Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 19 March 2026 [Draft]
19 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Invasion of Ukraine
I associate myself entirely with everything that Kenny Gibson is saying. He might be coming on to talk about the support that people in Scotland are showing for Ukraine. Will he join me in saluting the many voluntary groups throughout the country, including Tayside and Strathearn Help for Ukraine, based in Errol in Perthshire, which collects donated goods from all over Scotland, including food, clothing and medical supplies, and takes them on a weekly trucking journey to Ukraine to help those in need? Will he join me in calling on the Scottish Government to do what it can to support those efforts in Scotland?
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-20434, in the name of Kenneth Gibson, on approaching the fourth anniversary of Russia’s...
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Ross Greer, Paul Sweeney and my Scottish National Party colleagues, who signed my motion to enable this debate to take place.I welcome the members of...
Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Con
I associate myself entirely with everything that Kenny Gibson is saying. He might be coming on to talk about the support that people in Scotland are showing ...
Kenneth Gibson
SNP
I absolutely agree with that very welcome intervention. Indeed, it means that I no longer have to cover that part of my speech, because Mr Fraser has touched...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
Before we move to the open debate, I encourage members who wish to participate to make sure that their cards are in and that they have pressed their request-...
Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Kenny Gibson for securing the debate. This is likely to be my last speech in this place.Last month marked four years since Putin’s full-scale invasio...
Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
I am pleased to follow Kevin Stewart in giving his last address to the Scottish Parliament. Of course, I wish him all the very best. He is right, as were Mur...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
Before I call the next speaker, I encourage the cabinet secretary to put his card in. I call Jamie Hepburn.13:07
Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP)
SNP
I pay tribute to and thank my friend Kevin Stewart for his many years of public service and wish him all the best for the future.I am also grateful for the o...
Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Kenny Gibson for securing this members’ business debate; however, I am saddened that it is still necessary. The brutal and illegal full-scale invasio...
Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
I congratulate Mr Gibson, the member for Cunninghame North, on securing today’s debate with his members’ business motion, which I was pleased to sign.More th...
Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Kenny Gibson for bringing this debate to the chamber, four years on from the start of the conflict. It is perhaps a sign that four years have passed ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (Angus Robertson)
SNP
I thank colleagues for their thoughtful contributions to this debate. The Scottish Parliament speaks with one voice in solidarity with Ukraine. If one was wa...
Murdo Fraser
Con
I have written to the cabinet secretary about Tayside and Strathearn Help for Ukraine, which is still being overwhelmed with donations from people across Sco...
Angus Robertson
SNP
I hear the concerns that Murdo Fraser has raised. I will look very closely and as sympathetically as I can at the correspondence.After he intervened earlier,...
Stephen Kerr
Con
Does the cabinet secretary agree that the seized assets that belong to Russian oligarchs and other friends of Putin should be put immediately at the disposal...
Angus Robertson
SNP
The simple answer is yes, and we should be getting on with it. I appeal to the European Union in particular to look at that matter closely. I also take the o...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
That concludes the debate, and I suspend this meeting of the Parliament until 2 o’clock.13:35Meeting suspended.14:00On resuming—