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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Christine Grahame) SNP

The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-20603, in the name of Aileen Campbell, on Holocaust memorial day 2020—75th anniversary. 14:56

The Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government (Aileen Campbell) SNP

I thank all members who will support this important Scottish Government motion, which enables the Parliament to have a full debate as we stand together to ma...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

Bear with me a moment, please, cabinet secretary. It is not a problem of your making, but I wonder whether we could have your microphone sound turned up a li...

Aileen Campbell SNP

In Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was one of six camps built explicitly for the purpose of extermination, 1.1 million people, most of whom were Jewish, lost their...

Ruth Davidson (Edinburgh Central) (Con) Con

I thank the Government for introducing the debate in its time, rather than during members’ business. Every year, we mark Holocaust memorial day and every ye...

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

Scottish Labour fully supports the motion and the cabinet secretary’s very powerful speech; and, if I may say, the stunning and brilliant speech by Ruth Davi...

Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green) Green

As others are, I am grateful for the opportunity to mark Holocaust memorial day in Parliament, and that a full afternoon has been allocated to the debate thi...

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

It is my great privilege to speak for the Liberal Democrats in this important debate. Monsters are real. They might wear business suits or military uniforms,...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

We move to the open debate. There is no time in hand, so I have to be firm: speeches must be no longer than six minutes. I call Kenneth Gibson, to be followe...

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) SNP

Thank you, Presiding Officer. “Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!” So said Robert Burns, and that was never truer than in the Holoca...

Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con) Con

I am honoured to take part in this debate. We have heard the number of people who were murdered during the Holocaust from the cabinet secretary and others....

Tom Arthur (Renfrewshire South) (SNP) SNP

I am grateful and humbled to participate in the debate, particularly after the outstanding contributions from members across the chamber. One theme that has...

Iain Gray (East Lothian) (Lab) Lab

Plato said that those who tell the stories rule society. That is why this day, when we ensure that the story of genocide—humanity’s capacity to descend into ...

Joan McAlpine (South Scotland) (SNP) SNP

I pay tribute, as others have done, to a remarkable woman who died in Auschwitz. Jane Haining, from the village of Dunscore in Dumfriesshire, died because sh...

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Linda Fabiani) SNP

I remind members that time is tight in the debate. 16:03

Bill Bowman (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

I feel privileged to speak in this debate, in a chamber in which the mood is serious and rightly so. On this Holocaust memorial day and the 75th anniversary...

Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) SNP

Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest Nazi death camp. Between August 1941 and the liberation of the camps, 1.3 million were held there. Of that number, 1.1 mil...

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

There are moments in this Parliament that reflect some of the worst of our politics, but this debate reflects the best of our politics and, more important, t...

Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) SNP

It is a great privilege to speak in this afternoon’s debate on Holocaust memorial day. It is a day on which we commemorate both the liberation of Auschwitz c...

Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con

I wish that I was not here to give this speech today on the inhumanity of humanity. I speak in the hope that we can all ensure that history does not repeat i...

Annabelle Ewing (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) SNP

It is, indeed, a privilege to have been called to speak in this most impressive debate. I am proud that our Scottish Parliament is marking the 75th anniversa...

Daniel Johnson (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) Lab

Last night, I was proud to sponsor Parliament’s Holocaust memorial day event with my colleague, Iain Gray. I was struck by the sense of people coming togethe...

Adam Tomkins (Glasgow) (Con) Con

Many members have rightly said that it is a privilege to speak in this debate, but if I may say to Mr Johnson, it is a particular privilege to follow his spe...

Aileen Campbell SNP

The debate has been remarkable. Every speaker and every contribution has been powerful and impactful. Regardless of political party, we unite to stand here t...