Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 16 December 2020
16 Dec 2020 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and Complaints Process) Bill: Stage 1
That concludes the stage 1 debate on the Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and Complaints Process) Bill. We are a little bit ahead of time.
16:43 Meeting suspended.In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Christine Grahame)
SNP
The next item of business is a stage 1 debate on motion S5M-23672, in the name of Bill Kidd, on the Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and C...
Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)
SNP
Back in September, the Parliament agreed to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s proposal for a committee bill that would allow the ...
The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans (Graeme Dey)
SNP
I welcome the opportunity to take part in the debate. However, as was the case when Parliament considered the proposal for the bill, I will keep my contribut...
Jamie Halcro Johnston (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Con
It has been some time since the committee started to look into the improvement of the Parliament’s processes around sexual harassment. Since then, a great de...
Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab)
Lab
It goes without saying that sexist behaviour and sexual harassment, or any bigoted and abusive behaviour, do not belong in our national Parliament or anywher...
Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD)
LD
It falls to us in this chamber to legislate for people as we sometimes find them and not as we wish them to be—that goes for MSPs more than most—so I welcome...
Gil Paterson (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)
SNP
The bill is an important piece of legislation that will bring about major changes to the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002, in that some...
Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
The Scottish Women’s Convention stated in its submission to the committee on the bill: “As the democratic leader within Scotland, the Parliament must take n...
Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
SNP
I am pleased to speak in this debate on the Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and Complaints Process) Bill. It is very important, and I wil...
Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
The debate has been a positive one with thoughtful contributions, starting with that of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee convener,...
John Scott (Ayr) (Con)
Con
As the closing speaker for the Scottish Conservatives in this stage 1 debate, it is important for me to reiterate that our party welcomes the Standards, Proc...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I call Graeme Dey to close for the Scottish Government. 16:35
Graeme Dey
SNP
I again thank the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee for its work on its inquiry into sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct at the...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I call Patrick Harvie to close for the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. 16:38
Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green)
Green
The bill is, as the convener reflected, the last piece of a jigsaw that delivers on the recommendations that were made by the joint working group, whose memb...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
That concludes the stage 1 debate on the Scottish Parliamentary Standards (Sexual Harassment and Complaints Process) Bill. We are a little bit ahead of time....