Former Scottish National Party MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden
I was pleased to see that the Scottish Prison Service has piloted non-pain-inducing control and restraint techniques that reduce the risk of injury to staff and prisoners. Can the First Minister assure me that the pilot approach will be rolled out across the prison estate, with staff being given the appropriate training?
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking through its fuel poverty programmes to support low-income rural and off-grid households that are unable to heat their homes due to the recent increase in heating oil prices. (S6O-05715)
I thank the cabinet secretary for that welcome response. One of my constituents has seen their heating oil bill triple overnight, has no savings and has been told to wait until April for support that amounts to pennies per household. Does the cabinet secretary agree that the £4.6 million that has been allocated to Scotland is wholly inadequate? Will she join me in calling on the Labour...
What steps is Police Scotland taking to ensure that there is a good recruitment pipeline into our national force? Can the cabinet secretary provide any reassurance that the Scottish Government’s record funding to Police Scotland will maintain police officer numbers?
Is the member aware that people who are refused the choice to die with dignity often end up taking their own life anyway? There are multiple instances of that.
I rise to speak against Sue Webber’s amendments 115 and 116. Professor Michael Dooley, who was commissioned by the Government in Australia to research and find the approved substance, wrote to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and outlined 100 per cent efficacy of the drug protocol in Australia. Pharmacy stakeholders, including the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Community Pharmacy...
I would argue that giving people access to information is not coercion. Similar restrictions were initially introduced in New Zealand and Australia, but they are now looking to reverse those restrictions because they severely prohibit patients’ access to information. It seems very unfair that they should not be given that choice.
