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The
next
item
of
business
that
concludes
topical
questions.
The
next
item
of
business
is
a
statement
by
Nicola
Sturgeon
on
the
Scottish
Government's
programme
for
government
to
2019
2020.
The
first
minister
will
take
questions
at
the
end
of
a
statement.
I
would
encourage
members
who
wish
to
ask
a
question
to
press
their
request
to
speak
buttons
as
soon
as
possible
and
I
call
on
the
First
Minister
Thank.
B
You
presiding
officer
can
I
begin
today
by
welcoming
city
boy
act
back
to
Parliament
and
welcoming
Beatrice
worship
to
Parliament
and
wish
them
both
well
presiding
officer.
The
centrepiece
of
this
program
for
government
today
is
our
work
to
tackle
the
climate
emergency.
However,
I
must
begin
today
by
addressing
the
political
and
constitutional
emergency
that
is
engulfing.
B
B
Of
course,
as
long
as
this
outcome
remains
a
risk,
the
Scottish
government
will
do
all
we
can
to
mitigate
the
impact
on
families,
communities
and
businesses
across
our
country.
We
will
also
work
to
minimize
the
impact
on
this
programme
for
government,
but
clearly,
if
a
new
deal
breaks
that
happens,
it
will
not
be
possible
to
remove
that
impact
entirely
so
anything
officer,
most
importantly
of
all,
we
intend
to
offer
the
people
of
Scotland
the
choice
of
a
better
and
more
positive
future
as
an
independent
nation.
B
The
referendums
bill
introduced
before
recess
is
about
to
resume
its
parliamentary
progress.
I
can
confirm
today
that,
during
the
passage
of
the
bill,
we
will
seek
agreement
to
the
transfer
of
power
that
will
put
the
referendum
beyond
legal
challenge.
We
have
a
clear
democratic
mandate
to
offer
the
choice
of
independence
within
this
term
of
Parliament,
and
we
intend
to
do
so.
Of
course,
it
now
seems
inevitable
that
there
will
be
an
early
UK
general
election.
B
So
let
me
be
crystal
clear
today:
the
SNP
will
put
Scotland's
opposition
to
brexit
and
a
right
to
choose
independence
at
the
very
heart
of
that
contest.
Trading
officer.
It
is
easy
to
feel
and
with
good
reason,
that
the
last
12
months
have
been
dominated
by
brexit,
but
in
Scotland
we
have
made
important
progress
in
creating
a
better
and
a
fairer
country.
We
have
established
a
new
social
security
agency
which
is
now
providing
assistance
to
more
than
90,000
people
across
our
country.
B
We
have
made
progress
in
closing
the
attainment
gap
in
our
schools
and
widening
access
to
our
universities.
We
have
continued
to
recruit
childcare
workers
and
build
or
refurbished
nurseries
to
prepare
for
our
unprecedented
expansion
of
early
years
education
and
childcare.
What
old,
leading
domestic
abuse
legislation
has
come
into
force
and,
according
to
the
most
recent
figures,
our
exports
have
grown
more
rapidly
than
those
of
the
rest
of
the
UK,
while
our
unemployment
rate
is
lower.
This
year's
program
for
government
builds
on
that
record.
B
The
year
ahead
will
consolidate
Scotland's
position
as
a
leader
in
the
battle
against
climate
change.
It
will
see
landmark
policies
long
in
the
planning
come
to
fruition.
For
example,
the
new
national
investment
bank
will
be
established
under
massive
expansion
of
free
Universal
early
years.
Education
and
childcare
will
be
delivered.
We
will
continue
with
could
investment
in
and
reform
of
health
and
social
care,
and
we
will
take
game-changing
action
to
tackle
child
poverty.
B
This
program
for
government
will
reinforce
Scotland's
place
as
a
dynamic,
open,
innovative
economy,
and
it
will
also
help
us
to
build
a
fairer
society,
one
which
is
defined
by
our
concern
for
the
rapes,
the
dignity
and
the
well-being
of
every
individual,
in
short,
presiding
officer
for
the
Westminster
government.
Shuts
down
this
Scottish
government
is
stepping
up.
B
Earlier
this
year,
they
acknowledged
that
Scotland,
like
the
rest
of
the
world,
faces
a
climate
emergency
shortly
after
I
confirmed
that
the
Scottish
government
would
accept
the
recommendations
of
the
UK
Committee
on
climate
change.
We
have
no
committee
to
achieving
net
zero
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
2045
at
the
latest.
That's
earlier
than
any
other
UK
nation.
Parliament,
of
course,
will
have
the
opportunity
to
pass
this
legislation
in
the
autumn.
This
year's
program
for
government
is
an
important
part
of
our
response
to
the
climate
emergency.
B
It
lays
the
foundations
for
a
new
Scottish
Green
Deal,
with
measures
to
reduce
emissions,
support,
sustainable
and
inclusive
growth,
promote
well-being
and
create
a
fairer
society.
However,
while
the
measures
I
am
setting
out
today
are
significant,
they
should
not
be
viewed
as
the
sum
total
of
our
efforts.
In
the
next
12
months,
we
will
receive
the
recommendations
of
the
infrastructure,
Commission,
publish
a
finalized
transport
strategy,
complete
our
capital
spending,
review,
renew
the
national
planning
framework
and
publish
an
updated
climate
change
plan.
B
All
of
this
work
is
vital
in
ensuring
that
Scotland
becomes
a
net
zero
emissions
nation.
Last
year,
they
set
out
a
new
infrastructure
mission
for
Scotland
to
increased
annual
infrastructure
investment
by
1
percent
of
GDP
by
2025.
Tackling
climate
change
will
be
central
to
the
investment
that
we
meet.
One
area
where
we
must
act
as
Transport
currently
responsible
for
more
than
a
third
of
Scotland's
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
I
can
therefore
announce
today
the
following
actions.
B
Firstly,
we
will
continue
to
support
the
growth
and
electric,
an
ultra
low
emission
car
use
as
part
of
oleum
to
phase
out
new
petrol
and
diesel
cars
by
2032.
Scotland
already
has
one
of
the
most
comprehensive
charging
networks
anywhere
in
Europe.
Last
week,
I
announced
the
pioneering
new
partnership
between
the
Scottish
Government
Scottish
Power
&
sse,
to
deliver
more
charging
points
and
the
electricity
infrastructure
to
support
them
and
I
can
announce
today
that
over
the
next
year
we
will
help
more
businesses
and
more
consumers
by
ultra
low
emission
vehicles,
including
secondhand
ones.
B
With
a
further
17
million
pounds
of
low
carbon
transport
loans
on
aviation,
I
am
announcing
today
a
bold
aim
to
make
the
highlands
and
islands
the
world's
first
zero
emission
aviation
region
with
flights
and
airport
operations
fully
decarbonized
I
can
advise
Parliament
that
we
will
try
all
or
zero
emissions
flights
during
2021,
quite
literally
piloting
new
technology
here
in
Scotland,
and
we
intend
to
decarbonize
all
flights
between
airports
within
Scotland
by
2040.
We
will
also
continue
to
electrify
Scotland
railways.
Around
three-quarters
of
passenger
journeys
in
Scotland,
already
used
electrified
lanes.
B
That
proportion
will
continue
to
grow
where
electrification
is
not
practical
or
desirable.
We
will
invest
in
battery
power
trains
and
explore
the
potential
of
hydrogen
power
trains
as
well
detailed
timescales
for
this
work
will
be
set
out
in
the
spring.
However,
I
can
confirm
today
our
overall
aim.
Scotland
rail
services
will
be
decarbonized
by
2035
five
years
ahead
of
the
UK
ambition.
Of
course,
the
vast
majority
of
public
transport
journeys
in
Scotland
are
by
bus.
B
In
the
last
eight
years,
the
Scottish
government
has
supported
the
purchase
of
almost
500
low
emission
buses,
but
we
need
to
do
much
more
than
that,
so
we
will
work
with
the
new
Scottish
national
investment
bank,
the
bus
sector
and
potential
investors
to
seek
new
forms
of
financing.
By
doing
so,
we
aim
to
significantly
increase
the
use
of
low
emission
buses
across
the
country.
However,
if
we
want
to
encourage
more
people
to
travel
by
bus,
we
must
also
make
it
a
quicker
and
more
reliable
option.
B
I
can
therefore
announce
today
a
major
indeed
a
transformational
capital
investment
program
over
the
next
few
years.
We
will
work
with
councils
on
the
design
and
delivery
of
schemes
to
reduce
congestion
through
new
priority
routes
for
buses
in
and
around
our
towns
and
cities,
and
I
can
confirm
today
that
we
will
back
this
with
new
investment
of
more
than
half
a
billion
pounds
at
last,
but
by
no
means
least
on
transport,
we
will
continue
to
support
active
travel.
B
Last
year
we
doubled
our
annual
investment
in
cycling
and
walking
from
40
million
pounds
to
80
million
pounds.
I
can
confirm
today
this
increased
level
of
investment
will
be
maintained.
It
is
currently
enabling
11
large-scale
projects,
the
first
of
which
Glasgow
so
City.
We
will
be
completed
next
year,
so
I
think
officer.
Lauding
emissions
from
transport,
especially
in
our
cities,
is
essential
for
our
environment,
but
it
is
also
vital
for
our
health
and
well-being.
B
The
next
phase
of
Glasgow's
low
emission
zone
will
start
next
year
and
we
expect
low
emission
zones
to
be
in
place
in
edinburgh,
aberdeen
and
dundee.
However,
I
can
also
confirm
today
that
we
will
consult
and
the
further
steps
we
need
to
take
now
to
achieve
the
transition
to
zero
emission
city
centres
by
2030
as
well
as
in
transport.
We
will
also
intensify
our
actions
to
reduce
emissions
from
heating
and
housing
and
tackle
fuel
poverty.
We
are
already
investing
500
million
pounds
in
energy
efficiency
measures
over
the
lifetime
of
this
Parliament.
B
In
December,
we
will
update
our
energy
efficiency
route
map,
which
is
our
energy
retrofit
scheme.
We
intend
to
accelerate
progress
towards
improved
energy
performance
certificate
ratings
in
Scotland's
homes.
You
go
in
hands,
holding
standards
to
help
his
deliver
zero
and
low-carbon
homes
and
buildings,
and
in
particular,
I,
can
arrange
to
day
that
from
2024
a
year
earlier
than
planned
for
the
rest
of
the
UK,
we
will
require
all
new
built
homes
to
be
heated
from
renewable
or
low-carbon
sources
rather
than
fossil
fuel
boilers.
B
These
steps
will
be
accompanied
by
additional
support
from
the
Scottish
low-carbon
heat
fund,
which
will
provide
a
minimum
of
30
million
pounds
for
renewable
heat
projects,
including
heat
pumps.
We
will
also
introduce
a
heat
networked
bill
to
regulate
district
and
communal
heating
networks
in
a
way
that
supports
their
growth.
All
businesses,
their
sector
organisations
and
individuals
have
a
role
to
play
in
tackling
climate
change,
but
the
public
sector
has
a
special
responsibility
to
lead
by
example.
B
I
can
also
announced
today
that
publicly
under
Scottish
water,
the
biggest
purchaser
of
electricity
in
Scotland
will
commit
to
becoming
a
NetZero
company
by
2040
by
2030.
It
will
aim
to
produce
her
host
three
times
more
renewable
energy
than
it
consumes
now.
Many
of
the
steps
I've
outlined
so
far
to
reduce
emissions
from
transport
and
heating
are
dependent
on
a
decarbonized
electricity
supply.
So
we
will
continue
to
support
renewable
energy.
B
However,
aside
from
offshore
licensing
and
regulation
being
reserved
matters,
the
hard
fact
is
that
the
early
closure
of
domestic
production
before
we're
able
to
all
demand
from
zero
carbon
sources
would
be
lately
to
increase
emissions,
because
a
significant
proportion
of
the
oil
that
were
then
required
to
be
imported
has
a
higher
carbon
intensity
than
UK
production.
However,
the
oil
and
gas
sector
does
have
a
much
bigger
role
to
play,
so
I
can
confirm
that
our
support
for
oil
and
gas
will
no
be
conditional
on
the
sector's
actions
to
help
ensure
a
sustainable
energy
transition.
B
It's
part
of
that
we
will
work
with
the
oil
and
gas
technology
center
to
help
develop
renewable
technologies
that
can
be
integrated
without
existing
oil
and
gas
infrastructure.
One
of
those
technologies
is
carbon
capture,
utilization
and
storage.
Scotland
has
the
potential
to
store
huge
quantities
of
carbon
dioxide
under
the
North
Sea,
so
we
will
work
with
the
Scottish
national
investment
bank
to
explore
how
we
can
help
industry
develop
this
technology,
and
we
will
continue
to
press
the
UK
government
to
develop
the
UK
white
frameworks
needed
to
make
it
a
success.
B
Scotland
has
the
opportunity
to
become
a
world
leader
in
this
essential
industry
of
the
future,
and
we
must
grasp
that
opportunity
signing
officer.
We
will
also
continue
our
efforts
to
reduce
waste
and
to
reuse
and
recycle
materials
more
effectively.
To
encourage
this
further,
we
will
introduce
a
circular
economy
bill
in
the
coming
year.
Among
other
things,
it
will
enable
charges
to
be
applied
for
items
such
as
single-use
coffee
cups
and,
finally,
we
will
ensure
that
our
land
use,
including
our
agriculture
or
forestry,
and
our
peat
land
restoration,
is
consistent
with
progress
towards
a
NetZero
economy.
B
We
will
support
the
development
of
regional
land
use
partnerships
between
now
and
2021.
We
will
develop
an
agriculture
transformation
programme
and
we
will
invest
an
additional
five
million
pounds
to
increase
our
tree
planting
targets
from
10,000
to
12,000
hectares
next
year.
Further
detail
of
all
of
that
will
be
set
out
in
the
updated
climate
change
plan.
B
Responding
to
climate
change,
of
course,
is
not
simply
a
moral
obligation,
although
it
is,
it
is
also
an
economic
and
a
social
opportunity.
It
provides
us
with
an
incentive
to
make
out
air-cleaner
our
lifestyles,
healthier
and
our
cities
and
landscapes
even
more
beautiful,
so
we
will
also
act
to
ensure
that
Scotland
benefits
economically
from
being
one
of
the
first
countries
in
the
world
to
move
to
an
a
zero
future.
B
The
Scottish
national
investment
bank,
which
will
become
operational
next
year,
will
invest
at
least
two
billion
pounds
over
ten
years,
providing
patient
finance
for
ambitious
companies
and
projects
that
can
help
us
to
achieve
key
national
missions.
I
can
confirm
today
that
the
bank's
primary
mission
will
be
securing
the
transition
to
a
NetZero
economy.
B
We
will
take
other
steps
to
under
the
current
growth
accelerator
model,
which
is
currently
helping
to
deliver.
The
news
and
James
assented
he'd
an
Edinburgh.
For
example,
local
authorities
borrowed
to
fund
the
public
infrastructure,
which
is
needed
to
encourage
private
investment
in
key
projects.
I
can
announce
today
that
over
the
next
few
months,
we
will
work
with
councils
to
establish
a
new
green
growth
accelerator.
This
will
enable
local
authorities
to
invest
in
and
encourage
greater
private
investment
in
projects
which
reduce
emissions
and
boost
growth,
in
effect
a
form
of
green
city
region
deals.
B
Scottish
government
will
also
develop
and
bring
to
market
a
green
investment
portfolio
of
projects
worth
at
least
three
billion
pounds
covering
areas
such
as
heat
waste
power
generation
and
property.
We
are
without
a
shadow
of
a
doubt,
one
of
the
best
countries
anywhere
in
the
world
to
invest
in
low-carbon
or
Net
Zero
projects.
By
promoting
the
green
investment
portfolio,
we
will
ensure
that
that
fact
is
known
to
investors
around
the
world
presiding
officers.
B
We
are
also
determined
to
ensure
that
the
transition
to
Net
Zero
happens
in
a
way
that
is
consistent
with
our
wider
vision
for
a
fairer
and
a
wealthier
Scotland.
The
just
transition
Commission
will
produce
an
interim
report
early
next
year
and
how
the
decarbonization
of
our
economy
can
reduce
inequality
and
also
promote
decent,
fair
high-value
work.
The
challenge
of
guaranteeing
good
jobs
is
also
why
I
am
announcing
that
we
will
develop
and
publish
a
climate
emergency
skills
action
plan.
B
This
will
build
in
the
future
action
plan
that
has
been
published
later
today
to
guarantee
good
jobs.
We
must
ensure
that
people
have
the
skills
needed
for
new
techniques
and
construction,
energy
efficiency,
manufacturing
and
transport
skills
training,
not
simply
for
our
young
people,
but
for
people
at
all
stages
of
their
working
lives
is
an
essential
part
of
ensuring
that
people
are
not
left
behind
by
technological
change,
in
the
way
that
the
two
often
have
been
in
the
past.
B
So
anything
officer,
all
of
these
actions
demonstrate
are
moving
to
a
NetZero
economy
is
compatible
with
our
ambitions
to
boost
Scotland's
productivity,
increase
our
sustainable
growth
rate
and
be
the
country
that
designs
develops
and
manufactures
the
key
innovations
of
the
future
to
further
support
these
ambitions.
Work
will
start
this
year
on
the
48
million
pounds
national
manufacturing
Institute
for
Scotland,
the
lightweight
manufacturing
centre
is
already
open
and
helping
companies
to
secure
the
support
and
the
services
that
they
need.
B
We
were
also
maintain
our
increased
funding
for
research
and
development,
with
the
aim
of
doubling
business
investment
in
R&D
by
2025,
and
we
will
continue
to
support
key
sectors
of
our
economy.
The
programme
for
government
details
our
actions
to
support
sectors
such
as
food
and
drink
lace
ice
is
an
industrial
biotechnology,
digital
and
data
and
the
creative
industries.
In
the
coming
months,
we
will
launch
a
new
tourism
strategy,
followed
by
an
action
plan
in
the
new
year.
B
We
are
determined
to
support
this
vital
sector
at
a
time
when
it's
extraordinary
recent
successes
presenting
challenges
as
well
as
considerable
opportunities
in
recent
years.
A
great
boost
for
our
tourism
sector
has
been
the
reputation.
Scotland
has
earned
as
a
first-class
host
of
major
events.
Later
this
month,
Gleneagles
will
host
the
Solheim
Cup
and
next
year,
Glasgow
will
host
four
matches
for
the
Euro
2020
football
tournament.
The
UEFA
European
Championships
bill
will
therefore
form
part
of
this
year's
legislative
programme.
B
It
will
help
ensure
the
successful
delivery
of
the
games
hosted
by
Glasgow
and
meet
the
commitments
required
by
UEFA
to
prohibit
ticket
toting
and
protect
commercial
rapes.
During
the
event,
this
program
also
recognizes
the
vital
importance
of
ensuring
that
all
parts
of
Scotland
benefit
from
economic
growth.
We
will
continue
to
support
city
region
deals
and
regional
growth
deals.
We
will
also
support
the
rural
economy.
By
the
end
of
the
year.
We
will
publish
the
first
ever
national
islands
plan
and
by
April
next
year
we
will
have
established
south
of
Scotland
enterprise.
B
We
will
also
continue
to
deliver
improved
digital
infrastructure
to
every
part
of
our
country.
Our
commitment
to
provide
access
to
superfast
broadband
for
every
home
and
every
business
in
Scotland
is
the
most
ambitious
of
any
government
anywhere
in
the
UK,
which
is
particularly
impressive
when
we
consider
that
it
is
largely
a
reserved
matter,
a.
B
600
million
r100
program
will
take
superfast
broadband
coverage
from
its
current
level
of
more
than
90%
to
100%,
and
by
the
end
of
this
year
we
will
have
awarded
the
contract
to
deliver
it.
We
will
also
work
to
ensure
that
Scotland's
economy
benefits
from
strong
international
connections.
We
will
continue
to
implement
our
export
plan,
recruiting
new
in
market
specialists
for
our
enterprise
agencies,
working
with
chambers
of
commerce,
to
deliver
more
trade
missions
and
encouraging
experienced
des
exporters
to
act
as
mentors
for
newer
companies.
B
Last
year,
Scotland's
goods
exports
increased
by
almost
13%,
and
we
are
determined
to
see
that
figure
grow
even
for
them.
I
can
also
notice
today
that
we
will
launch
a
new
foreign
direct
investment
plan
to
attract
new
investment
in
key
sectors
of
our
economy.
The
plan
will
also
enable
us
to
offer
support
to
startup
specializing
in
technology
or
low-carbon
industries
anywhere
in
the
world.
If
they
choose
to
relocate
to
Scotland,
we
will
also
continue
to
pursue
a
balanced
and
progressive
approach
to
taxation.
B
Fill
details
of
our
tax
plans
for
the
year
ahead
will
be
set
out
as
normal
as
part
of
the
budget
bill
process.
However,
I
can
confirm
that
in
the
year
ahead,
we
will
consult
on
and
introduce
legislation
to
give
councils
the
power
to
apply
a
transient
visitor
levy
often
called
a
tourist
tax.
This
will
enable
local
authorities
to
introduce
such
a
levy
if
they
consider
it
raked
in
their
local
circumstances
and
of
course,
that
is
a
further
example
of
our
commitment
to
devolve
more
power
to
local
councils
across
our
country.
B
Siding
officer
our
approach
to
taxation
is
intended
to
encourage
business
investment
and
economic
growth
and
also
provide
us
with
the
resources
we
need
to
fund
world-class
public
services.
Next
August,
we
will
deliver
one
of
the
defining
commitments
of
this
current
parliamentary
session.
Around
80,000
families
in
Scotland
will
start
to
benefit
from
our
expansion
of
early
years
education
and
childcare,
or
three
and
four-year-olds,
and
our
two-year-olds
from
poorer
families
will
be
eligible
for
30
hours
a
week
of
free
early
learning
and
childcare
during
the
school
year.
B
That
represents
a
total
investment
of
more
than
900
million
pounds
each
year
and
giving
our
children
the
very
best
start
in
life,
and
it
will
save
parents
up
to
four
and
a
half
thousand
pounds
per
child
every
year.
We
will
also
continue
our
work
to
cause
the
attainment
gap
in
schools
and
raise
standards
for
all.
We
are
currently
investing
more
than
a
hundred
and
eighty
million
pounds
in
the
attainment
fund
and
to
allow
schools
to
plan
ahead
confirm
today
that
we
will
continue
the
fund
until
at
least
March
2022.
B
We
will
also
provide
further
support
for
headteachers
in
the
year
ahead
and
we
will
start
to
deliver
the
recommendations
of
the
independent
panel
on
career
pathways
for
teachers.
I
can
also
notice
today
that
we
will
make
an
additional
15
million
pounds
available
this
year
to
improve
the
experience
of
children
who
have
additional
support,
needs
and
their
families,
and
we
will
shortly
announce
the
first
set
of
skills
to
be
built
through
our
new
1
billion
pounds.
B
School
investment
program
as
a
Deputy
First
Minister,
confirmed
earlier
a
priority
of
that
new
program
will
be
to
work
with
faith
Council
to
rebuild
wood
mill.
High
ended
Furman
as
quickly
as
possible
after
it
was
so
badly
damaged
by
fire
last
week,
signing
officers
as
well
as
investing
in
child
care
and
skills.
B
We
will
continue
to
invest
in
our
colleges
and
universities
and
in
the
next
year
we
aim
to
deliver
30,000
Modern
Apprenticeship
starts
meeting
the
commitment
we
made
in
2016
and
we
will
continue
to
widen
access
to
university
building
on
the
progress
that
we've
seen
in
recent
years.
To
support
this,
we
will
increase
our
investment
in
bursary
support
for
eligible
students
in
both
higher
and
further
education.
B
The
independent
care
review
will
report
early
next
year.
I
have
been
clear,
though,
that
we
should
not
delay
making
changes
now
that
will
help
level
the
playing
field
for
Kaede
experienced
young
people
I'm
there
for
announcing
a
father
package
of
commitments
today,
as
a
down
payment
on
the
longer
term,
changes
that
the
review
is
likely
to
recommend.
For
example,
I
can
confirm
that
in
the
coming
year
we
will
remove
dental
charges
for
care,
experienced
people
between
the
ages
of
18
and
26.
B
We
will
ensure
access
to
discretionary
housing
payments
for
care,
experienced
young
people
in
receipt
of
a
qualifying
benefit.
We
will
extend
entitlement
to
early
learning
and
childcare
provision
to
2
year
olds
with
a
care
experienced
parent.
We
will
create
a
statutory
presumption
in
favor
of
siblings
and
care
being
placed
together
where
that
is
in
their
best
interest
and
from
the
start
of
the
2021
academic
year.
B
B
Alongside
our
investment
in
education
and
services
for
young
people,
the
program
for
government
again
provides
record
levels
of
support
for
our
precious
national
health
service.
Last
year,
we
set
out
a
major
package
of
investment
in
mental
health
services.
We
will
continue
to
deliver
better
support
for
new
mothers
who
experience
mental
health
problems,
and
we
will
meet
our
pledge
to
provide
an
additional
eight
hundred
mental
health
professionals
by
March
2022
in
settings
such
as
hospitals,
GP
surgeries
and
prisons.
B
The
first
tranche
of
the
350
counselors
that
we
committed
to
last
year
will
be
working
in
our
secondary
schools
in
this
school
year,
and
I
can
confirm
that
they
will
all
be
in
place
by
this
time.
Next
year,
this
year,
working
with
Cola,
we
will
implement
our
plan
for
a
community
well-being
service
across
Scotland,
supported
by
17
million
pounds
of
additional
funding
over
the
next
two
years.
B
This
service
will
focus
initially
on
people
aged
between
5
and
24,
who
I
can
advise
Parliament
today
that
we
will
also
begin
to
consider
how
it
can
be
extended
in
future
to
people
of
all
ages.
This
is
an
important
investment
in
the
well-being
and
the
happiness
of
our
young
people,
which
will
bring
both
short-term
and
long-term
benefits
for
our
society.
We
will
continue
to
direct
more
resources
to
primary
care,
increasing
the
number
of
GPS
entering
training,
investing
in
general
practice,
nursing
and
supporting
the
recruitment
of
more
link
workers,
paramedics
and
pharmacist
by
2021.
B
This
additional
investment
will
total
500
million
pounds
a
year.
We
will
invest
more
than
a
hundred
million
pounds
over
the
next
year
to
implement
the
waiting
times
improvement
plan,
we're
also
continuing
to
invest
in
better
facilities
for
elective,
such
as
hip
replacements.
Construction
will
start
on
major
new
centers
for
elective
treatment,
in
Livingston,
in
Inverness
and
in
Aberdeen.
We
will
also
ensure
that
our
accident
and
emergency
services,
which,
for
the
last
four
years,
have
been
the
best
performing
anywhere
in
the
UK,
continued
to
be
world-class.
B
We
have
already
opened
major
trauma
centres
in
Aberdeen
and
Dundee
and
in
the
next
year,
what
will
progress
the
new
centres
in
Edinburgh
and
Glasgow?
In
light
of
the
situation,
there
was
a
new
Children's
Hospital
in
Edinburgh,
which
the
health
secretary
will
provide
a
full
statement
on
next
week.
I
can
also
confirm
that
we
will
establish
a
new
body
to
oversee
NHS
infrastructure
developments.
B
We
will
also
work
with
kossler
to
increase
the
effectiveness
of
Health
and
Social
Care
integration,
and
we
will
continue
to
fund
the
implementation
of
Frank's
law
which
ensures
that
anyone
who
needs
a
personal
care
has
access
to
it
without
charge,
regardless
of
their
age,
saving
officer.
Alongside
these
improvements
to
health
and
care
services,
we
are
also
taking
steps
to
help
people
live
healthier
lives.
B
Two
years
ago,
I
announced
an
additional
20
million
pounds
a
year
to
reduce
the
harm
caused
by
drugs
in
our
society.
The
drug
death
statistics
published
over
the
summer
reinforced
the
scale
and
the
urgency
of
that
task.
The
situation
we
face
is
a
public
health
emergency
and
our
response
must
recognise
that
and
therefore
announcing
to
the
additional
investment
of
10
million
pounds
in
each
of
the
next
two
years.
This
extra
funding
will
help
the
drug
deaths
task
force,
support
new
and
existing
projects
and
taste
different
approaches.
B
It
will
also
help
to
improve
the
provision
of
opiate
substitutes
therapy,
and
a
new
inclusive
Scotland
fund
will
involve
people
who
have
experience
of
severe
multiple
disadvantages
in
developing
approaches
to
improve
outcomes
and
save
lives.
At
the
moment,
UK
legislation
prevents
us
from
introducing
the
medically
supervised
overdose
prevention
facilities.
That
experts
say
would
make
a
difference.
We
will
continue
to
seek
the
powers
we
need
to
take.
B
This
action
and
I
call
again
on
the
UK
government
to
accede
to
that
request,
and
we
will
also
consult
on
wider
forms
to
drug
laws
so
that
the
Scottish
Parliament
is
ready
to
act
when
we
have
the
power
here
to
do
so,
we
will
also
take
action
on
other
public
health
issues.
Act
of
Scotland
is
promoting
healthier
lifestyles,
for
example,
by
increasing
support
for
community
sports
hubs
and
deprived
communities.
In
addition,
by
autumn
of
next
year,
we
will
have
made
improvements
to
school
mules.
B
We
will
set
maximum
limits
for
the
consumption
of
red
processed
meat,
increase.
The
amount
of
fruits
and
vegetables
served,
reduce
the
amount
of
sugar
available
and
encourage
the
use
of
fresh
local
produce.
That
is
in
line
with
the
aspirations
of
the
good
food
nation
bill
which
will
be
introduced
this
year.
Scotland's
international
reputation
for
quality
food
and
drink
isn't
always
reflected
in
our
diets.
The
good
food
nation
bill
will
provide
a
statutory
framework
for
our
efforts
to
promote
healthier
and
more
sustainable
local
produce.
B
We're
also
continuing
our
work
to
restrict
the
promotion
and
marketing
of
food
and
drink
high
in
fat,
sugar
or
salt,
and
we
will
bring
forward
a
bill
on
restricting
food
promotions
in
next
year's
legislative
program.
In
addition
to
our
investment
in
education
and
health,
we
will
also
support
the
cultural
sector.
I
confirm
that
having
consulted
and
received
I
think
200
responses,
we
will
publish
our
new
culture
strategy
later
this
year
sailing
officer.
We
will
also
take
over
the
coming
year
further
steps
to
tackle
poverty
in
our
country.
B
We
invested
an
estimated
1.4
billion
pounds
last
year
in
support
for
low
income
households
that
includes
almost
a
hundred
million
pounds
to
protect
people
from
the
impact
of
disgraceful,
UK
welfare
cuts.
It's
garland
is
currently
the
only
part
of
the
UK
to
have
statutory
targets
for
reducing
child
poverty.
To
help
meet
those
targets,
I
can
confirm
that
we
will
introduce
legislation
for
a
new
Scottish
child
payment
of
ten
pounds
a
week
and
presiding
officer.
B
B
All
eligible
families
with
children
under
the
age
of
16
will
receive
payments
by
the
end
of
2020.
This
investment
will
provide
more
than
500
pounds
a
year
per
child
for
the
families
who
need
it
most.
We
estimate
that
when
it
is
delivered
in
food,
the
new
child
payment
will
lift
30,000
children
out
of
poverty.
Anti-Poverty
campaigners
have
described
it
as
game
changing
and
I
think
they
are
right
to
do
so.
The
child
payment
will
be
delivered,
of
course,
by
the
Scottish
Social
Security
Agency.
B
In
its
first
year
of
operation,
the
agency
has
supported
more
than
90,000
people
through
the
best
start,
grant
best
start
foods,
and
the
carrot
allowance
supplement
I
can
confirm
that
later
this
month,
the
first
funeral
support
payments
will
be
made
to
help
families
on
lower
incomes
struggling
with
funeral
costs.
Later
this
autumn,
young
carers
will
start
to
receive
300
pounds
a
year
through
the
young
carer.
B
Grant
and
I
can
confirm
today
that
from
spring
next
year,
assuming
we
get
the
cooperation
we
need
from
the
UK
government,
young
people
will
start
to
receive
the
job
start
payment.
That's
a
new
payment
to
help
her
own
5,000
young
people
with
expenses
such
as
travel
course
and
new
clothing
when
they
return
to
work
after
a
period
of
unemployment
and
then
a
summer
next
year
we
will
introduce
disability
assistance
for
children
and
young
people
setting
officer.
B
Now,
basic
commitment
to
social
justice
must
also
underpin
our
approach
to
homelessness
and
housing.
We
are
in
the
first
year
of
a
three-year
investment
totaling,
more
than
32
million
pounds
and
our
rapid
rehousing
and
housing
first
programs.
These
will
support
hundreds
of
people
in
the
coming
year.
In
addition,
we
will
launch
four
and
a
half
million
pounds
fund
this
year
for
third
sector
organizations
involved
in
tackling
homelessness.
It
will
enable
them
to
improve
and
in
some
cases,
transform
the
services
that
they
provide
over
this
Parliament.
B
We
will
invest
more
than
3.3
billion
pounds
in
affordable
housing
and
deed.
I
can
announce
today
that
we
are
firmly
on
course,
to
meet
our
target
of
delivering
50,000,
affordable
homes,
including
35,000
for
social
rent,
representing
officer
I'm,
also
delighted
to
confirm
that
in
December
this
year
we
will
launch
a
new
150
million
pounds
national
pilot
scheme
to
provide
first-time
house
buyers
with
up
to
25,000
pounds
towards
the
deposits.
This
program
for
government
also
includes
vital
measures
to
protect
our
communities
and
strengthen
human
rights.
B
We
will
support
our
Fire
and
Rescue
Service
and
protect
the
police
budget.
Among
other
things,
the
support
will
enable
police
officers
to
spend
more
time
and
their
communities
through
the
use
of
mobile
technology.
We
will
provide
further
protection
to
service
animals
by
implementing
fins
law
as
part
of
our
animal
health
and
welfare
bill
that
will
be
introduced
as
part
of
this
year's
program.
B
We
have
significantly
increased
capital
spending
to
modernize
our
prison
estate
and,
having
established
the
victims
task
force
last
year,
we
will
continue
to
put
victims
at
the
heart
of
our
justice
system,
for
example,
by
investing
in
facilities
for
child
witnesses.
To
give
pre-recorded
evidence,
we
will
introduce
a
forensic
medical
services
built
improve
services
for
victims
of
sexual
offences.
This
is
an
important
part
of
our
ongoing
work
to
ensure
that
these
victims
receive
better
support
and
that
their
cases
are
handled
more
effectively
by
the
justice
and
health
care
systems.
B
We
will
make
other
important
improvements
to
the
criminal
and
civil
law,
and
you
hate
crime
bill
will
consolidate
and
obviously
update
existing
heat
cream
legislation.
Indeed,
the
vital
importance
of
tackling
heat
creams,
including
those
prompted
by
religious
and
racial
hatreds,
was
underlined
by
the
unacceptable,
sectarian
disorder
that
took
place
on
the
streets
of
govern
last
Friday
night.
We
will
introduce
a
redress
bill
for
survivors
of
in
care
abuse,
setting
out
how
financial
redress
can
be
paid
to
survivors
of
historic
child
abuse
who
were
in
care
in
Scotland.
B
The
defamation
and
malicious
publications
bill
will
modernize
the
law
in
this
area.
It
will
balance
the
protection
of
people,
dread
petitions
with
the
important
principle
of
free
expression,
and
we
will
introduce
a
civil
partnership
bill
enabling
mixed
sex
couples
to
enter
into
civil
partnerships.
Scottish
government
will
continue
to
take
steps
to
strengthen
human
rights
and
promote
equality.
We
will
hold
our
next
race
equality
conference
early
next
year.
B
We
will
implement
key
recommendations
of
the
National
Advisory
Council
on
women
and
girls,
for
example,
by
establishing
a
new
collaborative
to
promote
gender
equality
across
Scottish
public
life,
and
we
will
continue
our
work
to
tackle
the
gender
pay
gap.
We
will
also
work
to
advance
Scotland's
reputation
as
one
of
the
most
progressive
countries
in
Europe
for
LGBTI
equality.
As
part
of
this,
I
can
confirm
that
we
will
consult
on
the
details
of
draft
legislation
to
bring
Scotland's
process
of
gender
recognition
into
line
with
international
best
practice.
B
In
addition,
although
legislation
for
this
does
not
feature
in
this
year's
program,
I
can
reaffirm
our
commitment
that
the
UN
Convention
on
the
Rights
of
the
Child
will
be
incorporated
into
Scots
law.
Before
the
end
of
this
parliamentary
session.
The
National
task
force
for
Human
Rights
leadership
will
continue
its
work
to
develop
a
new
statutory
framework
for
safeguarding
human
rights
in
Scotland.
B
This
year's
legislative
programme
includes
two
measures
which
are
directly
linked
to
breaks
at
the
root
of
support.
Bo
will
enable
us
to
modify
elements
of
retained,
EU
law
which
relate
to
the
Common
Agricultural
Policy.
It
also
provides
us
with
new
powers
for
the
collection
of
agricultural
data.
These
powers
will
be
needed
if
Scotland
has
to
leave
the
EU,
since
we
would
seek
to
simplify
and
improve
cap
legislation.
B
The
continuity
bow
will
allow
the
Scottish
government
in
Parliament
to
Elaine
devolve
law
with
EU
law,
in
particular
providers
with
the
power
to
keep
pace,
with
changes
to
regulations
and
standards
which
are
subsequently
made
by
the
EU,
and
by
doing
so
it
will
send
a
clear
signal
about
Scotland's
desire
and
our
ability
to
rejoin
the
European
Union.
Alongside
these
crucial
legislators,
we'll
continue
to
plan
for
the
possibility
of
a
new
deal
breaks
it
with
a
focus
on
ensuring
continuity
of
medicine
and
food
supplies
and
providing
reassurance
and
support
for
EU
citizens.
B
As
long
as
No
Deal
remains
a
risk,
we
will
do
everything
we
can
to
ensure
that
Scotland
is
as
prepared
as
we
can
be.
However,
unlike
the
UK
government,
we
will
be
honest
about
the
inability
to
prevent
all
of
the
harm
a
catastrophic
New
Deal
breaks.
It
would
inflict
saving
office.
That
is
what's
making
the
point
that
these
measures,
although
vital,
are
about
mitigation
about
making
UK
government
decisions
less
damaging
than
they
might
otherwise
be
by
mitigate.
But
mitigating
bad
Westminster
decision
should
not
be
what
this
Parliament
is
all
about.
B
We
should
be
focusing
all
of
our
energies
on
the
positive
decisions
that
will
secure
the
best
future
for
our
country.
The
opportunity
to
choose
that
better
and
more
hopeful
future
as
an
independent
country
is
one
that
Scotland
deserves,
and
this
government
is
determined
to
offer
it
sailing
officer.
To
conclude,
this
program
sets
out
how
this
government
will
get
on
with
the
job
of
building
a
better
country,
it's
people's
health,
prosperity
and
well-being
at
its
heart.
But
this
time
next
year,
80,000
families
will
be
benefiting
from
more
than
a
thousand
hours
of
fetal
care.
B
You'll
have
delivered
30,000,
modern
apprenticeships
stats
will
be
even
further
on
the
way
to
delivering
50,000,
affordable
homes.
We'll
have
introduced
a
further
four
social
security
payments
will
have
established
a
Scottish
national
investment
bank,
and
we
will
have
confirmed
our
global
leadership
in
the
fight
against
climate
change.
This
program
sets
our
actions
for
the
next
12
months,
which
will
make
a
difference
for
years
to
come.
The
details
measures
which
can
help
make
our
country
the
best
in
the
world
in
which
to
grow,
up,
learn,
work
and
live.
C
C
But
but
let's
look
at
the
SMPS
record
this
summer,
half
a
million
pounds
wasted
setting
a
bungled
case
with
the
First
Minister's
predecessor,
tens
of
millions
at
risk
thanks
to
a
bungled
and
delete
ferry
contract
on
the
Clyde
and
worst
of
all,
families
in
this
city
asking
why
a
state-of-the-art
Children's
Hospital
is
still
not
open
years
after
it
was
supposed
to
be
now
with
every
government
program
statement.
There
are
measures
that
can
be
supported.
C
We
will
examine
the
detail
rigorously
and
where
there
are,
we
will,
but
the
first
minister's
statement
was
a
classic
of
the
genre.
Every
September
we
hear
the
same
long
list
of
self
congratulating
grandiose
promises.
Remember
the
education
bill
that
was
going
to
transform
schools
long
since
Bend
the
big
planted
evolve.
A
new
raft
of
benefits
to
this
Parliament
delayed.
Remember
the
state-owned
energy
company.
Does
anyone
even
remember
sturgeon
energy
in
total,
presiding
officer,
30
promises
in
previous
programs
for
government
under
this
First
Minister,
broken
or
delayed?
When
that's
her
broken
record?
B
Trustworthy
on
shipbuilding
and
they
never
will
be
take
their
education,
though
the
provisions
of
the
education
bill
are
now
in
operation
earlier
than
they
would
have
been
if
we
take
in
legislation
through
this
Parliament
getting
on
with
delivering.
But
you
know
I
know-
and
it's
hard
not
to
sympathize-
that
the
Tories
are
leaderless
and
adrift.
B
Today,
that
is
bizarre
and
include
claims
that
are
simply
factually
wrong.
It
is
riddled
with
inaccuracies
and
misrepresentations.
I
could
go
through
it
one
by
one
but
I'm
just
going
to
give
some
of
the
highlights.
The
claim
we
haven't
introduced
a
family
law
bill
I'm,
afraid
we
have
introduced
a
family
law
bill,
they
claim
we
haven't
introduced
drug
driving
offenses
that
we
pleasure.
We
would
do
that
in
2019
and
the
comment
to
force
next
month.
The
claim
the
attainment
gap
isn't
closing
it
is.
The
gap
is
now
a
record
law.
B
The
claim
that
the
digital
growth
fund
was
delete
that
on
press
release
actually
admits
it
was
delivered
on
time,
but
though
it
claims
that
it
was
delete.
The
claim
that
a
recent
report
an
early
learning
and
childcare
reviews,
the
expansion
is
not
on
track.
In
fact,
the
report
explicitly
and
expressly
says
it's
on
track
for
both
two-year-olds
and
three
and
four-year-olds,
and
they
use
out-of-date
figures
for
the
Scottish
growth
scheme,
ignoring
the
fact
that
201
companies
have
received
135
million
pounds
of
investment,
and
then
they
have
their
nerve.
B
C
Burst
the
balloon
and
it's
a
lot
of
hot
air
I
think
there.
This
is
the
party.
This
is
the
party.
This
is
the
party
that
would
sink
the
building
of
five
frigates
on
the
Clyde,
it's
rich
to
talk
about
our
commitment
to
shipbuilding,
and
we
don't
even
have
to
look
back
across
the
whole
summer
or
even
the
whole
week
to
see
the
SN
peace
feelings.
This
morning
alone,
the
Scottish
Government's
own
statistics
exposed
its
failings
in
the
NHS
four
thousand
empty
nursing
and
military
posts.
C
Five
hundred
empty
consultant
posts
in
mental
health,
child
and
adolescent
waiting
times
have
fallen
again,
but
the
third
of
vulnerable
youngsters
waiting
too
long
for
care.
This
summer
we
learned
that
patients
and
staff
already
putting
up
with
the
SMP
shambolic
workforce
planning,
will
also
now
have
to
wait
for
the
opening
of
the
new
sick,
kids
hospital
serving
the
East
of
Scotland,
a
hospital
that
was
supposed
to
have
opened
in
2012.
So
let's
talk
about
a
programme
for
government
First
Minister
on
what
date
will
it
open.
B
On
NHS,
workforce,
Jackson,
Carroll
or
might
be
interested
I'm
sure
he
knows
already.
The
staffing
levels
in
the
NHS
have
increased
by
over
thirteen
thousand
two
hundred
whole
time,
equivalent
staff
members
since
the
SNP
took
office.
That's
a
ten
point.
Four
percent
increase
and
I'm
going
to
take
no
lectures
on
staff
vacancies
in
our
National
Health
Service
from
the
party
of
brexit,
who
are
currently
cracking
down
on
migration
and
sending
a
message
to
EU
Nationals
so
vital
for
health
and
social
care
services
that
they
are
not
welcome
on
this
country.
B
On
on
the
Edinburgh,
sick,
kids
are
clearly
unacceptable
situation,
but
gene
Freeman
did
well
I
hope.
Any
responsible
health
secretary
would
have
done
and
prioritized
patient
safety
and
then
take
a
number
of
actions
to
make
sure
that
confidence
and
assurance
could
be
given
to
patients
who
would
use
that
Hospital
I.
Don't
know
I
can't
remember
when
I
came
into
the
chamber
whether
Jackson
care
law
was
already
here,
but
if
he
was,
he
would
have
heard.
B
The
health
secretary
give
an
update
today
and
also
hurt
our
CEA's
I
think
she
had
previously
made
known
that
when
the
two
strands
of
work
that
she
instructed
the
first
row:
national
services
Scotland
and
the
second
unordered
into
the
governance
report,
she
will
make
a
further
statement
to
Parliament
next
week
to
give
the
certainty
to
patients
across
edinburgh
about
the
next
steps
for
that
hospital.
That
is
the
responsible
we
to
govern
in
these
difficult
situations.
But
again
when
it
comes
to
responsible
governance,
the
Tories
right
now
don't
have
a
leg
to
stand
on.
C
The
responsible
thing
in
government
would
have
to
min
to
make
good
and
your
commitment
to
open
the
hospital
on
time
in
2012
and
this
year
the
First
Minister's
new
batch
of
promises
Center
on
climate
change.
So
let's
talk
about
our
cup
governs
climate
record
so
far,
I'm
seeing
a
key
recycling
target
by
12
years,
barely
halfway
to
meeting
a
target
on
renewable
heat
generation.
Meeting
just
seven
of
20
international
biodiversity
targets
and
streets
in
Glasgow
and
Edinburgh
are
failing
to
meet
legal
standards
to
clean
air.
C
So
what
does
the
First
Minister
been
doing
this
summer
during
their
climate
emergency?
She
declared
well.
She
opened
up
the
new
Edinburgh
Airport
terminal,
and
earlier
this
year
she
burned
the
equivalent
of
half
a
ton
of
coal
jet-setting
to
the
United
States
to
push
independence
so
First
Minister.
We
are
behind
you
and
the
need
to
tackle
climate
change,
but
between
book
festivals,
are
you
really
going
to
give
it
a
shot?
This
time,
First
Minister.
B
We
don't
try
to
meet
the
recycling
target.
The
Tories
in
this
Bazaar
30-point
press
release.
The
issue
today
have
managed
to
accuses
of
been
12
years
behind
meeting
a
target
that
hasn't
actually
fallen,
do
to
be
mate,
yeah.
That's
how
ridiculous
for
thea
publishing
and
how?
How
grasping
at
straws
that
the
are
we
have
set,
how
a
range
of
actions
that
we
are
taking
Scotland
is
already
recognized
by
those
who
don't
have
the
same
acts.
B
Degrading
does
Jackson
care
law
and
the
Tories
recognized
by
international
experts
as
being
ahead
of
the
world
when
it
comes
to
meeting
our
climate
change
targets
to
leading
the
world
in
the
actions
that
we're
taking
and
what
we
are
setting
out
today
will
take
his
even
further
down
that
route
and
in
terms
of
Edinburgh
Airport
and
some
of
that.
Expansion,
of
course,
is
about
trying
to
meet
their
own
environmental
targets.
But
in
his
press
release
today,
Justin
Cowell
was
just
they
criticized
me
for
visiting
Edinburgh
Airport
in
his
press
release.
B
Fact
of
the
matter
is
we
have
the
most
ambitious
climate
change
targets,
not
just
anywhere
in
the
UK,
but
almost
anywhere
in
the
entire
world,
and
we
have
the
most
ambitious
programme
of
actions
to
meet
them
and
again,
I
think
it's
probably
embarrassment
that
is
making
his
face
go
a
little
bit
red
when
he
looks
at
the
actions
and
the
achievements
of
this
government
compared
to
the
government
of
his
own
party,
which
is
so
obsessed
with
brakes.
It's
forgotten
how
to
do
anything
else.
C
C
Finally,
how
typical
that
the
first
minister's
statement
today
both
begins
and
ends
with
independence.
It
really
is
literally
her
be-all
and
end-all.
She's
confirmed
their
plan
to
push
ahead
with
her
unnecessary
and
unwanted
referendum
bill
and
buried
in
the
small
print.
We
see
that
the
snps
utterly
discreditable
from
2014
is
finally
to
be
binned,
and
she
is
made
clear
that
regressively
and
with
no
consensus
from
across
this
parliament,
she
intends
to
demand
the
power
to
hold
a
referendum
on
independence.
Faced
with
this,
Scottish
conservative
surely
speak
for
the
majority
of
Scotland.
E
E
B
Jasmine
Carroll
or
when
he's
got
a
bit
more
time,
might
want
to
properly
reflect
and
digest
the
significant
domestic
policy
agenda
that
I
have
just
spent
40
minutes
outlining
to
this
Parliament.
But
you
know
it
should
also
reflect
in
the
fact
that
over
the
past
few
days,
we've
had
the
revolution
and
I
should
say
before.
I
say
this
I,
don't
doubt
that
the
personal
reasons
Ruth
Davidson
gave
for
a
resignation
and
I,
as
I
did
last
week,
wish
her
well.
B
We've
had
the
revelation
that
you
know:
Ruth
Davidson
doesn't
want
to
put
up
with
Boris
Johnson
as
leader
of
the
Conservative
Party
we've
had
a
debate.
We
erupted
in
the
Conservative
Party,
but
whether
it's
time
for
the
Conservative
Party
to
become
independent,
and
yet
we
still
have
a
conservative
party,
there's
a
determined
to
deny
the
rate
of
the
Scottish
people
to
choose
our
own
future
with
independence.
B
Well,
I
make
no
apology
for
saying
when
I
look
at
the
chaos
and
the
disaster
that
the
Tories
are
currently
leading,
the
UK
into
that
I
want
Scotland
to
have
the
ability
to
choose
a
better,
more
hopeful,
positive
and
optimistic
future.
I
want
us
to
rejoin
the
family
of
independent
nations
and
I'm
determined.
We
will
get
that
chance.
F
You
presiding
officer
and
can
I
thank
the
First
Minister
for
advanced
site
of
today's
statement
and
can
I
welcome
the
commitments
on
climate
change
and
the
undertaking
that
tackling
the
climate
emergency
will
be
woven
into
every
aspect
of
government
and
can
I
address
politics
not
personalities?
A
year
ago
the
First
Minister
told
us
and
I
quote,
closing
the
attainment
gap
and
raising
standards
in
our
schools
remains
the
government's
overriding
mission.
F
Today,
the
First
Minister
commits
to
raise
standards
for
all
and
say
she
will
continue
to
deliver
the
attainment
fund
until
2022,
but
that
clearly
is
not
enough.
This
summer's
exam
results
show
that
the
pass
rate
for
hires
has
fallen
for
the
fourth
year
running
so
First
Minister.
When,
when
will
this
government
start
to
raise
standards
for
all.
B
I'm
sure
he
has
he
will
see
as
I
have
referred
to
already
today.
The
attainment
gap
in
our
skills
is
now
a
record
low.
There
is
much
more
work
to
be
done,
but
we
see
the
progress
as
a
result
of
the
actions
we've
taken
as
a
result
of
the
investments
from
the
in
tainment
fund.
That
I
was
leading
to
that
narrowing
on
the
exam
results
in
terms
of
the
higher
pass
rates
there
will
be
fluctuations
year
from
year.
B
If
the
higher
pass
rate
was
to
go
up
every
single
year,
then
we
would
have
opposition
politicians
telling
us
the
exams
were
getting
too
easy.
But
if
we
look
at
national
fives,
we've
seen
an
increase
in
the
pass
rate,
particularly
good
increases.
I.
Think
if
memory
serves
me
correctly
in
maths
and
English
at
higher
we've
seen
a
good
increase
in
Sciences.
So
we
continue
to
take
the
action
to
reform
aspects
of
our
education
system
and
to
invest
clearer.
B
A
F
Let
me
turn
to
another
area.
Then.
Last
year
we
welcomed
the
First
Minister's
commitment
to
adopt
Labour's
long-held
policy
to
increase
the
provision
of
mental
health
support
in
communities,
including
schools.
However,
only
one-fifth
of
the
promised
investment
in
school
counseling
has
been
released
and
community
services
for
five
to
twenty
four
year
olds
are
still
in
development,
and
just
this
morning,
new
figures
published
sure
that
the
government's
pace
of
change
is
clearly
not
quick
enough.
F
With
over
thirty
percent
of
children
and
young
people
referred
to
mental
health
services,
not
being
seen
within
the
18
week
target
time
so
First
Minister.
Can
you
give
assurances
to
families
across
Scotland?
When
will
you
ensure
that
this
crisis
in
children
and
adolescent
mental
health
services
is
finally
addressed
as
a
matter
of
national
priority.
B
And
the
actions
we
set
out
last
year
are
being
taken
forward,
as
we
said
they
would
be
if
you
take
councilors,
for
example,
as
I
said
in
my
statement,
the
first
councillors
will
be
working
in
our
schools
in
this
school
year.
We've
reached
the
agreement
with
causa
on
the
funding
to
ensure
that
all
of
them
are
in
place
by
this
time
next
year.
Our
commitment
to
additional
school
nurses,
for
example,
is
already
in
implementation
and
will
be
on
target
to
meet
that
full
commitment
in
terms
of
the
community
well-being
service.
B
Introducing
new
services
like
this,
and
this
one
in
particular
I
think,
has
the
potential
to
radically
transform
how
children
and
adolescents
access
mental
health
services,
of
course
that
takes
a
degree
of
planning
to
implement.
We
will
move
to
the
implementation
of
that
over
the
year
ahead,
as
I
said
today.
B
More
provide
service
is
available
to
relieve
the
pressure
on
our
specialist
services,
but
also
to
make
sure
that
those
specialist
services
are
there
for
the
young
people
who
need
them.
So
all
of
this
work
is
underway
and
I
appreciate
at
the
Richard
laner
to
raise
issues
in
the
past
around
rejected
referrals,
which
we've
also
done
a
lot
of
work
on.
We
don't
want
to
see
any
young
person
as
referral
rejected
unless
it
is
for
clinical
reasons.
B
A
F
At
the
weekend,
the
First
Minister
wrote
in
a
national
newspaper
that
it
is
more
important
than
ever
that
the
Scottish
Government
continues
to
act
in
a
calm,
considered
and
consensual
way.
Can
the
First
Minister
tell
us
she
can't
that
housing
costs
continue
to
rocket
beyond
people's
means?
Is
she
calmed
that
the
reliance
from
food
banks
in
Scotland
is
that
an
all-time
high?
Is
she
calm
that
public
transport
is
running
the
interest
of
profit,
not
passengers,
and
so,
given
that
the
First
Minister
is
calling
for
consensual
working,
can
I
ask
her
to
back
our
plans?
F
B
Well,
you
know:
Richard
Leonard
I
am
NOT
calm
about
the
fact
that
right
now,
Tori
welfare
cuts
tortilla
austerity,
the
brakes
obsession
of
the
cordilla
government
is
driving
more
and
more
people
in
this
country
into
poverty
and
more
and
more
people
to
feed
banks.
The
difference
between
between
me
and
Richard
Leonard
is
I
want
to
do
something
about
it.
B
I
want
to
give
people
in
Scotland
the
option
of
a
different
future,
a
better
alternative
so
that
we
take
control
of
these
issues
into
our
own
hands,
rather
than
leave
them
in
the
control
of
a
UK
tour
government.
On
this
specific
Richard
Leonard
raises
the
right
to
food
on.
We
said
we're
introducing
a
good
food
nation
bow.
Of
course,
we
are
open
to
discussion
about
provisions
that
others
want
to
bring
forward
and,
as
we
have
done
in
the
past,
we
will
listen
carefully
to
the
the
points
that
are
made
on
housing.
B
We
have
taken
action
in
terms
of
the
the
rent
levels
in
Scotland
debt
introduced
in
rent
pressured
areas,
but
again
I
am
open
minded
to
where
further
action
can
be
taken
and
I'm
very
happy
to
have
constructive
discussions
with
labour
or
with
anybody
else
across
this
chamber.
I
think
it
is
most
important
of
all
that
we
continue
to
invest
in
new
housing.
It
increase
the
supply
of
house
thing.
I
have
in
my
own
constituency
a
Lord
open
to
new
housing
developments
in
the
last
two
weeks.
G
Thank
You
presiding
officer
can
I
also
welcome
Sarah
boy,
AK
and
Beatrice
rush
up
to
the
to
the
chamber
and
can
I
join
with
everybody,
who
hopes
that
none
of
us
will
be
judged
on
the
basis
of
having
a
full
head
of
hair,
the
the
green
that
the
language
of
the
green
New
Deal
has
been
adopted
by
the
Scottish
Government
and
I
and
I
welcome.
That
was
first
proposed
by
us
in
the
debate
in
April
and
our
green
New.
G
Deal
paper
was
published
just
last
week,
but
I
don't
think
the
government
has
yet
taken
on
the
central
idea
of
a
change
of
economic
system
and
there's
a
great
deal
of
focus
still
on
consumer
choices
and
as
yet
unproven
future
technology
on
transport,
for
example,
transport
emissions
are
going
up
not
down.
Yet
the
program
for
government
focuses
on
things
like
electric
planes
and
battery
trains.
Well,
maybe
one
day
they'll
have
a
role
to
play,
but
they
won't
cut
transport
emissions.
G
No
and
freezing
active
travel
funding
at
less
than
a
tenth
of
the
trunk
Rose
budget
won't
do
so
either
Greens
believe
in
free
public
transport
and
one
step
the
government
could
take
no
toward
that
which
would
be
affordable,
simple
popular,
especially
with
the
taxi
service
of
mum
and
dad,
and
would
chef
Johnny's
on
to
public
transport.
No
would
be
free
bus
travel
for
young
people.
Well,
the
First
Minister
dispensed
with
vague
commitments
like
consulting
on
options
and
working
with
stakeholders,
and
just
do
this.
No
first,
no
sir.
B
Firstly,
I
think
all
of
what
we're
putting
forward
today
in
terms
of
tackling
climate
change
is
important.
The
short-term,
the
medium-term
and
yes
I,
make
no
apology
for
some
of
the
longer-term
ambitions,
so
that
Scotland
is
at
the
forefront
of
the
technological
advances
that
we
do
need
to
see,
because
that's
how
we
position
ourselves
to
get
the
most
economic
benefit
out
of
that.
So
we
will
continue
to
ensure
that
we
are
putting
forward
the
plans
to
attract
the
investment.
We
need
encouraging
behaviour
change,
but
also
leading
by
example.
B
In
the
actions
that
we
take,
I
would
say
on
the
active
travel
budget,
we
doubled
the
active
travel
budget,
so
I
think
just
to
say,
we've
frozen
and
we
doubled
it
and
we're
maintaining
it
at
the
doubled
level
and
I.
Think
Patrick
Harvie
has
been
slightly
disingenuous
in
that
description
on
public
transport
and
what
we've
announced
today
in
terms
of
a
half
a
billion
more
than
half
a
billion
pounds,
commitment
to
design
and
implement
priority
bus
schemes
is
really
important.
B
Well,
I'll
come
on
to
the
cost
in
a
second,
but
when
I
speak
to
people
in
my
urban
constituency,
one
of
the
biggest
barriers
to
people
using
the
bus
more
is
actually
the
journey
times
or
the
perception
about
the
longer
journey
time.
So
if
we
can
increase
journey
times,
make
bus
travel
more
reliable
and
quicker,
then
we
will
do
a
lot
to
encourage
more
people
onto
the
buses
in
terms
of
the
cost
of
bus
transport.
B
I
mean
we
already
spend
over
200
million
pounds
a
year
on
free
bus
travel
that
gives
free
bus
travel
to
around
a
quarter
of
the
population
already
and
accounts
for
a
third
of
all
bus
journeys.
Already
in
Scotland,
we
and
program
for
government
confirms
our
commitment
to
extend
free
bus
travel.
Two
companions
with
disabled
children
extend
free
bus
travel
to
young
carers,
receiving
the
young
carer,
grant
we're
also
piloting
an
extension
to
modern
apprentices
and
we'll
also
review
options
for
extending
public
transport
concessions
to
people
under
26.
B
So
we
are
open
for
discussion
and
all
of
that,
but
in
terms
of
the
cost,
I
say
this
not
as
somebody
who
is
opposed
to
this,
but
simply
is
a
statement
of
reality.
We
when
Labour
came
up
with
the
free
bus
travel
idea,
but
failed
to
do
any
cost
thing
around
that
we
looked
at
some
of
the
numbers
of
this
you're
talking
in
the
region
of
an
additional
400
million
pounds
over
and
above
what
we
invade.
B
So
if
parties
genuinely
want
to
get
into
that
space,
then
fine,
but
parties
have
to
come
forward
with
ideas
about
where
we
get
that
money
as
well.
So
I
said
no.
Today,
we
are
open
minded
to
all
of
these
discussions,
but
as
I
so
often
see
in
this
chamber,
it's
not,
and
it's
not
a
fair
comment
necessarily
to
direct
the
greens,
but
it's
not
enough
just
to
come
forward
with
more
spending
calls.
You
have
to
also
come
forward
with
ideas
about
how
we
reshape
a
budget
in
order
to
pay.
For
these
things
appreciate.
G
Indeed,
presiding
officer,
the
First
Minister
could
just
said
yes
to
my
proposal,
which
for
young
people
would
cost
one
or
two
tens
of
millions
and
is
clearly
affordable
if
the
government
has
the
well
to
do
it,
but
the
focus
on
techno
facts
is
tomorrow.
Instead
of
changed
today
goes
beyond
transport.
Thanks
haven't
moved
on
from
the
first
green
New
Deal
debate
when
the
government
was
unwilling
to
accept
that
transition
also
means
moving
away
from
high
carbon
industries.
G
However,
many
years
the
oil
and
gas
industry
has
left
to
it,
it
is
simply
not
plausible
for
the
First
Minister
to
use
the
rhetoric
of
the
green
New
Deal.
While
saying
that
the
fossil
fuel
industry
has
a
begger
role
to
play
in
the
future.
The
First
Minister
even
went
so
far
as
to
describe
carbon
capture
and
storage
as
a
renewable
technology,
which
it
very
clearly
isn't
working
with
the
fossil
fuel
industry
on
a
response
to
the
climate.
Emergency
would
be
like
working
with
the
tobacco
industry
on
a
public
health
strategy.
G
B
Just
before
we
leave
the
seas,
I
don't
know
if
patrick
harvie
heard
me
say
my
original
answer,
because
he
went
on
to
specifically
focus
on
young
people
that
we
are
currently
looking
at
the
options
for
extending
public
transport
concessions
to
people
under
26
that
is
currently
under
consideration
and
will
give
details
of
the
outcome
of
that
as
soon
as
possible
on
I
hope.
Patrick
Harvie
listened
carefully
to
what
I
said
about
oil
and
gas.
B
Today,
I've
heard
I
speak
to
young
people
in
particular
all
the
time
who
see
why
not
stop
leave
it
in
the
game.
That
I've
got
sympathy
with
the
sentiment
behind
that,
but
I've
not
heard
Patrick
Harvie
addressed
the
point
about.
If
we
did
that,
no
at
the
risk
of
increasing
emissions
because
of
import
substitution,
we've
got
to
have
a
managed
and
a
fear
and
a
just
transition,
and
that
is
what
we
are
working
to.
B
But
I've
been
very
explicit
today
about
the
conditionality
of
our
support
and
the
emphasis
being
on
at
that
transition
away
from
fossil
fuels
into
low-carbon
and
renewable
sources.
And
you
know
that,
in
my
view,
is
the
right
way
to
go
and
I.
Think
again.
We
are
ahead
of
most
other
countries
in
the
world
in
doing
that
and,
lastly,
I
don't
think
it
is
an
either/or
between
action
now
and
also
looking
to
develop
the
technologies
of
the
future.
B
H
B
It
only
raises
important
issue
cos:
I'm
gonna
address
them
seriously.
I
don't
agree
with
his
characterization
at
the
end
of
his
question,
but
I
will
leave
that
to
one
side,
long
waits
for
children.
Adolescent
mental
health
services
are
unacceptable.
We
have
been
making
reforms
and
investment
to
tackle
those
long
ways,
and
there
is
work
still
to
do
so.
In
recent
years,
we've
invested
more
incomes,
staffing.
Just
in
the
last
year,
we've
invested
4
million
pounds
in
80
additional
cams
staff
and
we're
starting
to
see
the
impact
of
that
investment.
B
We
are
taking
forward
the
recommendations
of
the
children
and
young
people's
task
force.
It
was
a
strong
focus
on
improving.
It
comes
and
I've
already
spoken
today
about
how
we
will
further
implement
it
forward
and
implement
the
community
well-being
service.
I
do
think
it's
fair
to
say
that
posts
are
unfilled.
We
have
made
a
commitment
over
a
period
of
time
to
increase
the
number
of
councils
in
our
schools
and
the
number
of
skilled
nurses.
B
The
number
of
mental
health
professionals
across
different
settings
and
those
commitments
are
being
progressed
and
I've,
given
some
updates
on
them
today
and
I'm
happy
to
give
more
detail.
This
is
a
very
important
issue,
one
that
I
do
not
underestimate
the
importance
of,
but
what
we
are
doing
to
make
sure
that
the
services
are
there
in
the
right
places
so
that
specialist
care
is
there
for
those
need.
Them
is
work
that
we're
going
to
stick
at
and
deliver
on
really.
H
The
First
Minister
tells
us
today
she
is
tackling
the
claimer
emergency,
but
public
transport
is
on
its
knees.
Her
government
backs
Heathrow
expansion
and
it's
dumping
domestic
waste
in
England.
This
government
has
truly
taken
its
eye
off
the
ball
and,
as
we've
heard
today
at
the
front
of
her
speech,
it's
all
really
about
independence.
Why
is
the
price
of
this
government
been
paid
in
communities
right
across
Scotland,
First,
Minister.
B
Does
himself
any
credit
with
that
long
list
of
hyperbole
and
misrepresentation
so
across
health,
education,
justice,
climate
change,
public
transport?
Yes,
like
all
governments,
we
face
challenges,
but
we
are
getting
on
with
meeting
those
challenges,
making
the
investments
delivering
the
reforms
that
are
about
reshaping
those
services
and
delivering,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
I
make
no
apology
and
I
can't
believe.
B
I
can
sort
of
understand
why
the
Tories
will
try
to
justify
why
Scotland
should
just
put
up
with
what's
happening
in
the
UK
right
now,
with
all
of
the
damage
that
that
will
bring
down
the
track.
Ador
understand
why
the
Liberal
Democrats
argue
that
as
well
I
do
not
believe
Scotland
should
be
left
powerless
at
the
mercy
of
an
increasingly
right-wing
conservative
government
prepared
to
do
whatever
damage
it
warrants
through
breaks
that
I
won't
Scotland's,
have
a
better
alternative
to
that
and
I'm
determined
that
Scotland
will
have
a
better
alternative
to
that.
Thank.
A
I
Thank
You
Isaiah,
Nova
circle
I
add
my
congratulations
that
are
tunneling.
They
say
the
boy
Afghan
to
Beatrice.
Wishard
can
I
also
very
much
welcome
the
announcement
of
500
million
pounds.
They
helped
transform
West
priority
infrastructure
and
routes.
This
forum
is
one
of
the
headlines
of
a
substantial
package
of
climate
change
action
in
the
programme
for
government.
Could
the
First
Minister
outline
how
this
investment
will
help
increase
the
uptake
of
bus
services
and
improve
the
health
of
people
in
our
towns
and
cities
by
reducing
congestion
and
air
pollution?
I
B
As
I
said
to
Patrick,
Harvie
and
I'm
sure
all
of
us
experience
this
in
our
constituencies.
One
of
the
biggest
barriers
to
people
using
the
bus
instead
of
cars
is
that
they
think
the
journeys
will
take
longer.
So
this
investment
is
a
capital
investment.
We
will
work
over
the
next
year
or
so
with
local
authorities,
the
design
schemes
in
and
around
towns
in
the
cities
to
put
in
place
priority
bus
routes
so
that
we
can
have
bus
travel
that
is
quicker
and
more
reliable
than
it
is
right
now
and
that
will
help
us
reduce
congestion.
B
It
will
help
us
reduce
emissions
and
have
towns
and
cities
which,
as
Bruce
Crawford
rightly
says,
is
important
for
our
health
and
well-being,
as
well
as
for
the
environment,
will
also
continue
to
maintain
the
doubled
level
of
active
travel.
Investments,
encourage
people
to
walk
and
cycle
more
and
I
know
in
my
own
constituency
that
investment
is
delivering
some
really
ambitious
schemes
that
will
transform
cycling
and
walking
across
the
city.
B
J
You
sorry
officer
the
First
Minister
referred
to
the
Scottish
Government's
r100
program
to
deliver
superfast
broadband
to
100
percent
of
college
households
by
2021
and
said
that
the
contract
will
be
awarded
to
deliver
it
by
the
end
of
year,
but
in
2017
the
Scottish
government
told
us
that
suppliers
would
be
in
place
I'm
ready
to
start
building
by
early
this
year.
Why
is
this
program
already
running
one
year
late
and
by
what
date
will
Scottish
householders
have
the
superfast
broadband?
They
are
all
waiting
for
First.
B
E
B
90
percent
M
and
it
a
Scottish
government
investment
that
will
take
it
to
100%
the
commitment
they
are
100
program,
both
in
terms
of
coverage
and
in
terms
of
the
speeds
being
offered,
is
way
ahead
of
anything
else
anywhere
else
in
the
UK.
Of
course,
we
need
to
get
value
for
money
of
the
bidders
for
the
contract,
which
is
why
we
are
taking
the
time
to
get
that
right.
K
You
say:
North
Circle,
the
First
Minister
has
always
been
a
consistent
champion
of
gender
equality
and
it's
a
real
shame.
That
was
one
glib
comment.
Jackson
Caro
has
undead
all
has
great
work
to
tackle
the
disadvantages
women
still
face
when
it
comes
to
their
health.
So
can
I
ask
the
First
Minister
on
behalf
of
organizations
such
as
West
Lothian
indoor
warriors
to
damage,
see
how
our
programme
for
government
will
do
more
to
raise
women's
health
and
equalities
going
forward.
First.
B
B
L
You
First
Minister
rightly
displayed
Scotland's
drug
death
cases
as
a
public
health
emergency.
Page
102
of
the
programme
for
government
says
that
the
government
is
doing
everything
that
it
can,
but
I
wonder
if
the
First
Minister
really
could
look.
Thousands
of
bodies
found
was
that
in
the
eye
and
repeat
that
claim
to
them.
Indeed,
his
Parliament
did
everything
it
can,
because
I
think
that
we
are
not
additional
funding
to
tackle
drugs
harem
as
welcomed
and
we'll
overdue
specials.
L
At
far
as
a
backdrop
of
successful
wheelchairs
funding
cuts
to
alcohol
and
drug
partnerships,
which
is
fallen
by
six
point,
three
percent
since
2014,
the
First
Minister
could
seek
to
legally
designate
a
public
health
emergency
and
argent
Lee
directs
the
resources
over
public
services
towards
tackling
this
crisis.
That
is
one
of
the
actions
it's
cortically
but
has
been
calling
for.
So
since
the
first
minister
agrees
that
the
drug
deaths
Isis
as
a
public
health
emergency.
When
will
she
instruct
the
public
health
minister
to
legally
recognize
this
crisis,
but
what
it
is
First.
B
Genuinely
not
sure
I
fully
understand
Manik
Elena's
point
about
legally
designating
something
quite
clearly
that
this
is
an
emergency
and
the
the
actions
that
we
take
in
response
to
that
are
commensurate
with.
With
that
description,
I
mean
Monica.
Leonard
asked
me
to
Luc
families
in
the
I
I
meet
families
in
my
own
constituency
regularly
who
have
been
affected
in
one
way
or
not
by
drugs
and
talk
to
them
both
about
what
they
think
works
well
and
what
they
think
needs
to
work
better
die.
B
You
know
visited
just
over
the
summer,
a
project
and
my
own
constituency,
so
I
know
that
we
need
to
focus
on
the
the
deaths
crisis.
In
particular
it
is
complex,
but
that
does
not
mean
that
we
should
and
cannot
have
a
properly
joined
up
approach
to
that.
I
two
years
ago
announced
additional
funding
for
drug
and
alcohol
services.
The
extra
funding
today
is
ten
million
in
each
of
the
next
two
years,
which
I
know
from
services
in
my
constituency
will
make
a
big
difference.
B
The
drugs
death
task
force
will
be
instrumental
in
considering
both
the
existing
and
the
new
approaches
that
could
benefit
from
that
money
and,
and
lastly,
and
I
hope,
but
I
think
we
do
have
the
support
of
Labor
on
this.
We
we
have
to
do
everything
we
can
within
our
powers,
responsibilities
and
resources,
but
there
is
a
bigger
issue
here
about
drug
law
and
the
effectiveness
and
fit
for
purposes
of
of
drug.
Alright.
B
Now
we're
seeing
it
with
the
to
be
over
the
facility
in
Glasgow
Phil
cieth
at
Glasgow
wants
to
establish,
but
it
is
a
more
general
issue,
so
we
will
continue
to
do
everything
we
can
recognizing
the
emergency,
but
I
hope
we
can
build
even
more
consensus
across
this
Parliament
that
we
need
powers
here
to
look
to
see
for
the
legislative
reform
actually
can
play
a
bigger
part
in
this
solution
as
well.
Stu.
M
You
for
joining
us
at
the
announced
investment
in
improving
bus
services
is
very
welcome
as
part
of
a
way
to
package
to
reduce
the
emissions
across
all
the
modes
of
transport.
But
could
the
First
Minister
set
out
in
further
detail
for
government's
plans
for
a
greener
travel
by
the
likes
of
car,
real
and
also
ear?
M
B
We've
got
to
take
action
to
reduce
emissions
across
all
modes
of
travel.
Patrick
Harvie
was
right
to
see
emissions
from
transport
or
there
a
third
of
our
total
emissions.
They
have
been
increasing
in
car
travel.
The
the
biggest
thing
we
have
done
is
set
that
ambitious
target
of
2032
for
phasing
out
diesel
and
petrol
cars.
We
have
already
invested
a
lot
in
a
charging
Network.
B
We
are
extending
those
loans
to
cover
secondhand
hoo-wee
machine
cars
for
the
first
time,
so
people
don't
have
to
buy
new
ones
on
the
bus
service
and
master
Bruce
Crawford
I
set
out
the
capital
investment
our
own
buses.
We
also
need
to
see
greater
investment
in
low
emission
buses
and
there
is
a
role
for
the
Scottish
national
investment
bank
there
and
an
air
travel.
B
Of
course
we
want
to
encourage
people
not
to
use
your
travel
when
there
are
better
alternatives,
but
it's
sometimes
that
is
not
the
case
and
therefore
I
do
slightly
take
issue
with
patrick
harvie
that
it
is
not
I
think
it
is
right
to
focus
and
how
we
get
different
technology
to
reduce
the
emissions
from
aviation
so
right
across
the
the
spectrum.
Here,
all
of
these
actions
are
about
reducing
emissions
from
transport,
because
if
we
don't
do
that,
we
won't
meet
at
overall
targets
and
that
wouldn't
be
acceptable
to
us
or
to
anybody
else.
Liz.
N
B
Me,
forgive
me
presiding
officer,
long
bitter
experience
as
First
Minister
than
before,
that
is
Health
Secretary.
It
has
taught
me
to
wait
and
see
the
colour
of
the
Tory
money
before
we
start
spending
it.
So
let's
just
wait
and
see
whether
its
netted
off
against
savings
elsewhere
and
for
the
actual
money
coming
to
the
Scottish
Government
might
be,
and
then,
of
course,
at
that
point
we
will
set
how
we
intend
to
invest
any
money.
B
Of
course
it
has
to
be
seen
in
the
context
of
the
cuts
to
our
budget
from
the
Tory
government
since
2010,
and
also
has
to
be
seen
in
the
context
that
prepared
a
population.
Of
course,
we
already
spend
more
health
and
education
than
the
Westminster
government
does
so
we
will
continue
as
we
do
with
all
of
the
resources
at
our
disposal.
Invest
them
in
the
best
way
to
serve
the
interests
of
people
across
our
country.
Bob.
O
Presiding
officer
I
welcome
the
purest
families,
including
in
Midian
1
spring
bond
will
receive
an
additional
five
hundred
pounds
per
child,
and
the
first
payment
initially
for
under
Sexy's,
will
be
delivered
by
Christmas
next
year.
Well,
the
first
bonus
to
provide
further
details
regarding
the
welcome
acceleration
of
this
policy
commitment
and
more.
This
commitment
require
the
cooperation
from
the
UK
government
to
ensure
of
smooth
delivery,
so
the
most
need
that
cash
will
get
it
as
soon
as
possible.
First
Minister
well.
B
Firstly,
in
relation
to
this,
as
in
other
aspects
of
a
social
security
program
because
of
a
range
of
factors,
we
do
need
the
cooperation
of
the
UK
government
so
we're
in
close
contact
and
counting
on
them
that
they
will
continue
to
give
that
cooperation
as
Elin
Campbell
set
out
before
the
recess.
When
she
made
the
announcement
of
the
new
Scottish
child
payment,
we
would
require
to
do
some
further
work
on
delivery.
Over
the
summer.
B
We've
done
a
considerable
amount
of
work
over
the
summer
and
are
now
confident
that
we
can
introduce
the
first
tranche
of
the
payment
to
children
under
6
by
Christmas
next
year.
Applications
will
open
in
the
autumn
of
next
year,
with
the
first
payments
they
made
before
Christmas.
So
I
think
that
is
a
really
positive
step.
We
should
remember
that
60
percent
of
all
children
living
in
poverty
live
in
a
household
where
that
is
a
child
under
6.
So
this
will
make
a
big
difference
than
when
the
policy
is
fully
rolled
out.
B
More
than
400,000
children,
which
is
over
a
third
of
all
children
in
our
country,
will
benefit
from
it
and
it's
got
the
potential
to
lift
30,000
out
of
poverty.
In
actual
fact,
this
is
one
of
the
most
important
things
that
we
are
now
doing
as
a
government
and
I
hope
those
who've
at
Coldfoot,
even
those
who
opposed
it,
will
no
get
behind
it,
because
it's
going
to
make
a
big
difference
to
kids
the
length
and
breadth
of
Scotland.
He.
P
The
Scottish
children's
services
coalition
have
shown
that
resources
for
pupils
where
additional
support
needs
have
been
cut
by
889
pounds
per
pupil
since
2012,
so
the
funding
announced
today
is
about
75
pounds
per
pupil.
So,
no
matter
how
welcome
it
is
it
barely
restores
a
tenth
of
those
cuts.
Does
the
First
Minister
understand
how
much
these
children
and
their
families
have
been
laid
down
every
day,
First
Minister
well,.
B
Within
a
very
difficult
financial,
climate
and
I
know
what
to
rehearse
arguments
of
the
past.
We've
treated
local
government
fairly
education
spending
is
going
up
in
councils,
and
that
is
important,
because
that
also
enables
resources
to
go
to
children
with
additional
support
needs.
This
extra
funding
today,
I
think,
is
important
and
recognize.
The
ingry
did
welcome
it
after
the
fashion,
but
it
is
vital
that
we
continue
to
direct
resources
to
young
people
who
most
need
them
and
I
hope
that,
as
we
set
out
plans
for
how
that
investment
will
make
a
difference.
B
Q
D
B
I
mean
the
program.
Remember
we've
already,
though,
a
refurbished
hundreds
of
skills.
This
is
a
new
1
billion
pence
program
to
build
on
that,
and
part
of
the
objective
here
is
to
make
sure
skills
for
the
future.
They
are
low
carbon
that
they
are
digitally
enabled
and
they
also
have
better
links
to
other
parts
of
the
community.
The
Deputy
First
Minister
spoke
earlier
on
in
the
context
of
wood
mow,
high
and
Dan
Furman
about
the
plans
to
call
the
key
with
a
new
college
campus.
B
Now,
obviously,
we've
got
some
discussions
about
what's
best
for
that
school,
given
what
has
happened,
but
that
kind
of
corn
activity
is
I,
think
really
important
to
how
we
want
to
see
this
program
develops
or
shortly.
Of
course,
we
will
set
out
the
list
of
schools
that
will
be
the
first
to
benefit
from
this
program
and
I
hope.
There
will
be
many
members
who
will
benefit
from
that
in
their
own
areas,
miles.
R
Officer
over
the
summer,
First
Minister
I
visited
a
number
of,
and
alcohol
partnerships
and
services
for
drug
users
and
I
want
to
understand,
and
the
first
minister
in
the
government's
progress
on
this,
because
many
of
our
drug
and
alcohol
partnerships
are
cutting
funding
for
services
and
these
services
are
closing
today.
So
can
I
ask
the
First
Minister
in
terms
of
what
she
intends
to
take
forward.
R
B
Do
you
think
this
is
an
important
conversations
over
the
summer
with
people
in
different
services?
Who've
also
expressed
to
me
a
view
that
the
20
million
pounds
that
we
are
no
two
years
ago
hasn't
all
got
to
the
front
line
now:
I'm,
not
criticizing
alcohol
and
drug
partnerships,
but
clearly
that's
something.
B
We've
got
to
focus
on
I
was
very
deliberate
in
what
I
said
about
the
additional
money
that
I've
announced
today
been
there
to
support
existing
services,
as
well
as
the
kind
of
new
approaches
that
the
the
drugs
task
force
me
come
up
with
and
I
think
it's
important
that
we
have
that
twin
approach.
I,
don't
want
to
say
too
much
more,
because
I
think
there's
work
to
be
done
in
discussion
with
some
of
the
stakeholders
about
where
that
money
is
best
spent.
B
S
S
B
T
Has
been
a
recent
rise
in
homelessness
applications
not
referenced
in
the
program
for
government
I
asked
the
First
Minister
what
measures
the
Scottish
government
will
take
to
support
local
authorities
to
meet
their
start.
Two
tragedies
to
homeless
people,
particularly
in
the
light
of
shelters,
action
against
gallardo
City
Council,
where
homeless
people
were
denied
their
legal
rights
over
3,000
times.
B
I'm
always
prepared
to
consider
arguments
for
additional
legislation
as
a
legislate
program.
The
she'd
and
in
past
years
will
demonstrate
that
is
definitely
a
rule
for
legislation
in
ensuring
that
public
bodies
are
focused
on
the
things
they
need
to
be
focused
on
so
I'm
open
to
that
discussion.
I
don't
have
a
fixed
view,
one
way
or
the
other
at
this
stage,
and
what
I
would
say,
though,
is
I
think
on
in
terms
of
homelessness,
both
in
rising
applications,
but
also
in
redesigning
the
services
that
we
provide
for
homeless
people
I.
B
Don't
think
we
need
to
wait
for
legislation,
I,
think
that
is
what
we
are
getting
on
with
doing
and
need
to
continue
to
do
that.
Obviously,
we
know
the
main
reason
why
homelessness
applications
are
arising
is
down
to
austerity
and
welfare
cuts,
but
we
also
know
that
we
need
to
have
a
better
response
to
people.
So
what
that's?
Why
rapid
rehousing
housing
first
is
so
vitally
important
and
it
responds
to
the
first
part
of
the
question.
B
U
Thank
you
very
much.
I
very
much
do
welcome
the
20
million
pounds
a
to
tackle
drug
death,
some
of
whom,
sadly,
are
my
constituents
I
wonder
if
the
First
Minister
can
give
any
more
detail
on
this?
A
for
example.
Will
it
include
a
tackling
underlying
problems
that
people
have
that
lead
them
on
to
drugs,
protecting
them
from
organised
crime
who
sell
them
drugs
as
well
as
actually
making
it
safer
to
take
them.
B
V
You
officers,
like
the
first
minister,
said
last
year.
Her
government
would
give
victims
greater
say
before
temporary
release
from
prison,
which
was
a
promise
being
broken.
The
First
Minister's
government
said
last
year.
She
would
give
criminal
justice
Social
Work
100
million
pounds
a
pledge
betrayed.
So
why
should
victims
of
crime
trust
a
single
thing?
The
First
Minister
says
today:
First
Minister
well.
B
I
simply
don't
think
that
is
true,
nor
is
it
borne
out
in
reality.
So
in
the
last
year
we've
passed
the
management
of
offenders,
though
we've
established
the
victims,
Task
Force,
which
is
looking
at
some
of
the
changes
that
need
to
be
made
to
give
victims
a
bigger,
say
in
some
of
the
decisions
that
we
know.
Victims
want
to
in
terms
of
impacts
of
crimes
that
can
be
taken
into
account
of
sentencing
or
of
a
bigger
see
when
decisions
have
been
taken
about
the
release
of
prisoners,
whether
that's
home
detention,
curfew,
early
release
or
parole.
B
W
You
for
sailing
officer
can
I
welcome
the
package
of
measures
announced
and
benefiting
those
who
carry
experienced.
It
may
not
be
obvious
to
everyone
why
the
extension
of
free
dental
care
is
so
important,
so
be
grateful
of
the
First
Minister
could
say
to
how
this
will
help
young
people
with
care
experience
well.
B
Actually,
this
was
one
of
the
issues
that
I
didn't
immediately
realize
was
important.
I've
spent
a
lot
of
time
as
members,
nor
with
speeding
as
young
people,
and
this
wasn't
something
that
I
thought
was
obvious
until
they
set
out
to
me
and
explained
it.
If
a
young
person
who's
had
disruption
to
the
childhood
has
moved
around
a
lot.
Who's
had
an
unsettled
upbringing
through
no
fault
of
their
own,
who
perhaps
hasn't
been
able
to
access
regular
dental
care.
B
When
there
were
children
or
or
young
people,
then
the
impact
of
that
can
mean
serious
dental
issues
occurring
later
in
life
and
that
can
harm
their
confidence
that
can
blade
that
employment
prospects,
the
personal
life.
So
it
is
really
really
important,
and
it's
like
a
lot
of
these
things.
When
you
stop
to
think
about
it,
you
realize
that
some
quite
straightforward
solutions
make
a
big
big
difference
and
that's
the
approach,
while
we're
waiting
for
the
independent
care
review
to
report.
B
That's
the
approach
we've
tried
to
take
where
there
are
obvious
or
changes
that
become
obvious
and
can
be
done
now
we
get
on
and
do
them
and
that's
why
I
think
the
additional
package
I've
announced
today
is
important
and
I
hope
is
seen
as
that.
Don't
payment
on
the
commitment
that
we've
given
to
kid
experience,
young
people
and.
X
An
interest
as
a
parent
of
a
child
in
receipt
of
Disability
Living
Allowance
I
welcome
the
announcement
regarding
the
launch
of
disability
assistance
for
children
and
young
people.
Ask
any
parent
who
claims
on
behalf
of
their
child,
and
they
will
tell
you
that
the
application
and
a
new
process
is
onerous.
Bureaucratic
and
distressing
can
ask
the
First
Minister
ahead
of
the
launch
next
summer.
Will
the
Scottish
approach
to
application
and,
crucially
to
renewal,
take
a
different
approach?
First
Minister
I'm.
B
In
short,
yes,
I
mean
I
hope
it
has
been
recognised
across
all
of
the
work
we
do
in
Social,
Security
that
we
want
to
take
an
approach
to
how
people
interact.
We
the
system
that
is
much
more
dignified,
less
complex
and
beauty
classic
and
and
doesn't
make
them,
or
in
this
case
parents
feel
as
if
they're
you
know
having
to
jump
through
hoops
and
go
through
real
pain
and
tortured
in
order
to
get
what
they're
entitled
to
I'm
sure
this
was
security
sacred.
B
She
would
be
happy
to
speak
to
any
member
about
exactly
how
we
planned
to
do
that
in
the
case
of
disability.
Assistance
for
children
and
young
people,
but
making
sure
that
dignity
and
ease
of
access
is
at
the
heart
of
the
system
is
a
priority
here,
as
it
has
been
for
all
the
benefits
we've
introduced
and
all
the
ones
we
will
introduce.