Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 02 October 2025 [Draft]
02 Oct 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Give Blood 4 Good
I want to ask something that came up in my discussion with the GB4G group. Is there any discussion with the SNBTS about possibly allowing smaller donations by new blood donors? A donation has to be a pint of blood; I know that there are quite a lot of rules around that. However, getting people in to give smaller donations—at least for the first couple of times—might ease people in, because donating a pint can be quite off-putting for a lot of young first-time donors.
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-18736, in the name of Fulton MacGregor, on commending Give Blood 4 Good’s efforts to s...
Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
SNP
I thank the members who supported the motion, and I thank the Minister for Drug and Alcohol Policy and Sport and the Government for engaging with me on the m...
Paul McLennan (East Lothian) (SNP)
SNP
Presiding Officer, I apologise to you and the other members in the chamber for having to leave before the end of the debate this evening. I thank Fulton Mac...
Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con)
Con
I start by congratulating Fulton MacGregor on securing this important debate. I always enjoy his members’ business debates and the campaigns that he works on...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Carol Mochan is the final speaker in the open debate. 17:24
Carol Mochan (South Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I apologise that I am not in the chamber this evening, because the order of business was changed, but, like others, I so wanted to speak in this debate. I th...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Thank you, Ms Mochan. I add my thanks to the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service for making a return visit to Orkney for the first time in 16 years e...
The Minister for Drug and Alcohol Policy and Sport (Maree Todd)
SNP
Thank you, Presiding Officer. We Highland and Islanders do find it easier to donate down here in Edinburgh. I am speaking on behalf of the Minister for Publ...
Fulton MacGregor
SNP
I want to ask something that came up in my discussion with the GB4G group. Is there any discussion with the SNBTS about possibly allowing smaller donations b...
Maree Todd
SNP
We can certainly discuss doing that—I will ask Jenni Minto to raise it in her regular communication with the SNBTS. I imagine that there would be challenges ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Thank you, minister. With an hour and a half before—
Oliver Mundell
Con
On a point of order, Deputy Presiding Officer. I apologise for delaying you and other colleagues longer than necessary. I have realised that I inadvertently ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer
LD
Thank you, Mr Mundell. That concludes the debate. Meeting closed at 17:37.