Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 15 January 2026
15 Jan 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
First Minister’s Question Time
Violence Against Woman and Girls (Prostitution)
The latest Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service figures show a 43 per cent post-Covid rise in under-16s who are reported for rape and sexual assault. There is a crisis of violence against women and girls in Scotland. What we are currently doing is not working. Will the Government please do something different and start with what the Lord Advocate has described as root-cause offending: the violence against women of prostitution? Prostitution dehumanises women and girls, and that human rights abuse is currently state sanctioned. Will the Government take this opportunity to stand up for women and girls, protect them and support my unbuyable bill?
In the same item of business
Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind)
Ind
The latest Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service figures show a 43 per cent post-Covid rise in under-16s who are reported for rape and sexual assault. T...
The First Minister (John Swinney)
SNP
First, I acknowledge unreservedly the significance of the issue that Ash Regan puts to me and, in particular, the significant increase in sexual violence and...
Keith Brown (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP)
SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. In relation to the question that I raised during First Minister’s question time, a supplementary question from Alexan...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
Thank you, Mr Brown. You will be aware that the content of members’ contributions is not a matter that the chair would ordinarily rule on.