Part of Urgent Question – in the Scottish Parliament at 4:43 pm on 2 October 2025.
Ben Macpherson
Scottish National Party
4:43,
2 October 2025
I will make an important broader point. In the Parliament, we all have a shared interest in representing our constituents in the best way possible, and we all have a shared responsibility to debate the choices before us seriously and in the wider context in which we have to operate. As we go into an important budget period, whether we are discussing college funding or other matters, we need to have seriousness across the chamber, as well as creative ideas and collaboration. My ministerial colleagues and I have a doors-open policy for hearing ideas, and I look forward to members thinking creatively and responsibly in the period ahead.