Hansard

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Trish Godman): Lab

The final item of business is a members' business debate on motion S2M-5521, in the name of Sylvia Jackson, on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The debate will b...

Motion debated,

That the Parliament expresses concern that people who suffer from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a severe and progressive genetic muscle wasting disease ...

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

I am pleased to speak to the motion in Sylvia Jackson's name, which I was involved in drafting. Unfortunately, Sylvia is unwell. She is upset at missing the ...

David McLetchie (Edinburgh Pentlands) (Con): Con

Like Elaine Smith, I am sorry that Sylvia Jackson has apparently been dumbstruck by laryngitis and is unable to speak in this members' business debate on a m...

Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP): SNP

Yesterday, we legislated with a glad heart to help sufferers from mesothelioma. In this important debate, we address the needs of a not dissimilarly sized gr...

Eleanor Scott (Highlands and Islands) (Green): Green

When I was a community paediatrician, I came across perhaps four or five cases—I was trying to count them—of boys who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy. I want...

Mr Kenneth Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab): Lab

I thank Elaine Smith, Sylvia Jackson and all the members who are present for their work in bringing the debate to the Parliament and raising the profile of D...

Mrs Nanette Milne (North East Scotland) (Con): Con

Chronic neuromuscular conditions often feature as subject matter for members' business debates, but this evening's debate is one of the few to highlight a co...

The Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care (Lewis Macdonald): Lab

First, I must thank Sylvia Jackson, who is absent, and Elaine Smith for giving Parliament this opportunity to focus on the impact of Duchenne muscular dystro...

Meeting closed at 17:51.