Humza Yousaf: ...day to NHS workers’ strikes is Scotland, under my leadership, of course—not under that of the Conservatives, who have ignored, stonewalled and treated our NHS workers with complete and utter contempt. This Government, of course, has ensured that they remain the best-paid staff in the entire UK, and that is a record that I am very proud of.
Humza Yousaf: ...matter. I am very familiar with some of the issues that have been raised. I will take away and give further consideration to the issues that Gordon Lindhurst and, previously, Liam Kerr raised about contempt of court, and I will either write to the members or, perhaps, address the issues at stage 2. Some of the issues that have been raised have not been in my consideration thus far, and I...
Humza Yousaf: ...the best way of going about that. Despite some changes that Mr Macdonald has made to the amendment since stage 2, it remains somewhat flawed. Among other issues, failure to obey a court order is a contempt of court, and the penalties for contempt of court are set out in the Contempt of Court Act 1981. It depends on the court, but in all cases the penalties exceed the £1,000 set by...
Humza Yousaf: In addition to the provisions of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, the courts have a common-law power to restrict the reporting of proceedings where it is in the interests of justice to do so. It is for the court to decide whether to make such an order in any individual case and in appropriate cases, an interdict may also be available.