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The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing) SNP

The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-16524, in the name of Colin Beattie, on three years of solidarity with Ukraine. The de...

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

I thank everyone who supported this members’ business motion, which gives the Parliament an opportunity to reaffirm our solidarity with Ukraine during these ...

Kenneth Gibson (Cunninghame North) (SNP) SNP

I congratulate my colleague Colin Beattie on securing this timely debate. America’s blunderbuss, broken-bottle-in-the-face approach to diplomacy has shocked...

Ross Greer (West Scotland) (Green) Green

Does Mr Gibson share my disgust that much of Russia’s fossil-fuel export economy is being propped up by companies such as Seapeak Maritime Ltd, which is base...

Kenneth Gibson SNP

Yes—I certainly share that view. Europe fears a Russia that has suffered 860,000 casualties in three years of fighting a Ukraine that has long been denied f...

Stephen Kerr (Central Scotland) (Con) Con

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate, and I am grateful to Colin Beattie for lodging the motion and for his speech. In addition, it is always a pleasure t...

Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I welcome the debate that Colin Beattie has brought to the chamber. These are troubling times. Three years ago, Putin began his full-scale invasion of Ukrai...

Lorna Slater (Lothian) (Green) Green

We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine. As in all conflicts, it is ordinary people who bear the brunt of brut...

Liam McArthur (Orkney Islands) (LD) LD

Like other members, I start by acknowledging not just Colin Beattie’s contribution in bringing the debate to the chamber but his efforts over the past three ...

Clare Adamson (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) SNP

Last week, I attended the “Ukraine Forever!” concert at the Usher Hall—along with many of my colleagues, including Audrey Nicoll, who is sitting beside me—to...

Edward Mountain (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Con

I thank Colin Beattie for lodging the motion that we are debating this evening, which offers us a chance to speak of our three years of solidarity with Ukrai...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

Before I call the next speaker, I advise members that, due to the number of members who wish to speak in the debate, I am minded to accept a motion without n...

George Adam (Paisley) (SNP) SNP

I was concerned for a moment, as my friend and colleague Colin Beattie seemed to struggle to move that motion. I thought that it was because he knew that I w...

Paul O’Kane (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I am pleased to speak tonight and to lend my voice, in support and solidarity, to the defiant people of Ukraine. I thank Colin Beattie for securing the debat...

Stephen Kerr Con

Will Paul O’Kane join me in paying tribute to the King for the way in which he has handled his responsibilities in the past few days, and for the messaging t...

Paul O’Kane Lab

I associate myself with Stephen Kerr’s comments. Britain has an important role in the world in what is often termed “soft power”. His Majesty the King has ve...

John Mason (Glasgow Shettleston) (Ind) Ind

I thank Colin Beattie for securing the debate and for chairing the cross-party group. I suspect that he did not foresee quite how events would unfold between...

Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) SNP

I thank Colin Beattie for bringing the debate to the chamber. As the deputy leader of my party, I am proud that more than 40 of his colleagues have joined hi...

Edward Mountain Con

Does the member agree that, when the war is won and Russia is kicked out of Ukraine, repatriations from Russia will be the only sensible way of resolving the...

Keith Brown SNP

I agree with the spirit of what Edward Mountain says. Liam McArthur made a point about the need to distinguish between Putin and the Russian people. We have ...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

I call cabinet secretary Angus Robertson to respond to the debate. 18:14

The Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (Angus Robertson) SNP

I thank Colin Beattie for bringing the debate to the chamber and, as ever, for his long-standing and steadfast support for Ukraine. As other members have don...

Neil Bibby Lab

I absolutely welcome what the cabinet secretary has said about the cross-party support for Ukraine that we are hearing here this evening. We need to maintain...

Angus Robertson SNP

Absolutely. That is really important. I agree with Neil Bibby. I want to reflect on a number of things that members raised. We cannot countenance the warnin...

Stephen Kerr Con

I know that the cabinet secretary was a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee at Westminster for a number of years. Will he reflect on the pervas...

Angus Robertson SNP

We most certainly should be aware of that danger, and we should counter it. We should make sure that we can rely on reliable news sources. However, it should...