Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 25 February 2020.

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Photo of Aileen Campbell Aileen Campbell Scottish National Party

I want to put to bed the spin about the so-called “tampon raids”. Will the member acknowledge that Monica’s Lennon bill, which we had a duty to respond to, raised the issue of preventing abuse? Section 4(7) states that further provision made by the Scottish Government

“may include measures to ensure that a person may not obtain quantities of period products that are greater than reasonably commensurate with the person’s use of them.”

We responded to section 4(7) and said that such measures would be disproportionate to the cost of the products.