Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur) LD

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-11699, in the name of Siobhian Brown, on the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill. 16:30

The Minister for Victims and Community Safety (Siobhian Brown) SNP

I thank the members of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee for their thoughtful and helpful consideration of the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) B...

Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con) Con

I am pleased to speak in the debate and to confirm that the Scottish Conservatives will support the bill at decision time. As the minister outlined, this is ...

Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab) Lab

I thank the committee clerks and all those who have been involved in the bill. This is a technical bill, but it will have real impacts on people’s lives. I h...

Bob Doris (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP) SNP

The victims of McClure’s state that most people who have been let down by McClure’s do not yet know that they are victims and that the situation is vastly un...

Rhoda Grant Lab

I absolutely agree with Bob Doris and I pay tribute to him for giving voice to the victims of McClure’s and inviting them to Parliament to speak to MSPs. I a...

The Deputy Presiding Officer LD

We move to the open debate. 16:46

Stuart McMillan (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP) SNP

First, I will touch on the McClure situation. I raised it in the committee because constituents, some of whom have been seriously affected, came to me with t...

Bob Doris SNP

Hear! Hear!

Stuart McMillan SNP

Thank you. I thank those who contributed to the committee’s scrutiny of the bill, whether in writing or by appearing before the committee during one of the ...

Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green) Green

I begin by thanking the Scottish Law Commission for its detailed and technical work during more than a decade on the different elements of the bill. I am gra...

Bill Kidd (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) SNP

As a member of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, I spoke in the stage 1 debate on the Trusts and Successions (Scotland) Bill in September. It is...

The Deputy Presiding Officer LD

Like hitting the microphone with your papers, there are various ways of gaining the Parliament’s attention. We now move to closing speeches. 16:58

Martin Whitfield (South Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I think that the most recent attempt at awakening the chamber was more successful than your whacking the microphone earlier, Deputy Presiding Officer. Scott...

Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con) Con

I hope that members will be able to hear some of the speech from where I am taking part in the debate this afternoon. I am pleased to be able to speak in tod...

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

I ask Siobhian Brown to wind up. 17:04

Siobhian Brown SNP

I thank the members who have contributed to the debate. There is a general consensus that the law on trusts is outdated, and the changes that are proposed in...