Annabelle Ewing: If it is brief.
Annabelle Ewing: Mr Doris, I think that you should be starting to bring your remarks to a close.
Annabelle Ewing: From whom are you taking the intervention?
Annabelle Ewing: We move to the open debate.
Annabelle Ewing: Always speak through the chair, please.
Annabelle Ewing: I call Mark Ruskell to open on behalf of the Scottish Greens.
Annabelle Ewing: Always speak through the chair.
Annabelle Ewing: I advise members that we have some time in hand.
Annabelle Ewing: Cabinet secretary, do you have an intervention to make?
Annabelle Ewing: I call Douglas Lumsden to open on behalf of the Scottish Conservatives.
Annabelle Ewing: I call Edward Mountain to speak on behalf of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.
Annabelle Ewing: The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-14836, in the name of Gillian Martin, on the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons.
Annabelle Ewing: Marie McNair will be concluding quite soon.
Annabelle Ewing: Thank you, Ms McNair. I now call on the Minister for Equalities, Kaukab Stewart, to respond to the debate.
Annabelle Ewing: Ms Duncan-Glancy, you must conclude, please.
Annabelle Ewing: The member is about to conclude, I hope.
Annabelle Ewing: Could you please bring your remarks to a close, Ms Stevenson?
Annabelle Ewing: I advise members that, because we have a 2 o’clock start for the afternoon’s business, we must stick to time. Otherwise, it is not fair to the parliamentary staff who are required to clear the chamber before we resume our business. I ask members to stick to their allotted time, which is up to four minutes.
Annabelle Ewing: The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-14683, in the name of Paul O’Kane, on challenge poverty week 2024. The debate will be concluded without any question being put. Motion debated, That the Parliament recognises Challenge Poverty Week 2024, which is coordinated by the Poverty Alliance, Scotland’s anti-poverty network, and runs...
Annabelle Ewing: Yes, you will.
