Chamber
Plenary, 27 Jan 2005
27 Jan 2005 · S2 · Plenary
Item of business
Infertility Services
Speaker
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Motion debated,
In the same item of business
The Deputy Presiding Officer (Murray Tosh):
Con
The final item of business today is a members' business debate on motion S2M-1852, in the name of Mary Scanlon, on infertility services in Scotland. The deba...
Motion debated,
Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con):
Con
I am grateful to secure the first debate on infertility in the Parliament and I thank those members who have stayed on for it. Coincidentally, there was an a...
Elaine Smith (Coatbridge and Chryston) (Lab):
Lab
I thank Mary Scanlon for bringing this debate to the chamber. I am pleased that the Parliament is debating infertility, as there is no doubt that it desperat...
Mrs Margaret Ewing (Moray) (SNP):
SNP
Like Elaine Smith, I congratulate Mary Scanlon on bringing this important subject to the chamber and on the cogent case that she has laid before us. Perhaps ...
Susan Deacon (Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) (Lab):
Lab
I join others in congratulating Mary Scanlon on securing this debate. Over the years, she and I have disagreed on many health-related issues, but I genuinely...
Eleanor Scott (Highlands and Islands) (Green):
Green
I echo what other members have said. I thank Mary Scanlon for initiating an important debate. In my professional career as a doctor, I worked in community pa...
Mr David Davidson (North East Scotland) (Con):
Con
As I listened to Mary Scanlon's speech, I was watching the reactions of members around the chamber. That is one of the reasons why I have chosen to speak in ...
The Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (Rhona Brankin):
Lab
I thank Mary Scanlon for giving us the opportunity to speak about infertility services and to review the guidance of the expert advisory group on infertility...
Mary Scanlon:
Con
The minister speaks about resources being available. It is my understanding that, following the EAGISS report in 1999, health boards were expected to impleme...
Rhona Brankin:
Lab
I can tell Mary Scanlon that, as part of the consultation, what we need to establish is why services have developed so patchily across Scotland. Is it to do ...
Meeting closed at 17:55.