Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 22 June 2021.

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Photo of Stephen Kerr Stephen Kerr Conservative

That is an argument for keeping the restrictions in legislation for ever, which is not acceptable. We cannot operate on that basis in a free society. What I actually said was that the vaccines have been proven to be efficacious with all the known variants. While we are talking about things that we do not know about, we could be talking about this legislation being with us for ever, and that is not acceptable.