Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 19 April 2022
I felt that I had explained this earlier today to everyone in the bureau in a very open, honest and transparent manner. Once again, I will endeavour to articulate our position. It is not the position claimed by Mr Kerr, whereby I said that the Government had nothing to say on the matter—everyone who was in the room knows that that is not what I said. I said that there are real people dealing with real issues in their lives at the end of all this and that the Scottish Government needs to ensure that, when it puts anything in front of the Parliament, it is strong and robust enough to deliver for those people.
On the other matter, the debate has been postponed to enable another debate on Thursday, when the Scottish Government will provide the Parliament with an update on Scotland’s multisectoral one-health approach to addressing the global health threat posed by antimicrobial resistance, or AMR. That is an important topic, as, I am sure, everyone here would agree.
What I will say in response to some of Mr Kerr’s rantings is that we intend to bring the long Covid debate back to Parliament after the local elections.
Members: Ah!