Hansard

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

The next item of business is a statement by John Swinney on international solidarity to support Ukraine. The First Minister will take questions at the end of...

The First Minister (John Swinney) SNP

Just last Monday, all of Scotland’s political leaders took part in a powerful and moving ceremony at Edinburgh castle to mark three years since the start of ...

The Presiding Officer NPA

The First Minister will now take questions on the issues raised in his statement. I intend to allow around 30 minutes for questions. It would be helpful if m...

Russell Findlay (West Scotland) (Con) Con

We are honoured to be joined today, in the public gallery, by the consul of Ukraine in Edinburgh. Applause. For more than a century, the United Kingdom and ...

The First Minister SNP

First, I associate myself with the welcome to the consul general of Ukraine. I am glad that he is here to hear these exchanges and the solidarity that we hav...

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

I join others in welcoming the consul general of Ukraine to the Parliament. I spoke to him just before we came into the chamber, and he emphasised how much i...

The First Minister SNP

In short, yes. I welcome the role that the Prime Minister has taken in recent months, weeks and days—particularly intensively in recent days—to try to establ...

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) Green

I join others in welcoming the consul general of Ukraine, and I recognise the impact of these discussions on Ukraine and on Ukrainians who are living in Scot...

The First Minister SNP

I will make two points in response to that. First, Patrick Harvie used the term “truth”. Truth is so important in the conduct of these issues, because we all...

Alex Cole-Hamilton (Edinburgh Western) (LD) LD

I, too, welcome the appearance of our friend the Ukrainian consul general. Slava Ukraini. Heroyam slava. President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine are h...

The First Minister SNP

First, what I said about the state visit in my statement is what I have been saying all weekend. There is nothing different about what I said to Parliament t...

Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) SNP

It has been an absolute privilege to welcome Ukrainian people to Scotland during this difficult time. However, in this time of increased uncertainty—particul...

The First Minister SNP

Rona Mackay highlights the unease and anxiety that must be felt by Ukrainian citizens who are living in this country. Their lives have been turned upside dow...

Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) Con

The statement from the First Minister rightly acknowledges the danger of division in our society. We all want a path to peace, but President Trump’s recent d...

The First Minister SNP

A number of companies in Scotland are involved in the manufacture of military equipment. Some of that military equipment is manufactured for our use here, an...

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) SNP

The US Administration seems determined to appease the Kremlin’s butcher of Bucha and seek a Carthaginian peace that makes the treaty of Versailles look sensi...

The First Minister SNP

I think that the importance of a guarantee of security is absolutely fundamental in this discussion. Without a guarantee of security, the suffering of the pe...

Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

The consul of Ukraine in Scotland, who is in the gallery, told Parliament just a few days ago that Ukraine needs three powers: weapons, economic sanctions an...

The First Minister SNP

I do not think that I could have been clearer about the Scottish Government’s support for the Prime Minister’s efforts. That is expressed openly and genuinel...

Audrey Nicoll (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP) SNP

Last week, the consul of Ukraine in Scotland told the Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee that Ukraine requires “not o...

The First Minister SNP

The people of Ukraine have suffered enormously, and it is vital that the peace settlement that is achieved is one that protects the independence, sovereignty...

Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con) Con

I associate myself with the First Minister’s remarks and acknowledge the work of the Prime Minister. It is important that he knows that he is acting on behal...

The First Minister SNP

I readily associate myself with Jackson Carlaw’s suggestion. Invitations to Parliament are, of course, a matter for the Presiding Officer and the parliamenta...

Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) SNP

I welcome the First Minister’s strong support for the principle of Ukrainian territorial integrity, its independence and the principle of self-determination....

The First Minister SNP

Mr Brown speaks with the authority of having been a member of the armed forces who served in active combat in the Falklands war in 1982. As I do on many issu...

Jackie Dunbar (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) SNP

We must be steadfast in our support for Ukraine at this uncertain time, and I echo the need for international solidarity to defeat Russian aggression. Can th...

The First Minister SNP

The Scottish Government has provided in excess of £5 million in relation to humanitarian assistance in Ukraine, which has provided essential supplies in rela...

Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine for what they have endured, and their hopes for peace and security for their nation and their right to sovereignty...

The First Minister SNP

Pauline McNeill knows that I come at my politics from the perspective of believing in the necessity of European co-operation and active participation in Euro...

Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) SNP

We all want to see a just peace, and in order to achieve that it is in Scotland’s interests that we support Ukraine and its people’s right to freedom, democr...