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Consumer Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Scottish Parliament debates
I am delighted to concede that point. The minister will also recognise that Citizens Advice Scotland enjoyed statutory underpinning until the powers were returned to the Scottish Parliament and...
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Consumer Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Scottish Parliament debates
I welcome the opportunity to speak in the stage 1 debate on the Consumer Scotland Bill. Like Andy Wightman, I was sceptical about the need for the bill when there is already a crowded and...
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Consumer Scotland Bill: Stage 1
Scottish Parliament debates
He was there.
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
That explains why I am concerned about the continuing uncertainty. We did not hear anything to reassure us. Let me finish on a note of consensus. I am grateful for the cabinet secretary’s...
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
It is my speech, Presiding Officer.
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
Yes or no? He cannot reply.
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
I am asking very specifically whether financial transaction money will come after March 2021 to fund the SNIB. Is it a yes or a no?
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
Oh! T here we go.
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill
Scottish Parliament debates
I support having a Scottish national investment bank. It is fair to say that it has been a long time in coming. I think that John Swinney—clearly behind Richard Leonard in doing...
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
Consensus has broken out, Presiding Officer. I press amendment 38. Amendment 38 agreed to.
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
It is the last group, and I am pleased to speak to amendment 38, in my name. We are now in a new decade, yet the gender pay gap today is still as high as 5.6 per cent. The only way that employers...
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
I welcome the approach and the co-operation of the cabinet secretary. I thank Engender and Close the Gap for their work in ensuring that we have pushed the legislative envelope and can make...
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
I am pleased to speak to my amendments 35 and 37. The Scottish Government recognises equality as an overarching principle, but equality was not included in the bill as introduced. Members of all...
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
I am pleased to speak to amendment 1, in my name. The Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee had a strong view that the bank must invest more widely than in the private sector alone. I want the...
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
Not moved.
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Scottish National Investment Bank Bill: Stage 3
Scottish Parliament debates
I am pleased to speak to amendments 31 to 33, which are in my name. Amendment 31 would require the bank to ensure that its investment decisions promote collective bargaining. We know that...
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New Year’s Day Trading
Scottish Parliament debates
The First Minister might be aware that the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers—the retail workers union—was campaigning outside Parliament today to end new year’s day...
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ScotRail Franchise
Scottish Parliament debates
I thank the cabinet secretary for the early Christmas present to the hard-pressed commuters in my area, and I welcome his recognition of Scottish Labour’s campaign, which highlighted the...
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Cameron House Hotel Fire
Scottish Parliament debates
The First Minister will be aware that 18 December marks the second anniversary of the tragic fire at Cameron House hotel. Two years on, Mrs Midgley, who lost a son in the fire, is still waiting...
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Disability Sport and Participation
Scottish Parliament debates
I start by declaring an interest: I am the honorary president of the Dunbartonshire Disability Sports Club, and I have been since 2013. I intend, therefore, to be unashamedly parochial, as a lot...
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