Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing) SNP

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-17858, in the name of Maree Todd, on the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill at stage 3. I invite members who wis...

The Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport (Maree Todd) SNP

Thank you, Presiding Officer, for the opportunity to address the Parliament today on the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill. I thank the convener and members of the...

Sandesh Gulhane (Glasgow) (Con) Con

I declare an interest as a practising NHS general practitioner. The Scottish Conservatives will support the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill, which we are here t...

Jackie Baillie (Dumbarton) (Lab) Lab

A decade and a half ago, I stood here and outlined Scottish Labour’s vision for a national care service—not a quango or more civil servants but a co-ordinate...

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

First and foremost, I pay tribute to the carers and care workers who have consistently looked to the Parliament to legislate for a fairer and much more compa...

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

In my first days as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, I was visited by John-Paul Marks, who at the time was permanent secretary of the Scottish civil...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

We move to the open debate. 18:26

Clare Haughey (Rutherglen) (SNP) SNP

I put on the record my entry in the register of members’ interests. I am employed as a bank nurse by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Earlier this year, I und...

Michael Marra (North East Scotland) (Lab) Lab

The saga of what we are now calling the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill is a microcosm of this SNP Government. It started with a vainglorious press release and t...

Mark Ruskell Green

As we conclude the final stage of the bill, what matters most is what happens next: how the legislation is implemented, how it delivers for the people it is ...

Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab) Lab

When I joined the Parliament, back in 2021, there was genuine enthusiasm, following the Feeley review, about the prospect of a national care service. Only fo...

Brian Whittle (South Scotland) (Con) Con

We often say that it is a privilege to do the job that we do. Even after almost 10 years of walking into this place, I am still a bit in awe of working here,...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

I call the minister, Maree Todd, to wind up the debate. 18:45

Maree Todd SNP

In 2021, following publication of the Feeley review, the Government made a clear commitment to reform Scotland’s social care system. Over the past four years...

Brian Whittle Con

Will the minister give way on that point?

Maree Todd SNP

I would really like to make some progress—we have all had a chance to have our say. The bill introduces Anne’s law, which will make a groundbreaking change ...

The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA

That concludes the debate on the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill at stage 3.