Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 27 November 2025
27 Nov 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Congestion Charging and Clyde Tunnel Toll (Glasgow)
I hope that Mr Sweeney is going to repent as well, because I have been very concerned by his tacit support for the proposal. If he is going to repent, no doubt he will say so in this speech.
I say to the cabinet secretary that I understand the issues about funding local services and all of that, but the proposal is a deeply damaging one that, if extended, could have fundamentally damaging consequences for the Scottish economy, the healthcare and wellbeing of our constituents, and the whole of Scotland. I say to the cabinet secretary, “Please say no.”
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing)
SNP
I ask guests who are leaving the chamber and the gallery, who have been most welcome to attend our Parliament—it is your Parliament—to do so quickly and quie...
Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con)
Con
I thank the members who have been generous enough to lend their support to my motion. Can I say too how delighted I am to see Fiona Hyslop here to respond t...
Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
Will the member take an intervention?
Jackson Carlaw
Con
Unfortunately, I do not have time because I am coming to the end of my seven minutes.
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I am afraid that there is no extra time available.
Jackson Carlaw
Con
I hope that Mr Sweeney is going to repent as well, because I have been very concerned by his tacit support for the proposal. If he is going to repent, no dou...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Before we move to the open debate, I advise members that there is a lot of interest in speaking in the debate and we are very tight for time. We will resume ...
Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP)
SNP
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I could see you looking very clearly at me when you reminded members of the four-minute limit. I thank Jackson Carlaw for lodg...
Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con)
Con
I thank my colleague Jackson Carlaw for bringing this important topic to the Parliament. This issue affects not only those in Glasgow but everyone outside of...
Davy Russell (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (Lab)
Lab
I thank Jackson Carlaw for bringing the debate to the chamber. I chose to speak in the debate because, once upon a time, in the not-too-distant past, I was r...
Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)
Green
Will the member take an intervention?
Davy Russell
Lab
Not just now. The Scottish Government abolished that kind of tax on the Erskine bridge, the Forth road bridge and the Skye road bridge. By proposing to intr...
Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)
Green
I congratulate Jackson Carlaw on bringing the motion to the chamber. I am genuinely sorry if he thinks that I was glowering in any way. It was certainly not ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
You need to conclude, Mr Harvie.
Patrick Harvie
Green
It needs to support the transition to a sustainable transport system that reduces road traffic levels and invests in high-quality public transport and the ne...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Thank you, Mr Harvie. I have indicated the lack of time that we have for the members’ business debate. I need members’ co-operation in order to allow our sta...
Meghan Gallacher (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
I congratulate Jackson Carlaw on lodging the motion and securing a debate in the chamber on this important issue. I must be honest: I believe that the propo...
Pam Duncan-Glancy (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
I am compelled to speak in the debate on behalf of Glaswegians like me who will be inadvertently impacted by a charge from the SNP council, which, although i...
Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I thank Jackson Carlaw for securing this debate, and I am grateful for the opportunity to outline my opposition to the proposed Glasgow congestion charge, wh...
Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
I thank the member for Eastwood for lodging the motion for debate. The member for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth summarised the issue succinctly when he talked abo...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Thank you, Mr Sweeney—
Paul Sweeney
Lab
It is over to the minister—
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
You need to conclude—you are over your time. Thank you.
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I call Fulton MacGregor, who joins us remotely. 13:29
Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
SNP
I had not intended to contribute, so thank you for allowing me to speak, Presiding Officer. I will try to be quick and to take less than four minutes. I also...
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Fiona Hyslop)
SNP
The policy on local road user charging schemes is given effect in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001, which was introduced by the Labour and Liberal Democrat ...
Paul Sweeney
Lab
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Fiona Hyslop
SNP
I want to make some progress. Jackson Carlaw talked about how important the Clyde tunnel is to his constituents. Glasgow City Council has previously asked T...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
That concludes the debate. 13:40 Meeting suspended.