Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Annabelle Ewing) SNP

I ask guests who are leaving the chamber and the gallery, who have been most welcome to attend our Parliament—it is your Parliament—to do so quickly and quie...

Jackson Carlaw (Eastwood) (Con) Con

I thank the members who have been generous enough to lend their support to my motion. Can I say too how delighted I am to see Fiona Hyslop here to respond t...

Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

Will the member take an intervention?

Jackson Carlaw Con

Unfortunately, I do not have time because I am coming to the end of my seven minutes.

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

I am afraid that there is no extra time available.

Jackson Carlaw Con

I hope that Mr Sweeney is going to repent as well, because I have been very concerned by his tacit support for the proposal. If he is going to repent, no dou...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

Before we move to the open debate, I advise members that there is a lot of interest in speaking in the debate and we are very tight for time. We will resume ...

Jamie Hepburn (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) SNP

Thank you, Presiding Officer. I could see you looking very clearly at me when you reminded members of the four-minute limit. I thank Jackson Carlaw for lodg...

Pam Gosal (West Scotland) (Con) Con

I thank my colleague Jackson Carlaw for bringing this important topic to the Parliament. This issue affects not only those in Glasgow but everyone outside of...

Davy Russell (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (Lab) Lab

I thank Jackson Carlaw for bringing the debate to the chamber. I chose to speak in the debate because, once upon a time, in the not-too-distant past, I was r...

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) Green

Will the member take an intervention?

Davy Russell Lab

Not just now. The Scottish Government abolished that kind of tax on the Erskine bridge, the Forth road bridge and the Skye road bridge. By proposing to intr...

Patrick Harvie (Glasgow) (Green) Green

I congratulate Jackson Carlaw on bringing the motion to the chamber. I am genuinely sorry if he thinks that I was glowering in any way. It was certainly not ...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

You need to conclude, Mr Harvie.

Patrick Harvie Green

It needs to support the transition to a sustainable transport system that reduces road traffic levels and invests in high-quality public transport and the ne...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

Thank you, Mr Harvie. I have indicated the lack of time that we have for the members’ business debate. I need members’ co-operation in order to allow our sta...

Meghan Gallacher (Central Scotland) (Con) Con

I congratulate Jackson Carlaw on lodging the motion and securing a debate in the chamber on this important issue. I must be honest: I believe that the propo...

Pam Duncan-Glancy (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

I am compelled to speak in the debate on behalf of Glaswegians like me who will be inadvertently impacted by a charge from the SNP council, which, although i...

Neil Bibby (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab

I thank Jackson Carlaw for securing this debate, and I am grateful for the opportunity to outline my opposition to the proposed Glasgow congestion charge, wh...

Paul Sweeney (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab

I thank the member for Eastwood for lodging the motion for debate. The member for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth summarised the issue succinctly when he talked abo...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

Thank you, Mr Sweeney—

Paul Sweeney Lab

It is over to the minister—

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

You need to conclude—you are over your time. Thank you.

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

I call Fulton MacGregor, who joins us remotely. 13:29

Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) SNP

I had not intended to contribute, so thank you for allowing me to speak, Presiding Officer. I will try to be quick and to take less than four minutes. I also...

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport (Fiona Hyslop) SNP

The policy on local road user charging schemes is given effect in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001, which was introduced by the Labour and Liberal Democrat ...

Paul Sweeney Lab

Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?

Fiona Hyslop SNP

I want to make some progress. Jackson Carlaw talked about how important the Clyde tunnel is to his constituents. Glasgow City Council has previously asked T...

The Deputy Presiding Officer SNP

That concludes the debate. 13:40 Meeting suspended.