Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 14 December 2021
14 Dec 2021 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Community Defibrillators
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My apologies: I was so excited that we had cross-party support at Aberdeen City Council that I forgot to refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests. I am still a serving councillor at Aberdeen City Council.
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-02093, in the name of Jenni Minto, on the importance of community defibrillators. The ...
Jenni Minto (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
SNP
My dear friend Carl Reavey died of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in January 2018. He was 61. Carl was a force of nature and his sudden shocking death imp...
Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP)
SNP
My contribution is quite short, but it is important that I advise members of the activities and influence of Scottish HART in campaigning to increase the dis...
Liz Smith (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Con
I warmly congratulate Jenni Minto on bringing this vitally important debate to the chamber, and on the tone that she has set with her very moving speech. We...
Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP)
SNP
I congratulate Jenni Minto on bringing this important debate to the chamber. I agree whole-heartedly with her motion, as public access to defibrillators has ...
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I thank Jenni Minto for bringing her important motion to the chamber for debate. She gave a lovely speech. The debate allows us to consider and connect two ...
Jackie Dunbar (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Jenni Minto for bringing the motion for debate and congratulate her on her personal and powerful speech. I know how close the subject is to her, as I...
Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green)
Green
I am pleased to be speaking in this very important debate and I also thank Jenni Minto for bringing it to the chamber. Her powerful speech has really set the...
Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)
SNP
Before I start, I draw members’ attention to my entry in the register of members’ interests as I am a serving member of West Dunbartonshire Council. I congr...
Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con)
Con
I remind members of my entry in the register of members’ interests, which shows that I am still a serving councillor for Aberdeen City Council. I thank Jen...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
I call Rona Mackay, who is the final speaker in the open debate and is joining us remotely. 18:46
Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
SNP
I thank my colleague Jenni Minto for bringing this important debate to the chamber and for her moving opening speech. As we have heard in excellent speeches...
The Minister for Public Health, Women’s Health and Sport (Maree Todd)
SNP
I am grateful to Jenni Minto for lodging the motion. She made a powerful speech—as we have learned to expect from Ms Minto in this chamber—and she used her p...
Jackie Dunbar
SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. My apologies: I was so excited that we had cross-party support at Aberdeen City Council that I forgot to refer member...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Thank you, Ms Dunbar, that is on the record. On that consensual note, I close the meeting. Meeting closed at 19:00.