Results 1–20 of 541 for speaker:Lorna Slater

Scottish Parliament: Oaths and Affirmations (13 May 2021)

Lorna Slater: I believe the Scottish people to be sovereign. The member then made a solemn affirmation.

Scottish Parliament: First Minister (18 May 2021)

Lorna Slater: I offer my congratulations and those of the Scottish Green Party to Nicola Sturgeon on her re-election as First Minister. It is a remarkable achievement to be returned for a fourth term, 14 years after the Scottish National Party entered government and more than six years after Nicola Sturgeon herself became First Minister. To be returned with the second-highest tally of seats at any election...

Scottish Parliament: Scottish Government Priorities (26 May 2021)

Lorna Slater: There is no doubt that the decisions that we make in this chamber over the coming years will shape the future of the whole of Scotland, our society and our place in the world. It is our responsibility to get it right, to come together and to take action to secure a fair and green recovery for Scotland. I look forward to our talks progressing. We need to roll up our sleeves and practise the...

Scottish Parliament: Covid-19 ( 1 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: The First Minister is aware just how challenging the pandemic has been for household budgets. Many people have spent much of the past year on the furlough scheme earning 80 per cent of what might already have been a low wage, while others have lost their jobs completely with little hope of finding another. The eviction ban has been a lifeline for people, but that protection has been swept...

Scottish Parliament: Economic Recovery ( 2 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: We are living in unprecedented times with a global pandemic that has the potential to cause a global recession, while the biosphere of earth continues to break down and its ability to support life decreases every year. Even before the pandemic hit, the mismanagement of the UK economy had led to exponential growth in the use of food banks. We saw the same exponential growth in the wealth of...

Scottish Parliament: Economic Recovery ( 2 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: It is my second speech in the chamber and I would like to finish, thank you. Recovery means building a new economy that puts the wellbeing of people at its heart and does not threaten our very existence. It is possible to build such an economy and, actually, it is relatively straightforward. There has been a myth around for some time now that public investment drives out private investment....

Scottish Parliament: Economic Recovery ( 2 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: Go on.

Scottish Parliament: Economic Recovery ( 2 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: I will answer that question in my speech. In 2019, the European Commission reported that the UK led the European Union in giving subsidies to fossil fuel companies. Oil companies have known about climate change since 1977 and, despite that, they have lobbied relentlessly for subsidies and handouts while routinely paying their executives salaries of £10 million to £20 million a year. The UK...

Scottish Parliament: Green Recovery ( 3 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: 3. Today the First Minister will attend the United Kingdom recovery summit. I welcome the fact that she will ask for the furlough scheme to be extended. That is essential for Scottish workers, but much more needs to be done. The Trades Union Congress this week published analysis of public spending on the green recovery and on job creation in G7 countries. Predictably, the UK is far behind,...

Scottish Parliament: Green Recovery ( 3 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: I share the doubt that the UK Government will deliver, but this issue could not be more important. I hope that the First Minister will keep demanding the investment that we need, working in partnership with the other devolved countries, just as the Scottish Government did to secure an extension to the furlough last year. However, we can still do more here in Scotland, with the powers that we...

Scottish Parliament: Green Recovery ( 3 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: Tidal energy technology was developed in Scotland. We are the world experts in it but, if we do not act now, we will lose that industry to other countries. When will the First Minister deliver a public energy company?

Scottish Parliament: Climate Emergency ( 9 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: As I am keen on co-operative and consensus-building politics, I was very pleased to read a copy of the cross-party committee recommendations on tackling the climate emergency that were produced during the previous session of Parliament. Those are the 166 recommendations that are mentioned in Mark Ruskell’s amendment. They represent 166 actions that this Parliament has already agreed are...

Scottish Parliament: Climate Emergency ( 9 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: Liam Kerr will be delighted that the entire manifesto was written by and adopted by the party, and is not up to me to say, so we will be going with what is in the manifesto. According to the survey, almost two thirds of Scots support the creation of a concrete plan to wind down the existing extraction of oil and gas in the North Sea and other waters around the UK. The approach of winding down...

Scottish Parliament: Covid-19 (15 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: The recent exponential growth of Covid cases in Scotland is a cause for concern, and there is a risk of yet more people dying or suffering from long Covid before the vaccination roll-out can be completed. The Scottish Greens have supported a cautious approach throughout the pandemic, and I welcome today’s decision to delay the lifting of restrictions. The travel industry is already...

Scottish Parliament: Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 (22 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: The emergency presented by the Covid pandemic has, in some senses, brought out the best in us. We have seen the Government act quickly to implement practical measures to tackle the pandemic, keep our public sector functioning and protect people who are struggling. I hope that the Government and members of the chamber will remember what an emergency response looks like: it might come up again....

Scottish Parliament: Economic Recovery Support (Fair Work Practices and Climate Obligations) (23 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: 2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that money invested in economic recovery by way of grants, loans and other funding will support fair work practices and climate obligations for any companies that receive such support. (S6O-00050)

Scottish Parliament: Economic Recovery Support (Fair Work Practices and Climate Obligations) (23 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: In order to support a green recovery, will the minister commit to ensuring that investment money, whether as grants, loans or other funding, will come with conditions to ensure not only that the money goes to businesses that support fair work—I approve of the minister’s support of that—but that the support is sustainable for the economy? That could be done by, for example, ensuring that...

Scottish Parliament: Amazon (24 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: 3. This week, ITN revealed that the Amazon warehouse in Dunfermline is destroying millions of new, unsold items, including televisions, laptops and face coverings. That level of waste is obscene. In 2020 alone, Amazon’s net profits were more than $20 billion. It is a company that has refused to pay the living wage, that uses zero-hour contracts and that keeps its workers in such a state of...

Scottish Parliament: Amazon (24 Jun 2021)

Lorna Slater: Only yesterday, the Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work told me that he wants to see public money going to companies that treat their employees well. Public money should be going to small companies and those that need it to recover from the pandemic. At the heart of that obscene level of waste is an economy that puts a disposable, throwaway culture ahead of the needs of...

Scottish Parliament: Covid-19 (13 Jul 2021)

Lorna Slater: The Scottish Greens have long supported a cautious approach that prioritises saving lives and preventing illness. We have concerns about reducing restrictions while case numbers are so high and with so many people not yet double vaccinated, particularly as it may encourage the emergence of vaccine-resistant variants. The British Medical Association has warned that the UK Government’s plans...


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