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Jim Fairlie (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Oaths and Affirmations

I, James McGregor Fairlie, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law.

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Direct Support Payments

The first point to make is that we currently cap. On the point about front-loading and so on, we will look at a number of options. We have given certainty about what the payments will look like between now and 2030.The funding has been Barnettised—it may well be rolled up into...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Direct Support Payments

I am sorry, but if anyone has let down the rural sector, it is members of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. The Scottish Government continues to provide direct payments. The rural support plan has been welcomed by NFU Scotland, because it provides certainty and show...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Direct Support Payments

Bob Doris raises a very good point. I emphasise again that the Scottish Government cares deeply about our farmers and crofters and our natural environment. Through our rural support plan, we are delivering a balanced approach, including through continued direct payments. That ...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Direct Support Payments

The Scottish Government invested £2.416 billion in the agricultural sector in direct support payments in the five years from 2021 to 2025. Those payments were delivered via the basic payment, greening, young farmers payment, Scottish suckler beef support and Scottish upland sh...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Heating Oil Costs (Agriculture Sector and Rural Industries)

The scheme will be open from 1 April, but, as I said to Rachael Hamilton, some details are still to be worked out. Finlay Carson’s point is absolutely valid. We need to get the situation under control so that the people of Scotland have access to what we have—we have a massive...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Heating Oil Costs (Agriculture Sector and Rural Industries)

I very much welcome Willie Rennie’s intervention, because that is exactly what we need to do. The representations cannot be made on anything other than a cross-party basis. We need to work together on food resilience, which is the most vital thing that we can have in this coun...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Heating Oil Costs (Agriculture Sector and Rural Industries)

We want to encourage new innovative techniques, but, as Emma Harper knows, the energy system is reserved. We need to look at how we can make ourselves far more resilient through using our own fuel in Scotland, and there are a number of ways in which we can do that.

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Heating Oil Costs (Agriculture Sector and Rural Industries)

I absolutely recognise the points that Rachael Hamilton has made. We do not have the details for the scheme at the moment; we will need to get more details. The uncertainty does not help anyone, so it is incumbent on everyone to try to reverse from the positions that we have g...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Heating Oil Costs (Agriculture Sector and Rural Industries)

I thought that Christine Grahame’s last contribution was going to be yesterday, but here she is, back again and making sure that she continues to represent her constituents.Christine Grahame is absolutely right to make the point that she has made. She is correct that London do...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Heating Oil Costs (Agriculture Sector and Rural Industries)

The £10 million Scottish emergency oil heating scheme, which commences on 1 April, includes £4.6 million from the UK Government and is for households and individuals. Scottish ministers are writing to the UK Government about the significant impacts of increased costs on farmer...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Public Transport (Island Communities)

My understanding is that CalMac has continued to work closely with the community on Cumbrae to fully consider the changes and the issues that relate to loading and offloading. Kenneth Gibson has been a vigorous campaigner for his constituents, but my understanding is that CalM...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Public Transport (Island Communities)

Katy Clark has raised a very good point on integrated services, which I have raised before. It does not work if a ferry arrives in port and the passengers watch a bus drive away. Our bus services are in the private sector, so we have to manage that and deal with it. However, h...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Public Transport (Island Communities)

The Government has published its on-going and proposed investments in ferries and other public transport island connectivity in the islands connectivity plan of May 2025 and the recent national islands plan.Since 2021, the Government has delivered the MV Glen Sannox and the MV...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

General Question Time · Bus Routes (Local Authority Powers)

We have published a range of guidance to support local authorities in using the powers under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 and most recently published guidance on franchising on 17 March this year. As I said, I want all local authorities and transport authorities to consid...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

General Question Time · Bus Routes (Local Authority Powers)

The Scottish Government and I very much appreciate the vital role that local bus services play in supporting the communities of Midlothian. We have given local transport authorities powers to improve services within their areas, and I encourage them all to explore the powers t...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I apologise; I am having trouble with my machine. I would have voted yes.

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I cannot get my device to connect. I would have voted yes.

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I reiterate the point that I just made: the 2017 consultation was split on what the bill should deliver, which is why the bill is one that makes technical fixes, including some very important changes.Ariane Burgess talked about new opportunities. I would like her to note that ...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

In closing the debate, I take a final opportunity to thank all the stakeholders who contributed to the development of the bill. As I said in my opening remarks, the views of the grass-roots crofters and stakeholders were crucial in helping us to better understand the needs and...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

From the crofters uprisings in the late 1880s to the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 and the 10 major acts of Parliament on crofting that have been delivered since then, with the last one being the Crofting (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2013, we can see the evolution and th...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Public Protection)

I offer Rona my very best wishes for what comes next.Before I finish, I want to mention the fact that there are so many powerful women in this Parliament. I pay particular attention to Nicola Sturgeon and Elena Whitham, who have been enormously influential and huge characters ...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Public Protection)

Thank you, Presiding Officer. It is an enormous pleasure to respond to what I had thought was going to be the debate in which Christine Grahame made her final speech. That is not the case, as Jackson Carlaw pointed out, and it should hardly be any surprise that the last word o...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I thank Ariane Burgess for lodging and explaining amendment 28. I agree that, as access rights matters transfer to the merged Scottish Land Court, it is essential that the supporting guidance properly reflects the new arrangements. The Government would, of course, update the s...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I hear the point that Rhoda Grant is making. However, she should bear in mind that there have been four years of on-going work on the bill from when work on it first started. The provision that is in amendment 26 is for the review to begin up to three years after royal assent,...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

Will the member take an intervention?

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I am glad that Edward Mountain put that on the record. He is right: crofting is about people, culture, history and what the future of Scotland looks like. For me, any review of crofting must take all those things in the round and make sure that we deliver what the people of Sc...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I agree with members across the chamber that future reform of crofting will be absolutely necessary. The past four years of stakeholder engagement and consultation have been incredibly informative. We now have a bill that has wide stakeholder input and buy-in. However, those d...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I cannot support Edward Mountain’s amendments 56 and 57, but I recognise the importance of landlords’ interests being represented. The bill continues to recognise that in the provisions that he wants to remove. However, with only three appointed commissioners to the board and ...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I cannot support Edward Mountain’s amendments 51 to 55. On the surface, the amendments are quite harmless, but they are either unnecessary or would not provide any benefit. There is no need for a separate form to be created, because this bill provides the same thing in a simpl...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

First, I must ask Rhoda Grant not to press amendment 36 or move amendment 37. However, I just want to set out some context with regard to resumption. Current legislative provisions on resumption ensure that crofters are compensated for any loss of land, and they also entitle c...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

It will be for the commission to make those determinations. I hope that the crofting community, Rhoda Grant and other members who have engaged with what is happening will see that the Crofting Commission has sped up its provisions to make sure that it is getting the work done ...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I am happy to support Alasdair Allan’s amendment 6, for the reasons that he has set out. The link between owner-occupied crofts and grazing rights is a complicated area in which property law and crofting law intersect, so it is sensible for ministers to have regulation-making ...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I have nothing further to add.Amendment 5 agreed to.Section 10A—Power to make provision about the sale of owner-occupied crofts

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

My amendments in the group seek to clarify the powers of the commission when it considers proposals by a grazings committee for the grazings to be used as woodlands or for an environmental purpose. They also seek to make technical modifications or changes that are consequentia...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I am very happy to support Rhoda Grant’s amendment 34. Crofters want a genuinely fast-tracked process. I have heard that at first hand, particularly on my tour of the crofting counties over the summer, when I sat down with crofters and asked what their biggest ask was. That wa...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill: Stage 3

I am delighted to support Beatrice Wishart’s final amendment, and, as that might be her final contribution, I would like to say that it has been an absolute pleasure to work with her. She has been an outstanding servant to her constituents, and we will miss her greatly in the ...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3

As the lead minister for the bill, I thank Mark Ruskell for his constructive and collaborative approach in bringing this important bill to the Parliament. A member’s bill does not reach this stage without a significant commitment and a great deal of effort. I know how much wor...

Jim Fairlie (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I voted no.

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

General Question Time · Bus Services (Rural and Coastal Constituencies)

The powers are there for local authorities to use as they see fit. All the powers have been delivered. Whether through franchising or local partnership, the powers are there for local authorities, and it is up to them to decide the best system to use in their area.

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

General Question Time · Bus Services (Rural and Coastal Constituencies)

I appreciate the point that Karen Adam makes. I, too, am from a rural constituency, and I genuinely appreciate the vital role that local bus services play in rural communities and the importance of reliable services for commuters in Banffshire, Buchan and all the rural communi...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

General Question Time · Bus Services (Rural and Coastal Constituencies)

I very much welcome that question from Karen Adam, because the Scottish Government is absolutely committed, in partnership with operators and local authorities, to looking at ways of ensuring that everyone has accessible public transport, regardless of where they live.On the s...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

I think that the point that Douglas Ross has made shows that he does not understand what it is that we have actually done and the legislation that we have introduced.I will finish by saying this, which is the most important point that I want to make. I want to pay tribute to t...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

I absolutely accept that point. People could still pay to get on a bus, and I raised that at the first round-table discussion that we had. However, when people act in an unacceptable way, the SSI will make our buses safer by removing the privilege of free bus travel.We all kno...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

The programme for government for 2025-26 set out a commitment to suspend and withdraw free travel from anyone who does not act responsibly on Scotland’s buses. The SSI is an important step in delivering that commitment. It secures the enabling power for the policy and provides...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Will the member take an intervention on that point?

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Future Farming Investment Scheme (Guidance on Grounds for Rejection)

I should say first, in response to Christine Grahame’s point, that the scheme was hugely oversubscribed because that very generous package offered 100 per cent grants. However, as I stated in my response to Willie Rennie, we are carefully reviewing the scheme and will engage w...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Future Farming Investment Scheme (Guidance on Grounds for Rejection)

A detailed assessment document explaining eligibility, verification, scoring and ranking for the 2025 round was published on the rural payments and inspections division website on 19 December 2025. Applicants may request further clarification of the outcome of their FFIS appli...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Future Farming Investment Scheme

Rhoda Grant said that those people should have been prioritised. I remind the member that applying to the scheme was not—and was never meant to be—a guarantee of funding for the priority groups, who still had to meet the scheme’s objectives. I see Rhoda Grant shaking her head ...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Future Farming Investment Scheme

Karen Adam is absolutely correct. Despite an extremely challenging budget situation, the Scottish Government will invest more than £660 million in support for our farmers and crofters under the Scottish Government’s budget for 2026-27, which is similar to the amount that was a...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Future Farming Investment Scheme

I reject the idea that the Government was forced into doing anything. We voluntarily put up a £21.5 million fund to help investment in farming. As I just stated to Willie Rennie, we are currently considering how the scheme operated last time and how we can make improvements. W...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Future Farming Investment Scheme

First, crofting has a range of specific schemes that crofters can make applications to. Secondly, on the future farming investment scheme, we are still working out why people did not pick up the information that they needed to pick up and why it was not clear enough to them, d...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Future Farming Investment Scheme

The First Minister announced that the Scottish Government has allocated another £14.25 million to a second round of the future farming investment scheme for the 2026-27 financial year. That builds on the £21.4m that was delivered through the first round of FFIS. The applicatio...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Deer Management

I disagree with that point. We need a range of options across the sector. It is not just roe deer or deer in lowland Scotland that we are talking about—it is deer across all areas. Deer will be overgrazing in some areas and undergrazing in others.I get the point that the situa...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Deer Management

The improved deer management legislative framework and strengthened regulatory powers that were introduced through the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill will deliver opportunities for rural communities and create significant demand for skilled workers who are able to carry o...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Deer Management

Good, sustainable deer management is integral to our effectiveness in addressing biodiversity loss and protecting and restoring the natural environment. That is why we brought forward reforms to the deer legislation through the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill and will deve...

Jim Fairlie SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Ptarmigan (Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981)

We are currently carrying out the review. We have had this debate for a number of years, now. We can look at the matter once we get to the end of the review period and we publish the results of the review.The member asked about shooting ptarmigan in August. The season for ptar...

The Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity (Jim Fairlie) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Ptarmigan (Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981)

The Scottish, Welsh and UK Governments are currently working on a draft joint consultation document, which will include proposed changes following our consideration of NatureScot’s assessment of the bird species listed in schedule 2 to the 1981 act. We expect to publish the co...

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Meeting of the Parliament 14 May 2026 [Draft]

14 May 2026 · S7 · Meeting of the Parliament

Item of business

Oaths and Affirmations

Fairlie, Jim SNP Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Watch on SPTV

I, James McGregor Fairlie, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law.

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The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)

Good morning. I declare the seventh session of the Scottish Parliament, 2026 to 2031, duly constituted. The only item of business this morning is members’ oa...

John Swinney (Perthshire North) (SNP) SNP

Before I take my oath, let me pledge that the primary loyalty of the Scottish National Party is to the people of Scotland, in line with the constitutional pr...

Malcolm Offord (West Scotland) (Reform) Reform

I, Malcolm Offord, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help...

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

Bi-smi llahi r-ra?mani r-ra?im.I, Anas Sarwar, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successor...

Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green) Green

The ultimate loyalty of the Scottish Greens is not to king or crown but to the people of Scotland, who are sovereign.I, Ross John Greer, do swear that I will...

Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland and Lothians West) (Green) Green

My oath is to the people of Scotland, who are sovereign.I, Gillian Audrey Mackay, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithfu...

Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con) Con

I, Russell Findlay, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So hel...

Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh North Western) (LD) LD

I, Alex Cole-Hamilton, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his...

George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) SNP

I, George Adam, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me...

Karen Adam (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) SNP

I, Karen Adam, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs a...

Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) SNP

I, Clare Adamson, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help ...

Irshad Ahmed (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab) Lab

Bi-smi llahi r-ra?mani r-ra?im.I, Irshad Ahmed, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successo...

Heather Anderson (Dundee City West) (SNP) SNP

I, Heather Jane Dow Anderson, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charl...

Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley) (SNP) SNP

I, Tom Arthur, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs a...

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Lab

I, Jackie Baillie, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help...

Claire Baker (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Lab

I, Claire Baker, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs...

Max Bannerman (Highlands and Islands) (Reform) Reform

I, Max Mackenzie Bannerman Marshall, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, accordi...

David Barratt (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) SNP

My loyalty is to the people of the Cowdenbeath constituency. I take the following affirmation as required by law.I, David John Barratt, do solemnly, sincerel...

Andrew Baxter (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (LD) LD

I, Andrew Phillip Baxter, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. ...

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North) (SNP) SNP

I declare that my first loyalty is to the people of Scotland.I, Colin Beattie, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King ...

Senga Beresford (South Scotland) (Reform) Reform

I, Senga Beresford, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So hel...

Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I, Neil Bibby, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me ...

Dawn Black (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) SNP

I say before I start that my first concern is for the people of Angus North and Mearns and for the people of Scotland.I, Dawn Suzanne Thorndycraft Black, do ...

Amanda Bland (Central Scotland and Lothians West) (Reform) Reform

I, Amanda Bland, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help m...

Steven Bonnar (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP) SNP

My true allegiance is to the people of Scotland. It is they who are sovereign and it is in their interests alone that I say this affirmation.I, Steven Bonnar...

Gary Bouse (Falkirk West) (SNP) SNP

I, Gary Bouse, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs a...

Miles Briggs (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Con) Con

I, Miles Briggs, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help m...

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) SNP

I, Alan Brown, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me ...

Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) SNP

I, Keith James Brown, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his ...

Siobhian Brown (Ayr) (SNP) SNP

I, Siobhian Brown, do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare and affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his hei...