Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid)16 February 2021
16 Feb 2021 · S5 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Adult Social Care (Independent Review)
Okay.
On the one hand, we have been dealing with a horrible virus that disproportionately affects our older generations and those in care homes, and on the other hand we have the most extreme restrictions, which are necessary to prevent the virus but which impact on isolation, loneliness and the dignity of residents. That is an impossible choice. It is important that the creation of any national care service delivers for care homes and honours the legacy of those residents who have sacrificed so much in so many ways during the past year.
I support the Government motion.
17:19In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Christine Grahame)
SNP
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24134, in the name of Jeane Freeman, on the independent review of adult social care. There is no time in ...
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport (Jeane Freeman)
SNP
The independent review of social care gives us a clear road map for the future of care provision in Scotland. Central to its proposition is that we see—and d...
Neil Findlay (Lothian) (Lab)
Lab
The cabinet secretary said that the report produces a plan for a system that is equivalent to the NHS. Can she elaborate on that?
Jeane Freeman
SNP
In essence, the report tells us that, in everything that we do in its delivery and how we treat its workforce, we need to accord adult social care the same v...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I call Donald Cameron to speak to and move amendment S5M-24134.4. 16:14
Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Con
I welcome the opportunity to open for the Scottish Conservatives in this important debate, and I place on record my party’s thanks to the advisory panel and ...
Monica Lennon (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
Scottish Labour has campaigned for improvements to our chronically underfunded care services for a long time. We believe that social care support in Scotland...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I call Alex Cole-Hamilton to speak to and move amendment S5M-24134.2. 16:29
Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD)
LD
It gives me great pleasure to rise for the Liberal Democrats. I welcome the publication of the report of the independent review of adult social care, which e...
Monica Lennon
Lab
Does Alex Cole-Hamilton agree with Scottish Labour that the fight for 15 campaign is a fair ask, and does he support a rate of £15 an hour for social care wo...
Alex Cole-Hamilton
LD
Monica Lennon made a compelling argument for that, and I do not see a reason why we would not support it, in particular given that, as she rightly said, 83 p...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
Thank you for keeping to your time, Mr Cole-Hamilton. 16:35
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Green
The Scottish Green Party thanks everyone for their involvement in the review process and in what the cabinet secretary referred to as the “road map”. The Sco...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
I call Lewis Macdonald to speak on behalf of the Health and Sport Committee. 16:41
Lewis Macdonald (North East Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I am glad to have the opportunity to speak in the debate and to highlight the Health and Sport Committee’s two-year inquiry into the future of social care, w...
Neil Findlay
Lab
Will the member take an intervention?
Lewis Macdonald
Lab
Certainly.
Neil Findlay
Lab
As he is convener of the Health and Sport Committee, could the member tell me what evidence the committee took from stakeholders about integration and its su...
Lewis Macdonald
Lab
The committee took a great deal of evidence on that. We have done so not only in this context but in the context of a number of inquiries over the years. Nei...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
SNP
We come to the open debate. 16:48
Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP)
SNP
I welcome the opportunity to speak in this extremely important debate and thank the organisations that have provided briefings, including the Scottish Associ...
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)
Con
I welcome the publication of the independent review of adult social care. There have been calls for an independent review from the third sector and social ca...
George Adam (Paisley) (SNP)
SNP
I congratulate the convener of the Health and Sport Committee and the committee clerks on the pragmatic way in which they managed to ensure that we debated t...
Sandra White (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP)
SNP
I, too, very much welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate. I will begin by being positive—it is a positive review—so who better to quote than the chai...
Richard Leonard (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I will begin by setting out where we find common ground on this subject. In his foreword to the review’s report, Derek Feeley said: “If we want a different ...
Ruth Maguire (Cunninghame South) (SNP)
SNP
The independent review is an important step towards the creation of a national care service for Scotland. In creating that service, there must be a laser-lik...
Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
SNP
The independent review is an important step towards the creation of a national care service for Scotland, which will ultimately enable us to improve the expe...
The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh)
NPA
Mr MacGregor, you are slightly over time already. Please bring your remarks to a conclusion.
Fulton MacGregor
SNP
Okay. On the one hand, we have been dealing with a horrible virus that disproportionately affects our older generations and those in care homes, and on the ...
Alex Cole-Hamilton
LD
It has been an excellent debate, with real passion having been displayed in some of the speeches. I will touch on that passion as I summate the Liberal Democ...