Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 21 June 2017
21 Jun 2017 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 [Draft]
I believe that several members wish to speak in the debate. Each member has up to four minutes.
17:02In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh)
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of a further Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, mo...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I believe that several members wish to speak in the debate. Each member has up to four minutes. 17:02
Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Con
I recognise and understand why tail shortening is a highly emotive topic right across the chamber. My colleagues on the Conservative benches and I strive for...
David Stewart (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
Lab
I rise to oppose the SSI before us. As the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has made clear, the tail docking of dogs in Scotland was...
Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)
Green
I am one of the few current members of this Parliament who considered the evidence on tail docking when the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Bill was pas...
Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP)
SNP
Does the member agree that, with BVA Scotland, animal welfare organisations throughout Scotland and 70 per cent of the public opposing exemptions to the ban ...
Mark Ruskell
Green
I am delighted to support Christine Grahame on this issue, and I commend the leadership that she has shown on animal welfare issues for many, many years in t...
Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD)
LD
I thank all those on the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee for their diligence and for the work that they carried out in scrutinising the...
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform (Roseanna Cunningham)
SNP
The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 imposed an outright ban on tail docking of all dogs. Today’s draft re...
Claudia Beamish (South Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Roseanna Cunningham
SNP
I am sorry, but I need to finish this. The operating vet must be satisfied with the evidence that is produced that shows that “the dog is likely to be used...