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Meeting of the Parliament 10 January 2024

10 Jan 2024 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Portfolio Question Time
Scottish Government Independence Publications (Lessons from Parliaments with Unelected Members)
Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
Hepburn, Jamie SNP Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Watch on SPTV

I agree with that. I should say that it is not just Ms Mone who has acted in a manner that is unbecoming of a person in public life as a member of the UK legislature. We have seen other issues, such as peers claiming expenses just for the mere act of turning up at Westminster.

However, there are serious questions regarding Ms Mone. First, there are questions around the judgment of the Conservatives in sending her to the Lords in the first place, and, secondly, there are questions regarding an individual who used her position as a member of the House of Lords—at a time of international crisis, when we saw many people in all communities across Scotland freely volunteering their time to support their communities—to seek to rake in millions of pounds for her own family and not declare an interest. That hardly speaks to a proper system of governance.

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The Minister for Independence (Jamie Hepburn) SNP
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Alasdair Allan SNP
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The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP
Minister, please speak to matters within your responsibility.
Jamie Hepburn SNP
I agree with that. I should say that it is not just Ms Mone who has acted in a manner that is unbecoming of a person in public life as a member of the UK leg...
The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP
The focus of the question was on lessons to be learned “from structures used in Parliaments elsewhere that include unelected members”, and I think that we ...
Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con
In reference to the question, which referenced “future publications on independence”, rather than commit to yet more papers on separation, which will inevita...
Jamie Hepburn SNP
I remind Mr Cameron that this Government has a mandate to pursue that work. We won the election and his party lost it. There are many benefits to be gained b...