Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing) SNP

I ask guests in the gallery who are leaving the chamber to do so quickly and quietly because we are going back into session. The next item of business is a ...

Murdo Fraser (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Con

I thank all the members across the chamber who signed my motion, allowing it to be debated this afternoon. This issue is clearly of interest to many members....

The Minister for Higher and Further Education; and Minister for Veterans (Graeme Dey) SNP

I appreciate Murdo Fraser raising this very important issue in Parliament. I do not disagree at all with the thrust of what he is saying, but does he agree t...

Murdo Fraser Con

Graeme Dey makes a reasonable point about the enforcement of existing powers. Bendochy park was not treated as a caravan site, which meant that the fit-and-p...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

I remind all members who are seeking to speak in the debate to check that they have pressed their request-to-speak buttons. 13:02

Colin Beattie (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP) SNP

I am pleased to speak in this debate to address an issue that affects many of my constituents in Midlothian North and Musselburgh and thousands more people a...

Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con) Con

I pay tribute to my colleague Murdo Fraser for securing this important debate and for shining a light on an often undervalued and overlooked part of Scotland...

Foysol Choudhury (Lothian) (Lab) Lab

I join other members in congratulating Murdo Fraser on securing a debate on the protection of park home residents, and I welcome the opportunity to discuss t...

Mark Ruskell (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) Green

I thank Murdo Fraser for bringing this important issue to the chamber. As a fellow representative of Mid Scotland and Fife, I am aware that residents of park...

Oliver Mundell Con

Does Mark Ruskell agree that it is wrong that individual residents, rather than park owners, are often more likely to face local authority enforcement action?

Mark Ruskell Green

I feel that that is a very clear injustice. It is now up to the Government to consider whether amendments to the Housing (Scotland) Bill, and perhaps other l...

Willie Rennie (North East Fife) (LD) LD

Oliver Mundell got to the nub of the issue when he said that the owners of such homes feel that they, rather then the owners of the sites, are vulnerable. Th...

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) SNP

I congratulate Murdo Fraser on securing this debate and I thank the Scottish Confederation of Park Home Residents Associations for its briefing. I also thank...

Douglas Lumsden (North East Scotland) (Con) Con

I thank Murdo Fraser for bringing the debate to the chamber. I must admit that I was not aware of this subject until I signed his motion. I was then contacte...

Douglas Ross (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con

I, too, congratulate Murdo Fraser on securing today’s debate and, as Willie Rennie said, on opening the debate with great authority and great knowledge of th...

The Minister for Housing (Paul McLennan) SNP

I thank Mr Fraser for securing the debate and members for their important contributions and for coming up with some solutions. Mr Fraser and I have met prev...

Oliver Mundell Con

One of my concerns is that a lot of this sits with environmental health. There are good individuals working in that area, but they do not necessarily have th...

Paul McLennan SNP

That is a valid point. It is not just about reminding local authorities of their obligations but about how they implement them. It is fine to have the powers...

Douglas Lumsden Con

Could provisions be changed through the Housing (Scotland) Bill to allow park home residents—who still pay council tax to the local authority, just like ever...

Paul McLennan SNP

As has been mentioned, Mr Fraser and I are discussing his amendments to the Housing (Scotland) Bill, and we will pick up and discuss that issue. There is a ...