Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing) SNP

The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-15065, in the name of Roz McCall, on increasing stroke awareness. The debate will be co...

Roz McCall (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Con

I thank members from all parties for supporting my motion and allowing it to be debated. As members are aware, my interest in stroke comes from personal exp...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

We move to the open debate and I ask for speeches of up to four minutes. We will start again at 2 pm this afternoon and the staff need time to clear the cham...

Evelyn Tweed (Stirling) (SNP) SNP

I thank Roz McCall MSP for bringing this debate to the chamber and for sharing her personal story with us. I know that the subject is close to her heart. As...

Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con) Con

Does Evelyn Tweed agree that it is better that people present themselves if they suspect that they may be having a stroke on the basis of the BE FAST mnemoni...

Evelyn Tweed SNP

I hear the point that Stephen Kerr is making, but we have to look at everything in the round. If clinicians say that they feel overwhelmed by the use of that...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

Ms Tweed, will you please bring your remarks to a close? I have said that there is a bit of time pressure at this session. Thank you.

Evelyn Tweed SNP

Thank you, Presiding Officer. I look forward to seeing how work will be taken forward. 13:01

Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Con

I am delighted to contribute to the debate, and I commend my colleague Roz McCall for securing time to debate what is an important campaign. When it comes t...

Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I thank Roz McCall for bringing this significant issue to the attention of the Parliament. This is an important debate, and I am sure that many members will ...

Gillian Mackay (Central Scotland) (Green) Green

I, too, thank Roz McCall for bringing this important debate to the chamber. I echo the thanks to the Bundy family for their campaigning efforts after their o...

Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con) Con

I refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests, which states that I am a practising GP. I thank my colleague Roz McCall for bringing the ...

Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con) Con

I am grateful for the privilege of speaking in the debate, to Roz McCall for bringing the motion and to Dr Sandesh Gulhane for the speech that he just made. ...

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray) SNP

First, I put on record my thanks to Roz McCall for bringing this debate to the chamber and for reminding us that stroke can affect any one of us. Like so man...

Gillian Mackay Green

Does the cabinet secretary recognise that, for some people, stroke is not a preventable event and that they need timely support regardless of whether we can ...

Neil Gray SNP

I absolutely recognise that there are circumstances in which stroke is not preventable, but there are also contributing factors that make for a greater likel...

Alexander Stewart Con

When the Stroke Association and Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland submitted information to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee, they ask...

Neil Gray SNP

I am not closed to the campaign by the Bundy family and others, or to the points that have been raised by Alexander Stewart, Stephen Kerr and others. I will ...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

That concludes the debate. 13:33 Meeting suspended. 14:00 On resuming—