Scotland’s Population

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 27 September 2022.

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Photo of Michelle Thomson Michelle Thomson Scottish National Party

I could top that a million times over. I am delighted that the Scottish Government has taken the initiative to roll out broadband in the face of the abject failure of the UK Government—[

Interruption

.] There should be no barracking from the sidelines. I am sorry, Presiding Officer.

Imagine a Scotland where it is recognised and understood that we live in a global world and which welcomes ambitious young people who will work hard and contribute taxes to enable us fund our much-valued public services. Imagine a Scotland that is truly open for business and to entrepreneurship and which attracts entrepreneurs from around the world. That is what I would do if I was going to implement an immigration strategy.

We can imagine—but without real power to manage our own immigration policy, in the form of independence, imagine is all that we can do.