Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 14 March 2017
14 Mar 2017 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Play Scotland (Play Charter)
I ask all members who are here to remember—and perhaps to pass on to their colleagues in their groups—that I find it courteous for members who take part in a debate to stay until the end of that debate, unless they have received permission from the Presiding Officer, by note, to leave early. Thank you.
Mr Greer is the last of the open speakers.
17:52In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Linda Fabiani)
SNP
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-03584, in the name of Ruth Maguire, on welcoming Play Scotland’s play charter. The deb...
Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP)
SNP
I thank all the MSPs from across the Parliament who signed the motion allowing the debate to take place, and all those who have stayed to participate in or t...
Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD)
LD
I thank the member for taking an intervention and for bringing the debate to the Parliament. She makes an essential point about providing the facilities and ...
Ruth Maguire
SNP
I thank Liam McArthur for that intervention. His question is more for the Government than for me, but I would say that it is not always about play equipment;...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Although I know that people in the public gallery will appreciate some of the things that are said, I ask them not to clap after each speaker. I will give th...
Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con)
Con
I thank Ruth Maguire for bringing the debate to the chamber and giving us the opportunity to discuss a topic that is, as everyone present knows, close to my ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
You know, I am liking the idea of a naughty step.
Brian Whittle
Con
That worries me. 17:15
Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
SNP
I thank my colleague Ruth Maguire for bringing this important debate to the chamber. Children have a right to play, as enshrined in article 31 of the UN Con...
Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab)
Lab
I, too, thank Ruth Maguire for bringing this debate to the chamber—not least because it gives me another opportunity to talk in the chamber about my children...
Alison Johnstone (Lothian) (Green)
Green
I share Daniel Johnson’s approval of the playing out days. I actually chalked on Abbotsford Crescent during playing out day last year. When the street was cl...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
There are still quite a few members who wish to speak in the debate, so I will be happy to accept a motion without notice under rule 8.14.3 to extend the deb...
Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Ruth Maguire for lodging the motion and for bringing Scotland’s first play charter to the chamber. For years, experts from health and education have ...
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)
Con
One of my favourite programmes when I was growing up was “Why Don’t You?” which challenged us to switch off the television and go and do something more usefu...
Clare Haughey (Rutherglen) (SNP)
SNP
I, too, thank Ruth Maguire for bringing the debate to Parliament. As parents, we sometimes find it too easy to fear for our children’s safety, and it can bec...
Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab)
Lab
I thank Ruth Maguire for bringing tonight’s debate to the chamber. I apologise to her and to the minister for having to leave before the end of the debate to...
Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
SNP
I am delighted to speak in the debate. I, too, thank Ruth Maguire for bringing it to the chamber and giving us all the opportunity to participate. Like other...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I ask all members who are here to remember—and perhaps to pass on to their colleagues in their groups—that I find it courteous for members who take part in a...
Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green)
Green
Thank you, Presiding Officer. As colleagues have done, I thank Ruth Maguire for bringing the Play Scotland charter to Parliament for debate. I also thank Ro...
The Minister for Childcare and Early Years (Mark McDonald)
SNP
I will do my best to respond to an excellent and wide-ranging debate, which I thank Ruth Maguire for securing. I also thank Play Scotland for its on-going su...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
That concludes the debate. Our visitors may show their appreciation now, if they wish to do so. Applause. Meeting closed at 18:06.