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Meeting of the Parliament 17 April 2024

17 Apr 2024 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
Gulhane, Sandesh Con Glasgow Watch on SPTV

I declare my interest as a practising national health service general practitioner.

The Scottish National Party Government might trumpet in this chamber its minimum unit pricing policy as a so-called major success, but I would ask the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy to say that to the families of the 1,276 Scots who died in 2022 due to alcohol—families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones.

We know that the SNP has tried one flagship approach to tackling excessive drinking—making alcohol more expensive, thus deterring the less well-off from purchasing it. We know that dependent drinkers on the lowest incomes are going without food instead. MUP is not a slam-dunk success or magic bullet, as the SNP believes it to be. [Interruption.]

In the same item of business

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motions S6M-12871 and S6M-12872, on approval of Scottish statutory instruments. I ask Geor...
Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con) Con
I declare my interest as a practising national health service general practitioner. The Scottish National Party Government might trumpet in this chamber its...
The Presiding Officer NPA
Let us hear Dr Gulhane.
Sandesh Gulhane Con
It cannot be, because the number of alcohol-related deaths is not reducing by any credible measure. Of course, we have seen the SNP spin machine in overdrive...
Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) SNP
Will the member take an intervention?
Sandesh Gulhane Con
No, I will not—members should listen to this. Interruption.
The Presiding Officer NPA
Let us hear Dr Gulhane.
Sandesh Gulhane Con
The SNP’s push to increase MUP to 65p, which could result in a price hike of 30 per cent, will disproportionately penalise responsible drinkers on a low inco...
The Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy (Christina McKelvie) SNP
I am glad to have the opportunity to address colleagues across the chamber on minimum unit pricing ahead of this crucial vote. The Parliament has the opportu...
The Presiding Officer NPA
The question on the motions will be put at decision time.