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Meeting of the Parliament 25 September 2025

25 Sep 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
First Minister’s Question Time
Dementia
Swinney, John SNP Perthshire North Watch on SPTV

Support is available for carers in Scotland that is not available in other parts of the United Kingdom. That is because of the investment that the Government makes in our social security system.

I welcome Annie Wells’s support for the social security measures that the Government is taking, and I look forward to her supporting the Government’s budget as we protect those measures in the forthcoming period. Perhaps she can also persuade the front bench of her party to stop arguing for cutting social security, because doing that would undermine the availability of the support that she wants me to ensure. The Conservatives cannot have their cake and eat it. If we want to have support for carers, we have to be prepared to vote for it in the budget.

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The First Minister SNP
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Annie Wells (Glasgow) (Con) Con
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The First Minister SNP
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The Presiding Officer NPA
We move to constituency and general supplementary questions. If all members are concise, we will be able to involve more members.