Meeting of the Parliament 12 June 2025
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-15136, in the name of Colin Smyth, on justice for the Fornethy survivors. The debate will be concluded without any question being put.
Before we start, I would like to make sure that all members who will participate in it are aware that there is an active case relating to the alleged abuse of children within Fornethy house, in which criminal proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary are imminent. For that reason, the sub judice rule is engaged. Although reference to alleged abuse at Fornethy house will be permitted to give context to the motion, in the debate, members should focus on the issues that are covered in the motion—the recommendations of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee and access to the Redress Scotland scheme—and avoid discussing details of lived experience of abuse or alleged abusers and the upcoming trial.
I invite members who wish to participate to press their request-to-speak buttons, and I call on Colin Smyth to open the debate.
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