Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur) LD

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-10916, in the name of Shona Robison, on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, which is United Kingdom l...

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance (Shona Robison) SNP

It is important that the Parliament gives the matter of consent to the bill careful consideration. Although much of the bill focuses on matters that are not ...

Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con

I speak as convener of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee to highlight part 6 of the bill, on which the committee focused its scrutiny. This import...

The Deputy Presiding Officer LD

I call Kenneth Gibson to speak on behalf of the Finance and Public Administration Committee. 17:55

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) SNP

I speak as convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, which has a long-standing interest in the UK Government’s levelling up fund and the U...

Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

I, too, extend my thanks to the committees and clerks who spent time looking at the legislative consent motion back in 2022 when it first came to the Parliam...

Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab) Lab

We will support the legislative consent motion, while recognising that the bill legislates in devolved areas. Scotland and Britain need to get building to ta...

Shona Robison SNP

I thank all members who have spoken in the debate, albeit that it has been a short one. There have been some thoughtful contributions, which I will try to co...

John Swinney (Perthshire North) (SNP) SNP

Will the Deputy First Minister take an intervention?

Shona Robison SNP

I will, in a second. I say to Edward Mountain, the convener of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, that I will be happy to take forward the issue ...

John Swinney SNP

Although I applaud the Government’s success in securing the changes that have been made to the bill, which protect devolution, does the Deputy First Minister...

Shona Robison SNP

As ever, John Swinney makes an important point. The fact that we have had to negotiate at length and in such detail over provisions that should have respecte...

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

Please conclude.

Shona Robison SNP

Mr Gibson’s committee has asked Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to provide evidence to the cross-party commit...

The Presiding Officer NPA

That concludes the debate on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.