done
now
for
a
rural
economy
is
for
Fergus
Ewing
to
actually
so
show
some
forward
thinking
and
design
a
bespoke
system
for
the
future
of
agricultural
support
in
Scotland.
Q
You
presiding
officer,
a
welcome
the
first
ministers
program
for
government
and
eagerly
anticipate
is
implemented
in
going
forward
a
program
as
robust
as
the
one
announced
yesterday
is
key
of
you
to
drive
a
future
in
a
positive
direction.
Despite
what
there's
obviously
been
a
challenging
backdrop,
the
SNP
government
is
surely
to
be
commended
on
presiding
over
the
longest
Peter,
uninterrupted
growth
since
2001
and
the
fundamentals
of
our
economy
have
proven
their
strength.
The
labour
market
has
been
increasingly
resilient
with
employment,
choleric
and
high.
Q
The
unemployment
rate
is
at
3.2
percent
and
the
chief
economist
state
of
the
economy
report.
They
said
that
a
continued
growth,
despite
headwinds
facing
various
sectors,
will
continue
between
2007.
When
years,
he
came
into
office
in
2015,
the
value
of
Scotland's
international
exports
increased
from
20
billion
to
twenty
eight
point,
seven
billion
a
49
and
a
43%
increase,
and
in
addition,
over
the
last
decade,
productivity
in
Scotland
increased
by
seven
point
six
percent,
a
stark
contrast
to
the
point.
Four
percent
increase
for
the
UK
as
a
whole
and
lack
of
an
innovative
program
presented
yesterday.
Q
That's
positive
growth
should
continue
and
I
welcome.
The
aim
of
establishing
a
Scottish
national
investment
bank,
which
will
benefit
the
public,
pass
and
put
public
interest
before
private
profit
and
given
as
increased
control
over
economic
development.
It
will
also
deliver
a
boost
to
a
business,
environment
and
entrepreneurial
spirit,
and
indeed
this
is
essential,
of
course,
to
the
good
health
of
Scotland's
economy,
helping
where
the
businesses,
the
number
of
which
is
known
record
high
with
capital
for
investment.
Q
Commenting
on
the
programme
for
government,
a
Scottish
current
of
development
and
it's
a
chief
executive,
Mark
Bevin,
said
and
I
quote.
Scotland
faces
massive
challenges
to
the
established
economic
consensus
and
we
need
higher
level
strategic
action
to
meet
them
head-on.
We
need
a
relentless
government
focused
on
the
long
term,
future
economy
and
a
greater
cooperative
political
response
to
deliver
that
focus
and
that
context.
We
are
pleased
to
see
the
First
Minister,
highlighting
specific
measures
that
will
help
such
as
investment
and
R&D
and
the
creation
of
an
a
Scottish
national
investment
bank.
Q
Part
of
this
fresh
vision
for
the
government
encourages
Scotland
to
aspire
to
full
participation
and
an
increasingly
digital
world.
Significant
progress
towards
a
school
has
already
been
achieved
as
business
research
and
development
was
41%
in
real
terms
between
2007
and
2015.
The
additional
45
million
pounds
in
R&D
support
from
enterprise
agencies
announced
that
is
expected
to
unlock
a
father,
270
million
pounds
of
R&D
expenditure.
Q
Ensuring
Scotland
is
in
a
position
to
lead
by
example
when
it
comes
to
the
digital
technology
and
innovation
that
holds
a
key
to
a
prosperous
future
presiding
officer
technology
transforms
the
way
we
live
our
lives
connecting
us
in
new
and
innovative
ways.
It
creates
a
platform
and
momentum
for
innovation.
Soon
no
sector
of
business
or
individual
will
be
immune
to
the
far-reaching
and
of
artificial
intelligence
computers
with
ability
to
sense
of
surroundings.
Think
Leon
ante
action
AI
sets
itself.
Q
Apart
from
the
automation
of
routine
tasks,
science
fiction
may
often
portray
AI
in
the
form
of
robots
with
human-like
characteristics,
but
this
broad
spectrum
encompasses
all
manner
of
technologies.
In
line
with
the
most
recent
digital
strategy
for
Scotland,
the
SNP
government
is
looking
to
ensure
this
goal
is
recognized
throughout
the
world
as
a
vibrant,
inclusive,
open
and
outward
looking
digital
nation.
Q
Promoting
healthy
and
open
discussion
surrounding
a
country's
relationship
with
AI
constitutes
a
topical
part
of
this
strategy
and,
according
to
PwC
report
ech,
the
economic
impact
of
artificial
intelligence
on
the
UK
economy,
published
in
June
a
AI,
has
a
potential
to
be
Scots
annual
income.
By
up
to
sixteen
thousand
seven
hundred
million
pounds
by
2030,
this
figure
represents
the
equivalent
of
an
annual
3,000
pounds
per
person,
although
productivity
gains
through
productivity
gains
new
business
investment
and
product
improvement.
Q
This
requires
a
new
industry
to
supply
and
service
new
automated
solutions,
thus
contributing
to
net
employment
growth
and
the
I
could
almost
gotten
to
the
numerous
benefits
across
the
board,
including
greater
prosperity
and
more
individual
layers
of
team
and
Scotland
is
already
well
placed
to
benefit
from
the
shift
towards
AI.
Thanks
for
strong
foundations
in
the
technology
startups
and
different
industries
such
as
healthcare,
cybersecurity,
insurance
and
finance
are
helping
propel
our
country
fold
and
drive
innovation
in
terms
of
activity
which
stimulates
economic
activity
well
still
protect
the
environment.
Q
I
commend
the
government's
continued
commitment
to
a
circular
economy,
one
of
the
renewed
importance
which
seeks
new
ways
to
reduce
your
tools
or
natural
resources
and
keeps
materials
flowing
through
the
economy
as
higher
values
possible
for
as
long
as
possible.
As
such,
the
introduction
of
a
deposit
on
scheme
for
cans
and
bottles,
as
both
welcome
and
necessary,
especially
considering
the
fact
only
47
to
52
percent
of
plastics
drinks,
bottles
are
currently
recycled
and
it
introduction
that
this
scheme
presents
a
potential
reduction
of
10
to
40
million
and
the
cost
a
letter
pollution
imposes
on
society.
Q
The
introduction
of
the
scheme,
along
with
the
commitment
to
increase
the
number
of
electric
and
ultra-low
mission
vehicles,
will
continue
Scotland
on
a
path
to
a
low-carbon
future
and
I'm
sure
we're
all
looking
forward
to
the
abolition
of
the
seal
of
non
electric
vehicles.
Variable
from
2032
or
fossil
fuel
vehicles
from
2032
and
not
being
sold
low-carbon
initiatives
will
ton
support
an
employment
market.
21,000
jobs
are
supported
directly
by
the
low-carbon
renewable
energy
economy
in
Scotland
representing
nine
point.
Q
One
percent
of
UK
employment
in
this
sector
reinforcing
the
overall
importance
of
or
building
on
those
industries.
Unsurprisingly
breaks,
it
presents
a
significant,
yet
unavoidable,
rush
to
business
in
Scotland,
with
investments,
sensitive
to
changing
market
signals
and
the
unclear
structure.
It
also
represents
a
greatest
source
of
uncertainty
for
our
economy
totally
beyond
2018
as
negotiations
progress.
Well,
these
challenges
must
and
will
be
addressed,
but
under
my
significant
opportunities,
not
only
in
terms
of
improving
an
economy
in
environment
but
across
the
board.
Q
Presenting
snap
general
election,
we
face
a
Tory
government
in
Westminster,
propped
up
by
the
DUP
installed,
subject
to
continuing
budget
cuts,
subjecting
us
to
continue
budget
cuts,
while
Tory
msps
demand
lower
taxes,
a
doubling
of
the
house
building
program
despite
director,
exacerbating
skill
shortages
and
more
money
for
every
portfolio,
as
no
doubt
you'll
witness
at
budget
time.
As
was
made
clear
earlier
today,
when
Dean
lockhardt
was
a
caught
out
by
the
finance
secretary
and
made
no
apology
for
the
2.9
billion
pounds,
the
Tory
government
has
cut
to
from
Scotland's
budget.
Q
R
You
members
to
my
register
of
interests
relating
to
farming
at
the
end
of
us,
some
of
them.
The
first
minister
promised
a
bold
and
radical
relaunch,
my
goodness
that
was
badly
needed,
because
8
of
13
bells
promised
in
the
2016
program
for
government
only
three
were
passed
in
comparison.
The
2011
government
had
passed
name
bells
in
its
first
year,
so
I
I
realized
that
this
is
a
poor
poor
government
only
a
year
end,
but
it
is
new
energy.
It
has
no
vision,
it
lacks
talent
and
it
is
failing
Scotland.
R
Let's
talk
about
farming,
somebody
needs
to,
as
it
wasn't
mentioned
once
in
the
First
Minister's
up
a
five-minute
speech.
Yesterday
we
were
assured
by
the
Cabinet
Secretary
Fergus
Ewing
and
had
hoped
he
would
be
here
today
that
lessons
had
been
lam
and
there
must
be
no
repeat
of
the
unacceptable
car
payments
problem
of
2015-16.
R
R
Farming
in
comes
across
Scotland
of
plummeted,
and
we
cannot
have
another
year
of
payment
delays.
Average
incomes
have
fallen
by
75%
in
the
last
five
years
and
by
48
percent.
In
the
last
year
alone,
there
were
completely
unsustainable
average
of
just
twelve
thousand
six
hundred
pounds
per
farming
business,
and
that
is
after
receiving
car
payments,
and
this
means
that
that
leaving
many
farming
families
in
despair
and
unable
to
pay
their
bills.
R
P
R
That
is
absolutely
correct.
You
know
farmers
are
the
best
in
the
world
for
P
and
P
and
out
money
we
spend
money,
even
if
we
don't
have
it
some
things,
but
that
is
absolutely
correct.
Any
money
that
comes
into
a
little
economy
into
the
farm
and
business
is
immediately
spent
in
the
local
economy
and
that's
what
keeps
many
local
economies
going
and
we
forget
that
little
peril.
R
We've
already
done
one.
So
no
not
now,
when
it
comes
to
fishing
that
I
mention
ADA
and
any
enthusiam,
we
see
no
enthusiasm
from
the
SNP
regarding
opportunities,
leaving
the
AU
EU
may
bring
their
MP
continually
shout
that
the
Westminster
government
is
planning
a
so-called
power
grab.
Yet
we
have
been
absolutely
clear
that
after
brexit
Holyrood
will
have
more
power.
When
will
the
SNP
start
the
work
positively
and
support
the
process
of
getting
the
best
possible
deal
and
stop
using
this
process
as
a
means
of
berating
and
criticizing
the
Westminster
Government
I
will
cabinet.
E
S
R
You
have
been
cured
and
every
occasion
that
there
will
be
at
least
the
same
amount
of
powers
if
not
more
and
I
am
just
standing
here
now
saying
there
will
be
more
for
us
to
the
Scottish
Government,
but
their
stock
picks
and
they
stacked
is.
This
spoiling
tactic
means
they
are
making
a
good
deal
for
the
whole
of
the
UK,
much
more
difficult.
R
Instead
of
being
positive
about
the
see
of
opportunity
for
the
fishing
industry
after
black
says,
Fergus,
Ewing's
and
nourishment
of
plants
that
Scottish
trawlers
would
suffer
a
quota
cut
if
a
certain
percentage
of
as
fresh
were
not
landed
in
the
UK
is
completely
the
wrong
approach.
We
all
want
to
see
the
maximum
amount
of
fish
landed
and
processed
here.
However,
the
Scottish
government
should
not
be
trying
to
micromanage
and
browbeat
a
fisherman,
but
she'll
be
helping
processors,
increase
capacity
and
and
market
more
effectively,
thus
making
landing
here
more
attractive.
R
T
D
T
Q
R
R
S
Officer
I
view
yesterday's
programme
for
government
announcement
from
a
couple
of
perspectives.
Firstly,
as
a
constituency
MSP
looking
at
how
the
proposals
contained
within
it
would
impact
the
evident
life
of
my
constituents
and
secondly,
as
convener
and
the
environment,
climate
change,
the
land
reform
committee,
considering,
amongst
other
things,
the
watch
teams
that
would
generate
for
that
committee.
I
was
left
infused
in
both
regards
time
will
permit
me
to
explore
the
potential
impacts
of
the
way
their
measures
and
my
Angus
South
constituency,
and
this
afternoon
is
a
session
looking
specifically
economy
and
environment.
S
So
I
want
to
focus
my
contribution
on
the
environment
or
aspect
of
the
programme
for
government
thinking
officer.
The
response
from
the
opposition
benches
to
the
statement
mark
cross
cover
park
perhaps
has
been
depressingly
predictable.
Does
we
bets
me
away,
but
were
most
we
going
to
spend
our
time
knocking
the
content
and
the
record
with
the
government
now
I
accept
that
I'm
likely
from
those
team
quarters
to
be
accused
in
tonne
of
taking
a
glass
three
quarters?
Few
of
you.
S
So,
let's
look
at
what
goes
of
an
unbiased
and
informed
perspective
had
to
see
about
the
environmental
element
of
what
was
announced
Eric.
So
hang
head
of
UN
Environment,
great
leadership
and
commitments
on
climate
emissions,
Queen,
air
pollution,
subtle
economy
and
plastic
waste
from
Nicola
Sturgeon
Scotland,
the
fazer,
petrol
and
diesel
vehicles,
another
brush
of
breath
of
fresh
air
frenzy.
They
are
Scotland
the
greenest
programme
for
government
in
the
history
of
the
Scottish
Parliament
Greenpeace.
This
is
what
real
leadership
looks
like
WWF
Scotland.
S
U
Thank
You
presiding
officer
and
look
despite
repeated
pleas.
The
Cabinet
Secretary
has
so
far
failed
to
show
the
leadership
to
commit
funding
to
deal
with
coastal
erosion
at
Montrose.
Just
so
excited
Graham
day's
constituency
which
will
lead
to
flooding.
So
will
he
push
for
the
Scottish
government
to
change
that
stance
and
deal
with
the
environmental
problem
on
our
doorstep?.
S
U
S
Because
coastal
erosion
is
caused
largely
by
climate
change,
that
is
what
all
these
measures
are
designed
to
tackle.
There
is
a
bigger
picture
issue
here
and
let's
look
at
the
detail
of
the
measurements
which
have
attracted
such
a
positive
response
from
those
possessing
an
objective
perspective.
Direct
LST
support
for
the
econ
project
is
in
Fergus
both
welcomed
unnecessary,
given
the
reliance
placed
on
carbon
capture
and
storage
and
the
draft
climate
plan,
I
suppose
for
my
money,
yes,
but
a
measure
which
hopefully
will
give
the
UK
government
the
push
needed
to
get
things
moving
again.
S
The
commitment
had
Oliver
law
in
mission
zones
in
our
four
largest
cities
by
2020
and
all
other
air
quality
management
areas
where
necessary
by
2023.
Both
miles
of
importance,
highlighted
in
its
work
by
the
Environment
Committee
I
also
welcome
the
creation
of
a
research
programme
and
blue
carbon
and
auctions
for
deep
sea
national
marine
reserves
and
the
commitment
of
500,000
pounds
to
begin
addressing
little
sinks
around
our
coast
and
develop
policy
to
address
marine
plastics
and
on
land
reform.
I'm.
S
What
Karina,
with
a
subgroup,
highlighted
both
the
challenges,
as
well
as
the
undoubted
potential
ADRs
scheme,
very
much
welcomed
the
model
and
currently
been
under
thing
by
the
government
to
determine
the
type
of
scheme
likeliest
to
work
best
for
Scotland,
because
this
is
just
as
simple
as
committing
to
the
principle
and
charging
ahead.
If
we
look
at
the
kind
of
plastic
bottles
like
if
we
captured
by
a
DRS
scheme,
current
collection
rates
across
the
UK,
the
rate
across
the
UK
is,
is
soccer
60%.
S
But
that's
variable
with
wheels,
for
example,
hitting
75%
the
performance
levels
of
BRS
schemes
as
introduced
else.
We
are
vary
from
50
percent
to
90
percent.
So
it's
right
that
the
government
takes
these.
Next
few
months
to
identify
the
scheme
best
suited
to
our
circumstances
and
how
many
pinch
points
can
be
addressed,
there's
resistance
as
they
are,
but
many
in
fact
the
vast
majority
of
the
legitimate
concerns.
For
example,
innovation.
The
smaller
retails,
can
be
addressed
by
drawing
on
practical
applications
from
other
places,
not
least
of
all
Estonia.
S
The
other
major
announcement
of
course
concerned
the
commitment
to
face
a
new
petrol
and
diesel
cars
and
vines
by
2032
and
sitting
along
say
that
extending
the
Green
Bus
fund
and
massively
expand
the
number
of
electric
charging
points
in
rural
urban
and
domestic
settings.
The
Scottish
green
boss
fund
was
so
far
assisted
with
a
purchase
of
three
hundred
and
fifty
low
carbon
emissions
bosses
across
Scotland
25
of
those
operate
within
my
constituency
and
across
Angus.
So
we'll
also
seeing
new
charging
points.
Tolling,
Caray,
Mercker
listy
are
broad
and
money
feith.
S
So
the
UK
governor
has
to
step
up
here
when
the
next
turn
the
CFD
comes
forward.
That's
not
a
political
point,
that's
a
fact,
and
just
as
we
need
Westminster
a
diverse
bet,
we
also
need
elements
of
Scotland's
environmental
lobby
not
only
to
talk
the
talk
and
tackling
climate
change,
but
walk
the
walk,
because,
even
if
all
four
of
these
wind
farms
had
subsidy
tamiya
consent,
the
stole
wouldn't
be
a
single
turbine
being
belt,
let
alone
installed,
because
a
member
organization
of
stock
climate
chaos,
the
RSPB,
is
continuing
its
efforts
to
wreck
these
projects.
S
So
can
I
say
it
well
araignee,
if
he's
listening,
I
hope
you'll
join
me,
because
both
of
a
constituency
interest
in
the
FASTA
fourth
and
tier,
is
an
odds
in
the
UK
government
and
the
RSPB
to
get
behind
them
and
clear
the
way
for
the
environment
or
an
economic
benefit.
They'll
provide
Scotland,
presiding
officer,
Thank.
V
V
Housing
should
be
regarded
essential
to
the
health
and
welfare
of
every
individual
and
it
should
be
a
right
to
live
in
a
warm
home
with
an
affordable,
rent
or
mortgage.
It
must
be
a
central
area
of
action
for
this
program
for
government.
The
house
building
industry
believes
that
housing
should
be
treated
as
a
national
infrastructure
project
and
I
agree
with
that.
It
should
have
a
level
of
priority
and
a
serious
rule
in
creating
jobs
and
skills.
V
We
need
a
new
strategy
on
homelessness
statistics
from
Glasgow,
City
Mission
and
the
best
antitrust
sure
that
rough
sleeping
is
on
the
rise
in
the
last
two
years.
I
welcome
what
the
First
Minister
said
yesterday,
that
the
government
will
say
a
clear
and
national
objectives
to
eradicate
Rafah
sleeping,
but
it
must
be
a
priority
for
this
government
homeless.
V
Applications
by
those
with
mental
health
problems
and
disability
are
on
the
rise,
but
housing
increasingly
signifies
the
divisions
in
society
of
inequality
of
the
half
and
the
half
north
we
are
in
a
crisis
know
was
a
severe
housing
shortage
of
social
housing.
We
have
rising
rents
and,
while
we're
just
helping
flatlining
over
the
last
decade
and
not
to
mention
the
huge
barrier
to
home
ownership,
you
can
begin
to
see
the
problem.
V
Can
there
seriously
now
be
any
question
as
to
whether
or
not
that
housing
should
be
a
cabinet
post
and
not
a
junior
post
in
this
government?
The
First
Minister
herself
must
sure.
Yes,
the
First
Minister
herself
must
sure
that
the
housing
sector
she
must
shorted.
The
housing
said
that
she
understands
and
cares
about
housing
as
a
policy
area.
An
essential
part
of
her
government's
programme.
I
gave
Rita
datavoke
a
cabinet.
F
Secretary
and
I
thank
Pauline
MacNeil
for
taking
the
intervention,
I,
hope
and
believe
that
being
able
to
do
she'll
that
commitment
that
housing
should
be
a
priority.
Does
a
member
therefore
welcome
the
resource
planning
assumptions
that
I
have
announced
with
their
cabinets?
Actually,
Angela
Constance
amount,
one
in
three-quarter
billion
pounds
over
the
resource
planning
period
to
both
houses
across
Scotland
Polly.
V
Absolutely
no
difficulty
whatsoever
and
welcoming
the
resource
allocation
and
the
ambition
to
build
50,000
houses,
but
to
that,
but
I
do
genuinely
think
when
it
was
a
cabinet
position
in
the
last
government
and
I
think
it
should
leave.
It
came
that
it
was
brought
back
into
the
cabinet
to
demonstrate
how
important
the
area
of
housing
is,
but
I
want
to
say
why
I
think
housing
policy
needs
to
shift
up
the
agenda.
It
was
one
of
the
many
reasoning
reasons
the
housing
has
been
more
prominent
recently
as
the
tragedy
of
the
Granville
Tara
fire.
V
It
has
opened
our
eyes
up
to
the
fact
that
is
the
perdus
people
who
end
up
in
the
least
safe
housing
and
that
they
have
the
least
access
to
challenge
bad
decisions
made
by
those
landlords
who
put
profit
over
safety.
Making
housing
affordable
must
be
a
priority
to
take
people
out
of
poverty.
Housing
costs
push
many
into
poverty,
320,000
Scots,
we're
in
work
in
what
poverty
before
housing
costs
and
that
rises
by
another
100,000.
If
you
take
that,
after
closing
costs,
the
poverty
rate
for
young
adults
was
higher
in
2014
than
any
other
age
group.
V
Young
people
are
over-represented
and
no
least
wealthy
households
and
the
average
level
of
debt
for
young
people
has
almost
doubled
and
has
done
so
twice
as
fast
as
other
age
groups.
The
entity
of
Fiscal
Studies
analysis
has
shown
that
wealth
has
been
significantly
distributed
away
from
young
people
and
that
this
has
been
driven
by
a
reduction
in
home
commercial
ownership.
V
That
essentially
means
that
the
baby
boomer
generation
are
50%
more
likely
to
own
their
own
homes.
Are
each
there
take
land.
The
millennials
higher
levels
of
deposit
and
low
wage
grow
have
meant
that
it's
far
harder
to
get
a
mortgage.
It
is
this
age
group,
the
6th
age
16
to
29.
That
needs
a
more
radical
government
policy
to
prevent
further
intergenerational
inequality
through
young
people,
who
don't
have
the
buying
of
mum
and
dad
must
be
helped.
V
The
help
to
buy
scheme
is
due
to
end
in
2019
and
I
asked
the
government
this
afternoon.
If
and
when
we
can
have
a
commitment
that
our
important
scheme
will
continue
beyond
that
date.
I
think
it
is
important
to
give
confidence
to
prospective
young
people
and
find
any
families
and
the
industry
itself
and
knowing
that
there
will
be
help
to
buy,
but
the
help
to
buy
scheme
must
also
help
both
on
the
lowest
wages,
and
it
might
be
worthwhile
having
a
review
of
the
scheme
itself
to
ensure
that
it
does
that.
V
According
to
the
Scottish
household
survey,
social
housing
tenure
is
down
to
23%
of
the
total
tenure
it
previously
was
32
percent
and
according
to
shelter,
almost
half
a
billion
pounds
a
year
of
government
money
goes
to
private
landlords
in
Housing
Benefit.
It's
quite
a
staggering
figure.
It
is
the
large
the
subsidy
and
we
should
demand
high
standards
for
tenants
in
the
private
sector
and,
as
have
been
said
before,
that
should
include
I,
see
reaching
for
energy
efficiency
to
match
the
social
sector.
D
W
You
officer
next
week,
my
constituency
of
Caithness,
Sutherland
and
Ross
has
the
honour
of
hosting
a
fantastic
group
of
young
people
from
Sunnyside
Primary
School
in
Easter
House
Glasgow,
a
group
who
call
themselves
the
ocean
defenders.
This
group
of
dedicated
children
have
made
it
their
mission
to
raise
money
and
awareness
of
marine
issues
and
have
been
supporting
the
work
of
organisations
based
in
Aleppo
and
Westeros.
W
Next
week
they
will
have
the
opportunity
to
come
to
the
area
experience
the
incredible
environment,
spend
time
with
their
peers
from
rural
skills
and
learn
more
about
the
nature
and
habitats
of
that
particular
part
of
Scotland.
These
children
have
decided
their
own
path
for
their
learning
and
development,
and
that
path
leads
to
the
spectacular
beauty
of
the
west
coast.
They
have
built
new
relationships
not
only
with
each
other
and
with
their
new
friends
and
where
to
Ross,
but
also
with
their
surroundings.
W
Today,
children
from
all
across
Scotland
and
in
particular
the
Ocean
defenders
in
Sunnyside
primary,
are
learning
experiencing
and
developing
or
because
of
the
fantastic
opportunities
that
they
have
to
access
and
research
their
natural
world.
The
chamber
won't
be
surprised
to
hear
that
I
welcome
the
announcements
from
the
Scottish
Government
on
the
plans
for
the
environment
and
the
low-carbon
economy.
This
has
been
described
by
Friends
of
the
Earth
as
the
greenest
program
for
government
in
the
history
of
the
Scottish
Parliament
and
it
needed
to
be.
We
already
have
some
world
being
aspirations.
W
Scotland
has
one
of
the
most
ambitious
targets
in
Europe
to
reduce
food
waste
Scotland
has
targets
to
recycle
70%
of
all
household
waste
by
2025
Scotland's.
First,
a
premier
call
a
strategy
was
published
in
2015.
Our
target
for
renewable
energy
in
Scotland
is
to
generate
the
equivalent
of
100
percent
of
gross
electricity
by
an
11
percent
of
heat
consumption
by
2020
and
last
year
we
reached
our
emissions
targets
X
years
earlier
than
planned,
but
we
all
agree.
We
can
do
more
more
to
encourage
Scotland's
years
to
be
active
and
responsible
citizens
towards
the
world.
W
Now
and
in
the
future,
the
Scottish
Government
has
announced
a
plan
to
develop
a
deposit
return
scheme
for
bottles
and
cans
according
to
the
WWF
for
five
members
of
the
public
support,
this
and
deposit
retirement
systems
are
already
working
well
in
other
countries
that
present
similar
challenges:
Canada
Australia,
America,
Estonia,
Germany
and
Norway,
amongst
others.
But
alongside
this,
a
complete
change
in
public
behavior
is
also
needed
to
curb
lettering.
W
Well
stay
appreciate
that
we
have
come
a
long
way
in
terms
of
recycling
in
Scotland
in
the
lifetime
of
this
Parliament
and
as
I
said
previously,
we
have
laudable
targets.
Lettering,
particularly
of
drinks.
Containers
remains
a
worrying
issue.
Starting
now,
we
will
be
bringing
up
generations
of
children
who
will
see
returning
drinks
containers
as
no
as
a
normal
everyday
occurrence
and
speaking
of
culture
change,
not
only
from
an
education
point
of
view,
but
also
from
a
health
and
well-being
point
of
view.
W
We
do
need
to
do
more
to
move
towards
active
journeys
and
the
announcement
yesterday
that
the
Scottish
government
plans
to
double
investment
in
walking
and
cycling
280
million
pound
a
year
well
go
a
long
way
to
cutting
carbon
emissions
and
shows
real
investment
in
a
low-carbon
economy.
Another
aim
is
that
of
decarbonizing
our
transport
sector
by
2032,
and
my
constituency
journeys
can
be
extremely
lengthy.
An
active
travel
is
just
not
practical
in
some
cases.
Here's
an
example.
W
I
know
that
I'm
reading
it
back
I'm,
not
sure
if
it's
a
very
good
example,
but
I'll
say
anyway,
when
my
constituents
in
Leeds
need
to
do
their
weekly
shopping,
not
that
many
people
do
the
weekly
shopping
on
a
bicycle,
but
a
round
trip
is
just
under
six
hours,
traveling
over
200
miles.
So,
on
that
note,
the
scottish
government's
commitment
to
ultra-low
emission
vehicles
in
this
programme
is
also
to
be
welcomed
and
as
an
economic,
yes
Liam.
U
W
D
W
Glad
that
Liam
Kerr
brought
that
point
up.
As
he
knows,
I
am
NOT
a
member
of
the
Scottish
government,
so
I
can't
price
that
for
him,
but
I
am
getting
on
to
where
we're
going
with
charging
points
F.
He
would
like
me
continue.
Thank
you
as
an
economic
opportunity.
Agm
batteries
limited
runs,
the
UK's
largest
lithium
ion
sail
manufacturing
plant
and
they
are
based
in
sorrow
and
my
concession
say.
W
Future
generations
of
Scots
deserve
to
live
in
a
clean,
healthy,
beautiful
country,
a
country
to
be
proud
of,
and
which
has
an
active
and
vital
role
to
play
in
combating
climate
change,
which
is
all
too
real.
These
policies
announced
yesterday
recognized
the
vital
importance
of
our
natural
environment
and
a
low-carbon
economy
not
only
to
our
nation
in
the
future,
but
there
are
children
of
today
I
welcome
them
wholeheartedly
and
look
forward
to
see
how
they
will
be
embedded
in
either
legislation
or
national
plans
and
in
time
become
a
part
of
normal
life
and
I'm.
D
X
You
presiding
officer
and
save
myself
at
the
first
gasps
I
am
going
to
refer
members
to
my
register
of
interest.
The
Scottish
Legislative
list
looks
a
little
more
extensive
this
year
than
last
year's,
rather
Slim's
picking
pickings.
What
is
clear,
though,
is
there's
not
much
for
the
rural
economy
and
I'm
saddened
by
this
lack
of
vision.
This
is
especially
surprising
as
last
year
when
it
came
to
rural
issues.
It
was
probably
not
one
that
the
government,
or
indeed
mr.
X
So
if
this
government
can't
come
up
with
ideas
for
farmers
in
the
agricultural
sector,
perhaps
they
should
encourage
those
farmers
and
the
agriculture
tastes
sector
to
take
a
lead
on
improvement
themselves
in
as
they
doing
in
places
such
as
Canada,
at
least
that
this
would
mean
that
government
would
be
absolved
from
being
blamed
for
the
poorly
delivered
and
Politis
conceived
schemes
that
they've
designed
themselves.
Now,
as
they
know,
new
ideas
for
legislation
for
rural
issues
in
the
government
program,
perhaps
I
can
offer
some
tips
on
what
they
should
be
doing
and
I
again.
I.
X
Just
reiterate:
it's
sad
that
mr.
Ewing
isn't
here,
because
these
perhaps
are
directed
slightly
at
him.
Firstly,
if
you
continually
say
we
are
sorry
and
we
are
fixing
it,
for
goodness
sake,
make
sure
you
do
fix
it.
You
might
be
sorry
for
your
Farm
Payment
Fiasco,
but
you
sure,
as
help
but
sorry
sure
I
surely
have
not
fixed
it.
I
apologize
gently.
X
Still
rambles
on
frankly,
it's
clear:
we
would
have
been
better
off
to
buy
an
off-the-shelf
computer
to
run
the
Scottish
Farm
payment
scheme
instead
of
investing
the
178
million
in
a
failed
system
which
cost
a
significant
sum
more
to
run
each
year
than
the
off
the
peg
system
who
was
projected
to.
Secondly,
if
you
believe
as
I
do
that
Scotland's
fishermen
are
a
vital
part
of
our
economy,
I
suggest
you
might
like
to
do
less
to
alienate
them.
X
They
want
to
revive
their
industry
and
see
taking
back
control
from
the
EU
as
a
way
of
doing
this,
looking
at
the
snps
program
for
government
I
see
little
to
give
them
confident.
It
seems
that
this
government
is
is
set
on
antagonizing
them.
Pelagic
fishermen
are
rightly
incensed
at
suggestions
of
plans
to
reduce
their
crater
as
gross
as
trawlers
if
they
don't
land
at
least
55
percent
of
their
catch
in
Scotland.
That
is
not
an
open
market.
X
It's
more
like
a
restricted
market
that
could
cost
our
fishermen
and
the
economy
dear
as
they
would
be
prohibited
from
selling
their
fish
at
the
best
advantage.
Well,
actually,
I
want
to
just
push
on
and
I
feel
you're
going
to
come
back
to
me
at
a
later
stage,
but
we'll
see,
and
when
it
comes
to
the
fishing
industry.
What
happened
to
the
inshore
fisheries
bill,
a
promise
delayed
or
a
promise
undelivered
now
I
want
to
mention
what
I
perceive
are
two
huge
missed
opportunities
both
to
do
with
connecting
and
enhancing
communications.
X
F
X
You
presiding
officer,
I've
cut.
Of
course
you
know
if
it's
happening
on
your
watch
and
you're
not
going
to
delivery,
you
will
of
course
try
and
slope
shoulders,
but
there
is
scope
to
accelerate
delivery
and
bring
the
rollout
forward
and
giving
it
to
the
rural
economy
will
boost
it
in
that
where
it
desperately
needs.
During
the
summer,
I've
met
constituents
and
businesses
from
tongue
to
poetry,
from
Kinloch
Purvi
to
Grantham
all
who
bemoaned
the
lack
of
broadband.
X
Let
me
share
a
specific
example
with
you,
a
business
that
employs
140
people
at
peak
time
and
ships
640
lorry
loads
of
produce
all
over
the
UK
has
such
poor
broadband.
They
have
to
go
to
Inverness,
to
have
email
their
shipping
notes
and
check
their
orders
for
the
next
day.
They
are
hamstrung
by
the
lack
of
high-speed
broadband.
Let
me
be
clear:
more
connectivity
would
be
clearly
delivering
for
Scotland
and
ensuring
that
businesses
grow
more
jobs,
more
income,
more
growth
and
without
Dutch,
without
doubt
cross-party
support.
I
X
Of
course
to
congratulate
anyone
when
they
deliver
it,
it's
delivery
that
counts
not
delivered
yet
so
presiding
officer,
as
you
are
suggesting
my
time
is
nearly
up
when
it
comes
to
to
believe
that
sorry,
when
it
comes
to
rural
issues,
I
believe
this
ten-year-old
government
has
little
ambition.
They
know
they
have
lost
confidence
for
those
that
live
in
the
rural
areas.
They
lack
the
drive
to
bring
for
the
delivery
of
policies
for
farmers,
fishermen
and
business
and
I
believe
that
this
government
is
holding
back
roars
gotten.
X
D
X
Y
You
very
much
ship
sailing
officer,
sitting
officer,
I
wanna,
welcome
this
program
for
government
and
there's
lots
of
it
that
the
chamber
can
unite
and
support,
as
was
evident
in
some
of
the
contributions
from
yesterday
from
the
welcome
of
the
introduction
of
Frank's
law,
the
new
drug
driving
offense,
which
they
counted
it
to
Davidson's
false
claims.
Yesterday,
I'd
actually
raised
the
issue
with
the
Scottish
government
in
the
first
instance
in
June
of
2016
to
the
removal
of
the
1%
peak
up
for
public
sector.
Y
What
caused
the
introduction
of
the
investment
bank,
the
deposit
return
scheme
and
the
Sanjit
products
initiative
to
deal
with
period,
poverty
to
name
just
six
examples,
this
program
as
busting
the
proposals
and
ideas
that
were
actually
helped
and
shape
our
country
for
the
future.
These
six
examples
also
pervade
real
differences
to
our
country,
our
communities,
our
environment
and
also
to
our
individual
agency
season.
I
went
to
touch
a
point
just
a
few
of
the
examples
from
yesterday,
which
will
help
our
communities
and
our
constituents.
Y
The
drug
driving
offense
is
one
that
I
generally
am
pleased
to
see.
The
government
came
under
some
criticism
mailer
in
the
year
about
the
lack
of
this
as
an
offense,
but
it
was
clear
that
first,
the
UK
government
had
provided
a
focus
on
drug
driving
offenses
the
Scottish
government
actually
focused
on
attacking
and
tackling
drink
driving
offences.
The
introduction
of
this
new
offense
will
certainly
go
some
way
to
making
our
roads
safer
and
I'm
sure
many
of
our
constituents
will
be
pleased
that
this
offense
is
to
be
introduced.
Y
Next
to
such
a
point,
the
deposit
under
tom
scheme
in
1985,
when
I,
was
studying
in
Germany.
The
scheme
was
already
in
operation
in
terms
of
glass,
bottles
and
I
know
that
some
of
schemes
took
place
and
some
of
the
Scandinavian
countries,
but
I'm
delighted
that
this
scheme
is
now
going
to
happen
here
in
Scotland,
and
certainly
it
will
have
environmental
and
also
economic
benefits
and
its
reach
well
actually
enter
into
many
areas
of
our
economy.
Y
We
clearly
have
an
important
way
of
life
environment,
it
will
benefit,
and
the
wildlife
tourism
market
will
certainly
be
a
beneficiary,
but
so
well
many
in
tourism,
but
in
tourism,
as
already
a
growing
and
economy,
and
it's
also
encouraging
more
people
to
participate
in
our
waters.
Of
course,
line
is
already
a
renowned
for
this
beauty,
and
it's
also
a
magnet
for
people
taking
part
and
marine
based
activities
and
FL
coastline
becomes
even
cleaner.
Y
I,
don't
disagree,
I
think
it
certainly
meant
that
as
an
opportunity.
Absolutely
it.
Certainly,
when
members
consider
the
economic
benefits
of
the
environmental
proposal
in
the
program
that
I'm
sure
that
that
more
members
in
the
chamber
can
see
the
ambition
to
make
Scotland
I
could
not
and
more
economically
sustainable
nation,
putting
Scotland
at
the
forefront
of
a
low-carbon
future
as
actually
vital
for
our
economic
opportunity
and
also
potential
of
sailing
off,
so
the
usual
politicking.
It
has
taken
place
already
and
this
debate
yesterday
and
also
some
of
it
today,
which
was
to
be
expected.
Y
No,
it
didn't
Lockhart
and
his
controversial
are
on
it.
He
stated:
walk
growth
and
low
wage
economy,
but
certainly
the
cabin
at
the
low-wage
aspects
Julie
mr.
Lockhart
Sadler
left
the
chamber.
Surely
mr.
Lockhart,
but
also
realized
that
employment
law
actually
rests
with
his
colleagues
in
Westminster.
Therefore,
his
colleagues
in
the
Scott
Scotland
office
mate
want
to
raise
this
and
also
his
concerns
with
his
government
colleagues,
so
the
cabinet
secretary
for
finance
today
indicated
and
in
the
creations
everline
that
apparently
parliamentary
approval.
Y
Issues
left
me
in
recent
months
and
that's
I've
had
some
correspondence
with
the
Cabinet
Secretary
on
that
knew,
but
listening
to
the
continual
negativity
from
the
Tories,
but
equally
depressing
and
inevitability
over
other
comments,
I
think
even
the
Tories
need
to
listen
to
some
of
the
comments
made
by
others
about
this
program
for
government
remodeling
cough
the
deputy
editor
of
business.
Green
has
stated
genuinely
blown
away
by
the
scale
of
embedding
here
and
Hewitt.
Y
Y
However,
as
the
as
the
utter
shambles
of
the
breaks
a
process
led
by
the
heartless
and
hopeless
in
Whitehall,
the
early
signs
of
the
brakes
of
negotiations
are
not
good
and
the
Tories
are
and
are
in
complete
denial
about
the
mess
that
their
government
is
presenting
over
the
reports
today
about
the
leaked
document
affecting
EU.
What
costs
once
again
highlights
that
you
keep
wing
of
the
Tories
less
firmly
in
charge
at
the
moment.
Turned
settler
Peter
Chapman's
comments
regarding
the
fishing
industry.
Y
Alors
on
I
said
they
can
indicate
that
thing
officer
I
welcome
the
programme
for
government
I,
don't
know
that
my
constituency
of
clinical
member
clade
or
benefit
and
I'm
sure
many
of
my
constituents
will
be
delighted
with
this
program.
Also
and
I
know
that
certainly
this
programme
is
busting
with
ambition
and
ideas
to
make
Scotland
a
cleaner
and
fairer
and
better
better
country
going
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
Z
Deputy
presiding
officer,
the
Scottish
Labour
Party
publishes
its
industrial
strategy
in
the
first
week
of
recess,
and
the
SNP
First
Minister
then
makes
a
speech
in
the
last
week
of
recess,
in
which
he
borrows
much
of
the
Labour
Party's
language,
a
bit
of
our
analysis
and
some,
but
not
all
of
the
Labour
Party's
solutions,
and
it
turns
up
again
a
few
days
later
in
yesterday's
programme
for
government,
but
there
were
some
important
differences
in
her
speech.
Last
week,
the
First
Minister
spoke
of
growing
employee
owned
businesses,
including
iope
workers
cooperatives.
That
was
not
mentioned
yesterday.
Z
She
spoke
last
week
as
well
of
a
new
partnership
between
government
and
the
public
sector
and
business.
This
was
also
missing
yesterday,
of
course,
supporting
business
research
and
development,
including
the
Scottish
Enterprise
budget
for
business
R&D,
which,
as
I
exposed
just
two
weeks
ago,
was
being
so
overrun
with
claims
and
so
underfunded
with
cash
that
the
senior
manager
for
innovation
and
enterprise
at
Scottish
Enterprise
was
to
send
an
internal
memo
in
which
she
said
in
I
quote
the
practice
of
making
upfront
payments
must
cease.
Z
Holding
back
payments
on
new
smart
aren
t
until
the
next
financial
year
was
necessary.
So
we
welcome
the
decision
to
increase
the
budget
for
this
item
from
22
million
pounds
a
year
to
37
million
pounds
a
year,
but
I'm
bound
to
ask
this.
How
much
of
this
additional
50
million
pounds
is
already
committed
and
is
the
practice
of
upfront
Awards,
especially
critical
for
our
small
and
medium-sized
enterprises
still
off
the
table,
or
is
it
back
on
the
table
and
when
the
south
of
Scotland
interim
board
is
established?
Where
will
its
budget
come
from?
Z
Is
there
to
be
additional
money,
or
is
it
simply
a
case
of
cutting
resources
from
already
existing
and
stretched
Scottish
Enterprise
budgets?
What
of
the
Scottish
national
investment
bank?
Of
course
we
welcome
this
outline
proposal.
It
is,
after
all,
a
straight
lift
from
the
Scottish
Labour
Party's
industrial
strategy,
but
how
will
the
bank
be
governed?
Will
it
have
a
board
of
50%
women
and
50%
men?
What
about
the
role
of
trade
unions
and
its
work?
And
if
there
is
to
be
a
just
transition
Commission?
Where
will
the
trade
union
and
community
voice
be
on
that?
Z
Because,
whilst
we
support
unreservedly
action
to
tackle
climate
change,
we
cannot
leave
workers
or
entire
communities
behind,
which
is
why
we
have
repeatedly
argued
that
we
need
a
little
bit
more
economic
planning
and
a
little
bit
less
market
in
the
climate
change
plan
of
this
government.
On
the
broader
front,
of
course,
we
welcome
a
debate
about
tax
taxation.
Of
course
we
welcome
the
lifting
of
the
public
sector
pay
cap.
This
has
been
a
long-standing
demand
of
the
entire
trade
union
movement,
including
labour,
in
this
Parliament
I
will
take
an
intervention
cabinet.
Z
It's
an
answer
government
which
appears
to
be
in
office,
but
not
in
power.
It's
failed
to
tackle
the
deep
and
underlying
problems
we
face,
so
listen
to
260
thousand
children
in
Scotland
forty
thousand
more
than
last
year
and
now
living
in
poverty.
No
wonder
the
educational
attainment
gap
is
getting
worse.
Have
the
number
of
people
working
but
still
considered
to
be
living
in
poverty
is
at
its
worst
point
since
devolution
last
winter,
half
of
our
pensioners
lived
in
fuel
poverty.
Z
We
have
a
government
that
has
failed
to
tackle
our
housing
crisis,
failed
to
tackle
our
national
shame
of
health
inequality.
The
huge
cuts
year
on
year
to
local
government
with
the
impact
on
local
services
has,
of
course,
simply
made
that
inequality
worse
deputy
presiding
officer.
This
government
has
also
failed
to
tackle
the
crisis
in
social
care,
I'm
presiding
over
worsening
mental
health
services,
especially
for
our
young
people.
They
have
failed
to
meet
their
own
treatment
time,
guaranteed
teas
and
discharge
targets,
and
now
we
face
an
impending
crisis.
Z
In
doctors,
surgeries
right
across
the
country,
how
on
earth
can
we
hope
to
tackle
these
issues
of
fundamental
importance
if
the
SMP
won't
even
acknowledge
they
exist,
let
alone
try
to
solve
them
their
flagship
policy
in
education,
a
de
facto
Tory
bill
will
take
more
power
from
local
government,
something
opposed
by
teachers
and
parents
alike.
So
it
is
a
programme
for
government
which
is
not
radical
but
reactionary.
It
shows
that
only
labour
can
deliver
the
investment
and
the
ideas
to
deliver
real
change.
Z
The
real
and
radical
change
that
is
needed
only
Labour
will
properly
redistribute
income
to
ensure
we
look
after
the
many,
not
the
few.
Only
labour
will
properly
invest
in
our
economy
and
create
the
work
that
people
need
only
a
but
a
lowly
labour
offers
hope
for
a
new
society.
Only
labour
has
a
plan
for
our
public
services
and
public
sector
workers.
Only
labor
has
a
plan
for
our
pensioners.
Only
labor
has
a
plan
for
our
sick
who
are
fed
up
of
waiting
to
be
seen.
Only
labor
can
deliver
the
real
and
radical
change.
D
T
You
presiding
officer,
we
live
in
a
very
uncertain
world.
Our
economy
is
dependent
on
our
workforce,
but
it
seems
that
our
world
is
less
tolerant,
less
kidding
and
less
just
the
announcement
from
the
US
that
the
daca
program
introduced
by
President,
Obama,
giving
rights
and
legal
status
to
Mexicans
have
lived
their
whole
lives
in
the
u.s.
is
to
be
scrapped,
is
one
of
them
the
most
retrograde
steps
of
a
democratic
government
in
years,
and
yet
we
seem
to
fear
no
better
in
the
UK.
T
So
while
we
talk
of
issues
of
economy
in
the
climate,
change,
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
of
it,
the
well-being
over
citizens
and
why
we
need
things
like
climate
change,
not
least
of
which
to
improve
the
health
of
our
nation
and
reduce
things
like
comedy
emphysema,
pulmonary
fibrosis
that
can
lead
to
transplants
so
unreflecting
on
the
first
ministers,
words
I
want
to
talk
about
an
experience.
I
had
this
summer
I
attended
the
opening
ceremony
of
the
British
Transplant
Games
in
Northland
aksha.
T
The
games
have
been
in
existence
for
30
years,
and
the
first
transplant
Olympics
took
place
in
Portsmouth
in
1978.
Since
the
early
beginnings,
the
competitors
are
known
affectionately
as
bloomin
medicals
17
cities
across
the
UK
have
hosted
the
event
with
North
lonex
hosting
this
summer.
The
games
are
intended
to
show
the
benefits
of
transplantation
encouraging
transplants
patients
that
he
gained
Fitness,
well,
increasing
public
awareness
of
the
need
for
more
people
to
join
the
NHS
organ
donation
register,
and
they
also
seek
to
thank
and
celebrate
donor
families
and
the
gift
of
life
available
included.
T
T
I
pay
particular
tribute
to
a
school
friend
of
mine.
Can
kasey
kahne
received
her
a
donated
kidney
and
has
been
a
tireless
campaigner
for
organized
organ
donation
and
its
course
fundraising
for
these
events
by
producing
an
agility
of
donation
angels
in
recognition
of
the
Transplant
Games?
But
Karin
was
the
person
who
first
brought
to
me
the
case
for
soft
octo
organ
and
tissue
donation.
So
I
am
delighted
that
the
programme
for
a
government
includes
such
a
bill.
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Cameron
Thank
You
presiding
officer,
like
many
others
recess,
gave
me
the
opportunity
to
travel
the
length
and
breadth
of
the
region.
I
represent
and
meet
constituents
across
the
Highlands
and
Islands,
as
well
as
local
businesses
and
community
organizations,
to
discuss
the
issues
and
concerns
they
have
and
what
was
apparent
from
speaking
to
a
range
of
people
was
that
they
are
genuinely
frustrated
with
the
SMPS
lack
of
focus
on
day
to
day
issues
over
the
last
12
months.
AA
So,
like
many
I
hope,
this
program
for
government
will
see
a
much
greater
focus
on
those
everyday
issues
that
concern
our
constituents.
We
can
only
wait
and
see,
I'm
also
pleased
to
find
myself
in
a
new
role
covering
the
environment,
brief
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
cabinet
secretary
and
others
so
that
we
can
meet
the
varying
environmental
challenges
ahead.
It
is
with
that
in
mind
that
I
broadly
welcome
the
fact
that
issues
affecting
the
environment
and
climate
change
are
at
the
forefront
of
the
government's
legislative
agenda
for
the
coming
year.
AA
There
are
areas
of
common
ground,
perhaps
in
this
area
more
than
in
others,
on
climate
change.
I
have
long
been
aware
of
the
need
to
ensure
that
we
deliver
a
groundbreaking
and
ambitious
climate
change
plan.
After
all,
this
plan
will
not
only
lay
out
the
ambitions
of
this
Parliament's
approach
to
tackling
climate
change,
but
will
be
the
foundation
for
every
Parliament
up
until
2032.
AA
However,
the
draw
plan
has
disappointed
some
with
groups
like
WWF
Scotland,
noting
that
the
draft
plan
fails
to
provide
a
credible
route
to
achieving
our
climate
change
targets.
It
is
therefore
vital
that
we
get
it
right
and
I
am
delighted.
The
First
Minister
found
inspiration
from
the
Scottish
Conservatives
in
her
statement
yesterday.
AA
This
bring
my
colleague
Morris
golden
published
our
approach
to
meeting
our
global
climate
change
commitments,
and
it
is
clear
that
some
of
our
aspirations
that
we
put
forward,
such
as
the
need
to
expand
the
number
of
electrical
vehicle
charging
points
and
the
desire
to
provide
transition,
support
to
convert
buses
and
taxis
to
renewable
vehicles
having
some
way
or
other
been
adopted
in
the
programme
for
government.
However,
our
plan
went
further.
We
proposed
incentivizing
the
ownership
of
electric
vehicles
through
measures
such
as
Freetown
Center
parking
and
the
use
of
bus
and
taxi
lanes.
AA
AA
One
target
we
do
know
is
that
the
government
has
followed
the
commitment
by
the
UK
government
to
phase
out
the
sale
of
new
petrol
and
diesel
cars
and
vans.
The
date
given
is
2032,
however,
given
their
cleaner
air
for
Scotland
document
from
2015
announced
that
their
target
would
be
50%
of
all
petrol
and
diesel
fuel
vehicles
and
cities,
which
would
be
phased
out
by
2030.
This
new
target
smacks
of
a
hastily
revised
figure
in
a
bid
for
political
one-upmanship.
AA
It
seems
quite
clear
that
the
Scottish
government
has
taken
inspiration
from
the
lead
of
the
UK
government
here
on
the
deposit
return
scheme.
We
also
read
with
interest
the
government's
proposals
to
design
and
implement
a
deposit
return
scheme.
However,
again
we
need
to
see
the
detail
of
their
proposals
for
such
a
scheme
before
we
can
offer
any
commitment.
AA
Whilst
we
have
always
recognized
the
need
to
be
radical
in
our
approach
to
reduce
waste
and
litter,
and
we
all
want
to
promote
recycling,
we
also
need
to
be
mindful
that
deposit
returns
scheme
proposals
don't
hamper
small
business
and
I
have
to
note
the
comments
of
the
FSB
who
say
they
are
story
disappointed.
The
government
has
committed
to
this
when
they
promised
a
full
public
consultation
and
detailed
impact
assessment.
We
must
also
bear
in
mind
the
burden
which
may
be
placed
on
local
authorities
and,
more
importantly,
on
individuals
on
warmer
homes,
the
Scottish
conserved.
AA
His
welcome
the
kit
with
commitment
to
introduced
a
warm
home
spell
into
Parliament,
although
this
isn't
a
new
announcement
as
it
was
included
in
last
year's
programme,
we
on
these
benches
have
been
consistent
in
our
cause.
Not
just
for
new
housing
but
to
improve
the
conditions
of
our
existing
stock.
We
want
to
see
fuel
poverty
eliminated,
as
well
as
contributing
to
our
Carbon
Reduction
obligations
and
with
all
that
said,
it
again
disappointing.
There
was
little
detail
in
the
program
for
government
on
what
a
warm
homes
bill
would
entail.
AA
We
are
concerned
at
the
fact
there
are
no
plans
to
improve
energy
efficiency
in
homes
in
the
program,
as
others
in
this
chamber
have
noted,
and
yesterday
Ruth
Davidson
reiterated
our
call
to
introduce
a
new
target
to
ensure
that
every
home
is
energy
efficiency,
rated
C
or
above
by
the
end
of
the
next
decade.
So
today,
I
again
call
on
the
government
to
commit
to
that
in
their
warm
homes
bill
on
emissions.
AA
The
government
program
includes
a
raft
of
measures
which
seeks
to
reduce
transport
emissions,
which
would
be
welcome
to
work
not
for
the
fact
that
the
government
has
cut
their
budget
for
transport
emissions
mitigation
by
almost
15
percent.
The
government
promises
to
invest
more
money
into
walking
and
cycling
schemes.
Again.
We
will
be
eager
to
look
at
this
more
closely
because
we
know
that,
despite
increased
investment,
there
has
only
been
a
naught
point.
AA
2
percent
increase
in
everyday
bike
journeys
in
the
past
decade
and
everyday
cycle
use
sits
at
2.2
percent
only
in
conclusion,
presiding
officer,
as
I
said,
when
I
first
entered
Parliament
I
will
not
oppose
things
just
for
the
sake
of
it.
The
Scottish
Conservatives
made
that
commitment
too,
but
we
also
committed
to
holding
the
SNP
to
account
an
inescapable
conclusion
to
be
drawn
from
this
program
for
government.
Is
that,
notwithstanding
the
good
intentions
behind
some
of
this
policy
platform,
there
is
a
paucity
of
new
ideas
and
vision,
all
the
glossy
brochures
in
the
world.
AA
E
You
say
no,
sir:
we've
had
an
Oakland
officer
of
the
program
for
government
from
the
First
Minister
yesterday
and
also
from
a
colleague
today,
Rosanna
Cunningham,
and
rather
than
repeat
that
of
trying
to
address
some
of
the
points
and
comments
made
by
members.
Although
I
think
it's
worth
bearing
in
mind
that
statement
by
Rosana
Cunningham
that
there
is
at
the
root
of
this
around
23
trillion
dollars
worth
of
climate-smart,
Global
Opportunities
in
terms
of
the
economy,
around
climate
change
and
the
environment.
So
we
should
be
other
in
mind.
E
Given
that
high
ambition
I
think
it
was
disappointing
to
hear
from
Dean
Lockhart
at
the
start
of
the
debate.
It
seems
to
be
that
Tory
economic
policy
never
seduced
to
try
and
claim
credit
for
things
which
other
administration's
have
implemented.
The
south
of
Scotland
Enterprise
agency
have
partly
Ettore
idea
in
government
for
18
years
and
did
nothing
about
it.
The
SNP
come
in
and
we
deliver
it,
but
the
Tories
want
to
try
and
claim
credit
for
that.
E
It's
also
true
to
see
and
hear
model
phase
are
saying:
I
should
say
and
I
hate
the
disappointment
of
freezer,
but
I
know
that
his
preference
is
for
spending
money
on
trams
in
Edinburgh,
rather
than
dueling
the
a9.
When
we
talk
about
in
electric
a
name,
it's
not
going
to
involve
trams,
modems
sort
of
it
like,
but
that's
not
part
of
our
plans,
even
if
that
is
your
preference
in
terms
of
investment
and,
of
course
that
leads
us
on
to.
B
E
But
you
wouldn't
know
that
not
a
single
comment
from
the
Conservatives
about
the
Queen's
ferry
crossing
1.3
billion
pounds
of
expenditure
in
relation
to
that
no
I
mention,
of
course,
of
the
Border's
rail,
then,
as
far
as,
of
course,
Victoria's
matron
try
and
claim
credit
for
that
they
were
going
to
do
it
30
years
ago.
So
it's
really
their
idea
in
the
first
place,
perhaps
or
any
mention
of
the
improvements
that
we've
seen
in
the
school
estate,
not
indeed
in
terms
of
the
housing
30,000
houses
in
the
last
Parliament.
E
These
things
are
absolutely
vital
for
the
economy.
Jackie
Bailey
told
me
to
sit
down
and
listen
to
this.
That
was
her
a
common
I
wouldn't
dream
of
saying
the
same
thing
to
her,
but
she
should
of
course,
have
some
recognition
of
the
fact
when
she
talks
about
the
living
wage
and
low
wage
employers
that
it
was
her
party
that
specifically
stopped
this
Parliament
from
having
the
power
in
setting
a
living
wage,
at
least
a
bit
of
humility
in
relation
to
the
stage,
not
at
this
stage.
I'll
come
back
to
that.
E
I'll
come
back
to
you
hey,
it's
also
true,
to
say
that
Stuart
Stevenson
mentioned
quite
rightly
as
well.
Of
course,
the
point
that
at
North
Sea
oil
as
a
huge
bonus.
She
really
huge
bonus
to
Scotland
and
to
the
UK,
but
in
state,
and
in
contrast
to
Norway,
where
they
have
approaching
1
trillion
pounds
worth
of
investment
to
underpin
their
economy.
What
we've
got
is
one
point:
nine
trillion
pounds
of
debt
under
this
conservative
government
in
the
UK.
E
That
is
why
the
economy,
the
finances
of
the
UK
government,
are
in
such
a
dire
straight
and
issued
at
least
have
acknowledged
that
not
to
mention,
of
course,
there
was
talk
about
taking
time
to
do
things
when
of
the
UK
government
going
to
appoint
the
UK
oil
and
gas
ambassador
promised
by
David
Cameron,
with
some
urgency
in
2016.
No
mention
of
that
from
from
editorials
I
think
my
crumbles
had
an
extremely
long
rant
about
Fergus
Ewing,
but,
like
many
others,
also
fail
to
acknowledge
in
relation
to
connectivity.
E
If
I
can't
see,
if
my
dad
mentioned
their
connect
at
McDonald's
mention
connectivity
mentioned
by
a
number
of
people
who
simply
don't
seem
to
understand
the
role
of
the
UK
government,
we
mentioned
Jamie
Green,
previously
Dean
Locke
are
making
statements
which
clearly
show
they
are
unaware
of
the
role
of
the
UK
government
in
terms
of
connectivity.
Not
yes,
all
thing,
an
interface
from
Jimmy
Jimmy,
green.
AC
Thank
you
for
giving
way.
Isn't
it
the
case
that
the
UK
government
asked
the
Scottish
Government
to
administer
these
contracts?
Give
you
a
whole
big
chunk
of
money
to
do
it
and
it's
your
government's
failure
to
deliver
the
people
of
Scotland.
The
good
broadband
is
the
reality
of
the
situation
shouldn't
you
be
apologizing
for
Calvinistic,
a
dream.
E
B
E
S
E
Peter
Chapman,
who
sure
does
we
should
just
accept
an
assurance
that
UK
government's
told
those
we're
going
to
get
massive
new
powers
after
breaks,
and
then,
when
asked,
he
couldn't
mention
a
single
power
that
we
would
achieve
after
break
they're,
not
a
thing
of
an
interest
to
me
and
I
heard
from
mr.
Howard
Johnson
about
this
as
well
all
concerns
of
his
constituents.
It
would
appear
that
not
a
single
Tory
MSP
had
a
concern
expressed
that
legs
it
by
the
constituents.
They
expressed.
No
concern
any
of
these
debates
on
the
economy
of
it
breaks
it.
E
They
expressed
not
to
know
that
the
UK
governors
are
all
in
the
Scottish
economy,
which,
by
extension
of
course,
must
mean
that
the
UK
government
has
no
Scottish
economic
policy,
and
that
is
a
damning
indictment
of
the
negligence
of
the
UK
government
in
relation
to
Scotland
I.
Think
the
important
point
in
relation
to
this
debate
is
the
opportunities
which
Rosanna
Konya
met
loan
debt
to
start
23
trillion
dollars
worth
of
investment,
and
we
have
to
now
focus
on
making
sure
that
Scotland
leads
away.
In
relation
to
that,
we
have
to
seize
these
new
opportunities.
E
It
meets
all
the
obstacles
that
we
have,
of
course,
the
brains
that
imposed
problems
that
we
have
from
the
UK
come
the
blanket
approach
of
the
Scottish
stories.
You
don't
even
recognize
that
Briggs
it's
a
problem,
even
though
every
single
economist
will
tell
you
that
and
the
constituents
if
they
talked
to
Motorola
Israel,
not
least
in
relation
to
mr.
Alfred
Johnson.
The
hotels
and
his
constituency
have
told
me
about
the
concerns
they
have
about
losing
employees
because
of
breaks.
Apparently
they
haven't
told
you
that
at
least
acknowledge
the
problem.
E
Then
you
may
be
taken
with
a
bit
credibility
in
relation
to
your
economic
policy.
You
have
a
clear
lack
of
an
accurate
policy.
There
is
a
program
for
government
which
is
cleaner,
which
is
greener,
which
is
seeking
to
achieve
more
equality
in
Scotland
anti-g,
more
a
more
prosperous
Court,
and
those
are
things
which
you
would
think
we
could
all
get
behind
and
I
would
hope.
We'd
have
that
in
the
rest
of
the
debate
on
this
motion.
Thank
you.
A
A
The
next
item
of
business
is
consideration
of
for
business
motions
motion,
7
5,
1,
0,
setting
out
a
business
program
and
motions,
seven,
three,
seven,
nine,
seven,
three,
eight
zero
and
seven
three,
eight
one
on
stage
one
time
tables
four
three
bills:
I
would
ask
any
member
who
wish
to
speak
against
any
of
these
motions
to
press
their
request
to
speak
buttons
now
and
I
call
in
Joe
Fitzpatrick
to
move
the
four
mention
four
motions
move
formally
thanks
very
much.
No
member
has
asked
to
speak
against
the
motions.
A
Their
question
is
there
for
that
motions:
seven,
five:
one:
zero:
seven:
three:
seven,
nine,
seven,
three,
eight
zero
and
seven
three
eight
one
be
agreed.
Are
we
agreed?
Thank
you
much.
The
next
item
of
business
is
consideration
of
a
parliamentary
buta
motion.
I
would
ask
Joe
Fitzpatrick
on
behalf
the
bureau
to
move
motion
78
to
on
the
approval
of
an
SSI
moved.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
there's
one
question
to
recruit
now
that
will
come
to
decision
time
and
the
question
is
that
the
motion
7:38
to
in
the
name
of
Chavez
as
part
of
an
approval
of
an
SSI
be
agreed.
Are
we
all
agreed?
We
are
agreed
and
we'll
move
on
now
to
members
business
in
the
name
of
Christine
Graham,
we'll
just
take
a
few
moments
for
members
to
change
seats.