Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Linda Fabiani) SNP

The first item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-14614, in the name of Alasdair Allan, on the centenary of the Iolaire disaster. The de...

Dr Alasdair Allan (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) SNP

Air iomadach càrn-chogaidh air feadh na rìoghachd, tha 1914 gu 1919 sgrìobhte. Tha an dàrna bhliadhna sin a’ cuimhneachadh a’ chùmhnaint ann an Versailles a ...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

We move to the open debate. We are quite tight for time, so I ask everyone to speak for no more than four minutes. 13:08

Maurice Corry (West Scotland) (Con) Con

I thank Alasdair Allan for bringing this timely debate to the chamber. The Iolaire disaster was an unequivocal tragedy of returning servicemen lost in sight...

Angus MacDonald (Falkirk East) (SNP) SNP

I thank Alasdair Allan for bringing this important debate to the chamber. I am sure that each and every resident of Lewis and Harris appreciates such a traum...

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) Lab

I thank Alasdair Allan for securing the debate. In a year that has marked the centenary of the end of world war 1, we are fast approaching the last commemor...

John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Green) Green

Mòran taing, Presiding Officer. Gabhaibh mo leisgeul. Chan eil ach beagan Gàidhlig agam. Mar as àbhaist, feumaidh mi Beurla a bhruidhinn. “Bidh dùil ro fear...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

I remind members that we are very tight for time. 13:26

Gillian Martin (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) SNP

The sinking of the Iolaire with its loss of life on that night in 1919 must be one of the cruellest events in Scottish history. I thank the constituency MSP ...

Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con

I am conscious that we have heard a lot this afternoon from people who are very closely related to this incident, and I do not want to add very much more, ex...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

Thank you, Mr Mountain, for giving us some time back. 13:32

Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) SNP

I, too, pay tribute to Alasdair Allan for securing this debate. It is fitting that, almost a century after a disaster that took 201 lives, our Parliament giv...

Lewis Macdonald (North East Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I was a child in Stornoway in the 1960s, years after the Iolaire disaster. Many women of the Iolaire generation were still alive when I was a boy. I saw them...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

In order to hear contributions from the final two speakers and the cabinet secretary, I am minded to accept a motion without notice, under rule 8.14.3 of the...

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) SNP

I thank my colleague Alasdair Allan for bringing this important debate to the chamber. For those who are listening from outwith the Western Isles, this migh...

Johann Lamont (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

I feel greatly privileged—if a little hesitant—to participate in this debate, in which we are remembering a tragedy the cruelty and impact of which are almos...

The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs (Fiona Hyslop) SNP

I, too, thank Dr Alasdair Allan for lodging his motion and giving the Parliament the opportunity to record our recognition ahead of the commemoration of the ...