Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 12 March 2026 [Draft]
12 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Edinburgh Medical School 300
For the sake of transparency, I acknowledge my own status as an alumnus of Edinburgh university. With that said, I suspend the meeting until 2 o’clock.
13:24
Meeting suspended.
14:00
On resuming—
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-20683, in the name of Martin Whitfield, on Edinburgh medical school 300. The debate wil...
Martin Whitfield (South Scotland) (Lab)
Lab
I start by thanking the colleagues who supported this motion and the colleagues who are in the chamber this afternoon. I am glad to contribute to the debate....
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
We move to the open debate.13:03
Paul McLennan (East Lothian) (SNP)
SNP
I thank Martin Whitfield for bringing the debate to the chamber, and I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the recognition of the 300th anniversary of f...
Sue Webber (Lothian) (Con)
Con
As a University of Edinburgh alumna, I am pleased to speak in this debate to recognise 300 years of medicine being formally taught at the university and cele...
Sarah Boyack (Lothian) (Lab)
Lab
I am pleased to speak in today’s debate, and I thank Martin Whitfield for bringing it to the chamber.I am immensely proud of the achievements of the Universi...
The Minister for Higher and Further Education (Ben Macpherson)
SNP
I, too, pay tribute to Martin Whitfield for bringing this excellent motion to the chamber, and I commend all colleagues for their excellent and thoughtful sp...
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur)
LD
For the sake of transparency, I acknowledge my own status as an alumnus of Edinburgh university. With that said, I suspend the meeting until 2 o’clock.13:24M...