Hansard

The Presiding Officer (Sir David Steel): NPA

The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S1M-1970, in the name of Miss Annabel Goldie, on endometriosis.

Motion debated,

That the Parliament notes the debilitating effect which endometriosis has upon many women in Scotland; acknowledges the need for greater awareness of this di...

Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con): Con

I have pleasure in opening the debate on the motion in my name. I thank colleagues for supporting the motion and for being present. In particular, I thank th...

Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab): Lab

I start, of course, by congratulating Annabel Goldie on securing this important debate. This is a subject that receives very little recognition and I believe...

Mr Kenneth Gibson (Glasgow) (SNP): SNP

I congratulate Annabel Goldie on securing this debate. I also congratulate her and Elaine Smith on their passionate and informed speeches.As I have a mother,...

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): Con

I, too, would like to thank Annabel Goldie for initiating this debate. Like her, I can barely pronounce the condition, let alone understand it—and even less ...

Elaine Smith: Lab

Does Mary Scanlon agree that it is unacceptable that some health boards will help with fertility treatment and that others will not? Strangely, women who liv...

Mary Scanlon: Con

The passion with which Elaine Smith speaks on this subject has been mentioned. I advise her that women from Wick and Skye in the Highland Health Board area m...

The Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (Malcolm Chisholm): Lab

I congratulate Annabel Goldie on obtaining today's debate, which will help to raise the profile of endometriosis in Scotland. The timing of the debate is app...

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Mr George Reid): SNP

That concludes this debate on endometriosis. To those who are now heading off, I wish you happy holidays.

Meeting closed at 17:36.