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Tom McCabe (Hamilton South) (Lab) Lab

2. To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of recent events such as the murder of Reamonn Gormley, what measures it will bring forward to improve safety on S...

The Cabinet Secretary for Justice (Kenny MacAskill) SNP

Every murder is a tragedy, and my deepest sympathies are with Reamonn Gormley’s family and friends, as well as with the wider community. Reamonn was clearly ...

Tom McCabe Lab

I appreciate the minister’s answer, but within a square mile of that tragic murder there have been around eight murders over the past 18 months. My local pap...

Kenny MacAskill SNP

We appreciate that some areas in Scotland face significantly greater problems than other areas face. We must get matters into perspective; equally, we must r...

Christina McKelvie (Central Scotland) (SNP) SNP

I thank the cabinet secretary for taking time last week to meet my constituents John Tierney, Michelle McInally and Dominic Flynn, from Blantyre, who were am...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Come to a question, please.

Christina McKelvie SNP

Does the cabinet secretary agree that training and equipping a range of organisations in communities, such as the Blantyre walk ’n’ rollers group, to take th...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Can we have a relatively brief answer, please, cabinet secretary?

Kenny MacAskill SNP

The work in Inverclyde has been successful and we hope to roll it out in South Lanarkshire—it is already being rolled out in Edinburgh, Clackmannan and Glasg...

The Presiding Officer NPA

Question 3 is from Mike Pringle, who I do not think is in the chamber, which is unfortunate.