Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 26 November 2025
26 Nov 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Business Motions
I will respond from the perspective of responding to a call for a statement, as I believe was intended, which was covered in the latter part of Meghan Gallacher’s contribution.
There has been on-going engagement with the Parliament on this topic and related child sexual abuse and exploitation issues. An urgent question was answered yesterday on the understanding of the scale and nature of child sexual abuse and exploitation in Scotland, which included responses on the national child sexual abuse and exploitation strategic group and its programme of work across workforce data and the consideration of mandatory reporting.
An urgent question from Liam Kerr was also answered on 19 November on Alexis Jay being misrepresented.
In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-19921, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a busi...
Meghan Gallacher (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
Yesterday’s responses to my urgent question on grooming gangs were nothing short of a farce. Once again, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs p...
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
I, too, had concerns about the fact that the cabinet secretary was not here to answer what has now become a really important national question. The member an...
Meghan Gallacher
Con
That is exactly why I am here this evening: because there is a frustration. We cannot get answers. We cannot seem to find any mechanism afforded to MSPs that...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I call the minister to respond on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau. 18:24
The Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans (Graeme Dey)
SNP
I will respond from the perspective of responding to a call for a statement, as I believe was intended, which was covered in the latter part of Meghan Gallac...
Meghan Gallacher
Con
Will the minister take an intervention?
Graeme Dey
SNP
I want to make some progress, because I think that I will answer the member’s question. The answer on 19 November clarified the position regarding Professor ...
Pauline McNeill
Lab
Made a request to intervene.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Minister, can I confirm that you were about to take the intervention from Ms McNeill?
Graeme Dey
SNP
Sorry, I was not aware of the intervention. I am happy to take it.
Pauline McNeill
Lab
I want to draw the minister’s attention to the question that I have now asked twice. It is a serious question. An apology has been made because Professor Jay...
Graeme Dey
SNP
I will write to Pauline McNeill, having looked into that matter for her.
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I clarify for members that this item of business is about members wishing to change forthcoming items of business. That should be the focus. The question is...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
There will be a division. There will be a short suspension to allow members to access the digital voting system. 18:28 Meeting suspended. 18:30 On resuming—
The Presiding Officer
NPA
We come to the vote on motion S6M-19921, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. Members should c...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The result of the division on motion S6M-19921, in the name of Graeme Dey, is: For 92, Against 26, Abstentions 0. Motion agreed to, That the Parliament agr...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of business motions S6M-19922 and S6M-19923, on stage 1 timetables for bills, and S6M-19924, on a stage 2 timetabl...