Hansard

The Presiding Officer (Ken Macintosh) NPA

The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24271, in the name of Neil Bibby, on the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill at stage 3. 18:19

Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

It gives me great pleasure to open today’s stage 3 debate on the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill. I lodged the draft proposal for this member’s bill more than four...

The Minister for Business, Fair Work and Skills (Jamie Hepburn) SNP

I am very pleased to be speaking on behalf of the Government in this final debate on the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill. Of course, as I have been at pains to emp...

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Lewis Macdonald) Lab

I remind members at the back of the chamber that their voices carry. 18:30

Graham Simpson (Central Scotland) (Con) Con

We are near the end of the parliamentary session—we have only a day to go—and all of us have been clearing out our offices to get them ready for the next occ...

Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Lab

I congratulate Neil Bibby and his team for the tremendous amount of work that they have done to get the bill to this stage. I hope that the bill will be pass...

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) LD

Probably more than ever before, we know through the pandemic the value of pubs as community assets that play a social role and as major employers that showca...

Jamie Hepburn SNP

Will the member take an intervention?

Willie Rennie LD

If the minister is going to deny that he was charmed, I want to hear from him.

Jamie Hepburn SNP

I will leave others to consider the charm or otherwise of Mr Bibby. I put on the record that at no stage did I state any opposition to the legislation.

Willie Rennie LD

He was charmed even before he knew he was! That is an incredible admission. Neil Bibby’s powers know no bounds. It is true that the profile of the sector in...

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) Green

I add my sincere congratulations to Neil Bibby, not just on introducing the bill and steering it through but on doing the work of building consensus to get t...

Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) SNP

To say that the evidence that we heard during consideration of the bill was polarised is putting it mildly, and it is fair to say that committee members were...

Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab) Lab

I, too, congratulate my Labour colleague Neil Bibby on getting the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill to stage 3. I recognise all the hard work that he has put in to ...

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) SNP

I thank Neil Bibby for introducing the bill and for his open engagement throughout the whole process. The bill was not easy for the Economy, Energy and Fair ...

James Kelly (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

I join other members in congratulating Neil Bibby on securing the passage of his member’s bill on tied pubs later this evening. As many have recounted, it ha...

The Deputy Presiding Officer Lab

I call Margaret Mitchell, who is making her final speech as a member of the Parliament. 19:02

Margaret Mitchell (Central Scotland) (Con) Con

I know how much work goes into introducing a member’s bill, and I congratulate Neil Bibby on the tenacity that he has shown in getting it to this stage. The...

Jamie Hepburn SNP

I thank those who have contributed to the debate, which has been something of a revelation. I was interested to see that both Graham Simpson and Patrick Harv...

Neil Bibby Lab

I thank all members who have participated in the debate. I pay tribute to Margaret Mitchell, who just made her final speech. She was a particular help to my...