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5. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population

To ask the Scottish Government how it is acting upon the recent recommendations of the expert advisory group on migration and population. (S6O-00323)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population

It is reassuring to hear that the Scottish Government’s approach to immigration remains not only demographically well informed but deeply compassionate and humane. Does the cabinet secretary agree that continued close attention to migrant families’ welfare is a key part of uph...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Covid-19 Recovery (Music Industry)

Anecdotally, it would seem that audiences in music and theatre venues are still able to enjoy all the joys of the Scottish cultural sector while adhering to important public health measures such as mask wearing and the vaccination status app. The pandemic is not yet over, but ...

7. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Livestock (Avian Influenza)

To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is putting in place to protect livestock against avian influenza. (S6O-00512)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Livestock (Avian Influenza)

With Covid-19 impacting businesses in various ways, what support is in place for bird keepers if the worst should happen to their livestock?

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Net Zero (Agriculture and Fisheries)

Can the minister provide any further details about the steps that are being taken to reduce ammonia emissions in the agricultural sector?

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Victim Surcharge Fund

Many victim support organisations across the country do valuable work to assist victims of crime. Since its inception, how has the victim surcharge fund supported such organisations in the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency?

3. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Covid-19 (Welfare Support for People in Employment)

To ask the Scottish Government how its welfare policies have supported people in employment who have been impacted by Covid-19. (S6O-00636)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Covid-19 (Welfare Support for People in Employment)

Does the minister agree that the level of statutory sick pay, which is set by the United Kingdom Government at one of the lowest rates in Europe, has been found wanting during the pandemic? Will he join me, the Scottish Trades Union Congress and anti-poverty groups in calling ...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Scene Stirling (United Kingdom City of Culture 2025)

As Scotland emerges from the darkest days of the pandemic, many are once again making the most of the rich cultural offerings that are all around us. Will the minister outline the ways in which the Scottish Government is supporting our culture, heritage and creative industries...

6. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Railway Stations (Accessibility)

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to make railway stations accessible for disabled people. (S6O-01195)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Railway Stations (Accessibility)

I welcome the Scottish Government’s position. It is important that train stations are safe and fully accessible to all. A number of constituents have contacted me regarding difficulty in accessing Clydebank train station. Does the minister support my position that accessibilit...

3. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Brexit (Impact on Scotland)

To ask the Scottish Government how it continues to assess the impact of Brexit on Scotland. (S6O-01334)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Brexit (Impact on Scotland)

With yet another Brexit-obsessed Conservative in Downing Street and the cost of living crisis escalating, will the cabinet secretary reiterate the need for the people of Scotland to have the opportunity to decide their own constitutional future to make up for the worsening dem...

8. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Universal Free Prescriptions

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its commitment to universal free prescriptions on the national health service. (S6O-01427)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Universal Free Prescriptions

The minister agrees with me that free prescriptions are a significant investment in improving health, especially when prescriptions cost £9.35 in England, during a cost of living crisis. People should not be deterred from accessing the vital treatment and medicine that they ne...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Tenant Grant Fund

Will the minister outline how the Scottish Government intends to make sure that the private rented sector remains affordable and sustainable over this winter?

4. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Bus Driver Shortages (Support for Bus Companies)

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to bus companies that are currently facing driver shortages. (S6O-01592)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Bus Driver Shortages (Support for Bus Companies)

The driver shortage is having an impact on bus companies’ ability to provide a full service and reliable timetables in parts of my constituency. I have been advised by one bus company that the shortage is, in part, due to recruitment issues that are related to Brexit and Covid...

4. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Asbestos Exposure (Compensation)

To ask the Scottish Government how it continues to review the effectiveness of the legal route to compensation for people who have been affected by asbestos exposure. (S6O-01655)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Asbestos Exposure (Compensation)

The minister will be aware that a failure to lodge a claim for pleural plaques within a three-year time limit may bar subsequent claims relating to more serious and life-threatening illnesses such as mesothelioma. Does she share my concerns about the potential for many asbesto...

2. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Deposit Return Scheme (Drinks Producers)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many drinks producers have registered with Circularity Scotland for the new deposit return scheme. (S6O-01693)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Deposit Return Scheme (Drinks Producers)

The DRS will be the first scheme of its kind in the United Kingdom and one of the most environmentally ambitious in Europe, but some businesses in my constituency have expressed concerns about the costs of participation at a time when the Westminster-imposed cost of living cri...

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Low-income Households (Support)

I thank the Deputy First Minister for that answer and his long-standing recognition of the impact that the pandemic has had on low-income households. Rightly, the Covid recovery strategy has a focus on groups that are more likely to experience low income. One such group is fam...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Landlords (Guidance on Damp Prevention)

Inability by a household to properly heat their home can make any problems with mould and damp much worse. Will the cabinet secretary outline the support that is available to households in Scotland who aim to improve energy efficiency and lower their energy bills while keeping...

6. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Private Finance Initiatives and Public-Private Partnerships (Council Budgets)

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any cost pressure on council budgets relating to private finance initiative and public-private partnership contracts. (S6O-01977)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Private Finance Initiatives and Public-Private Partnerships (Council Budgets)

Figures that were provided to me by West Dunbartonshire Council show that, in relation to such contracts, that council alone will need to pay £15.9 million a year for many years to come. By the end of the contracts, the cost is estimated to be £437 million—going on double the ...

1. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Asbestos Removal (Schools)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the safe removal of asbestos from school premises. (S6O-02045)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Asbestos Removal (Schools)

The presence of asbestos on school premises is a concern to me, as an MSP for a town with high levels of asbestos-related illness, because of our industrial heritage. Evidence suggests that the continued presence of and potential exposure to asbestos in public premises, especi...

8. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Seasonal Migrant Workers (Food and Drink Industry)

To ask the Scottish Government when it last engaged with the United Kingdom Government regarding access for Scotland’s food and drink industry to seasonal migrant workers. (S6O-02107)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Seasonal Migrant Workers (Food and Drink Industry)

Key sectors in the industry are being left unable to access the workforce that they require and people who wish to come to Scotland to make a valued contribution. Brexit, being removed from the European Union and the end of freedom of movement have created barriers and are lea...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · West College Scotland

This Scottish National Party-led Scottish Government is providing our further education students with record levels of support—£141 million in 2021, which is a 54 per cent increase in real terms since 2006-07. Will the cabinet secretary detail how that investment in the future...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Palliative Care Sector (Support)

A major provider of palliative care in Scotland is our hospice network. St Margaret of Scotland Hospice, in my constituency, has contacted me regarding funding pressures. Will the minister meet me and representatives of the hospice to discuss those pressures and how we can ass...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Scottish Welfare Fund

The cabinet secretary will be aware that a big hit on the Scottish welfare fund is from mitigation of UK benefit sanctions. Does she share my astonishment—and, I am sure, the astonishment of Mr Sweeney—that Labour has reneged on its pledge to scrap universal credit and has sai...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Deaths at Work (Fines)

The recent work by the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Scottish Hazards group shows that we need to consider the best way to reform legislation in order to better allow negligent companies to be prosecuted. The enforcement of safe working environments is essential, and ...

8. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Brexit (Impact on Scottish Businesses)

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the impact of Brexit on Scottish businesses. (S6O-02267)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Brexit (Impact on Scottish Businesses)

Brexit is failing businesses and damaging our economy. Even the old Brexit Party leader, Nigel Farage, has said that it has failed. Does the cabinet secretary share my concern that leaders of the new Brexit party, Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar, do not even have the courage or v...

4. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Creative Writing (Support)

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support creative writers. (S6O-02523)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Creative Writing (Support)

Local writers Thomas Cox and Linda-Jane Paterson, in the Clydebank writers group, do so much for creative writing in my constituency. Will the minister join me in praising their commitment? Will she also advise what funding is specifically available to support that kind of loc...

2. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Gender Pay Gap

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to tackle the gender pay gap and promote equal pay. (S6O-02553)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Gender Pay Gap

I welcome the Scottish Government’s efforts to close the gender pay gap with a real determination to make progress. It is clear that the United Kingdom Government is holding progress back, and the Labour Party’s appalling record on equal pay is a concern, too. Does the ministe...

4. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Domestic Violence (Support for Migrants)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support any migrants living in Scotland who have experienced domestic violence. (S6O-02627)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Domestic Violence (Support for Migrants)

I thank the minister for her dedication to supporting all victims of domestic violence. I welcome the recent Scottish Government pilot fund to enable women who are experiencing domestic violence to access essentials. That will go a long way to helping victims to be financially...

1. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · “Building a New Scotland” Papers (Feedback)

To ask the Scottish Government how it is assessing feedback to the “Building a New Scotland” series of papers. (S6O-02712)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · “Building a New Scotland” Papers (Feedback)

A recent “Building a New Scotland” paper sets out the Scottish Government’s proposals for a humane and principled migration policy after independence. The United Kingdom’s hostile environment policies came into effect under former Prime Minister David Cameron. This week, he is...

5. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Real Living Wage

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment set out in its programme for government 2023-24, whether it will provide more details of how it plans to increase the number of people earning the real living wage. (S6O-02753)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Real Living Wage

An effective real living wage policy represents a very welcome attack on poverty pay, and more must be done to assist people on low pay. Does the cabinet secretary agree with me and the Scottish Trades Union Congress that the full devolution of employment powers would allow Sc...

8. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · People with Chronic Hepatitis B (Financial Support)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to provide financial support to those infected with chronic hepatitis B due to receiving contaminated blood. (S6O-02813)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · People with Chronic Hepatitis B (Financial Support)

My constituent was infected by hepatitis B and now has cirrhosis of the liver, but she has missed out on all financial support. She wishes to remain anonymous due to the still pervasive and profound stigma around her personal situation. In the second interim report, the chair ...

2. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Palestine (Humanitarian Aid)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the impact of its funding for humanitarian aid to Palestine. (S6O-02831)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Palestine (Humanitarian Aid)

Although the support for humanitarian aid is welcome, what is essential to save the many children and innocent civilians who are being killed is an immediate ceasefire. Medical Aid for Palestinians says that the bombardment is making it impossible to sustain human life in Gaza...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Private Rented Housing (Energy Efficiency Standards)

Does the minister agree that tackling fuel poverty has to be the central aim of the Scottish Government’s new deal for tenants in the private rented sector, who are disproportionately in poorly insulated properties? Can he expand on that?

4. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Culture Sector (Investment)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it plans to further invest in the culture sector. (S6O-02929)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Culture Sector (Investment)

I welcome the Scottish Government’s commitment to increased spending on culture. I have met numerous arts and culture groups in my constituency. Those groups are so important because they not only create safe spaces in which creatives can thrive, but allow for development of ...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Innovation Centres (Funding)

There are clearly pressures on all aspects of the Scottish Government, including the Scottish Funding Council. In light of those financial challenges, will the minister commit to continuing the Scottish Government’s prioritisation of the widening access agenda?

1. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Scottish Child Payment (Uptake)

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the uptake of the Scottish child payment. (S6O-03198)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Scottish Child Payment (Uptake)

Will the cabinet secretary comment on the impact that the payment is having on keeping children in Scotland out of poverty? Does she share my concerns about the Westminster Government’s two-child policy undermining our efforts? Will she be clear that the two-child policy and i...

Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Outdoor Learning (Schools)

Will the minister set out what role Scotland’s universities have in supporting the outdoor learning sector?

7. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Damages for Personal Injury

To ask the Scottish Government within what timescale it plans to respond to the Scottish Law Commission’s findings and recommendations arising from its consultation on damages for personal injury. (S6O-03338)

Marie McNair SNP Chamber

Portfolio Question Time · Damages for Personal Injury

Does the minister agree that the legal time bar for claims from those who are pursuing compensation because of exposure to asbestos is unjust and needs to be brought to an end? The Scottish Law Commission is likely to present recommendations on the issue in its forthcoming rep...

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Chamber

Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 04 November 2021

04 Nov 2021 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament

Item of business

Portfolio Question Time

Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population

Constitution, External Affairs and Culture

McNair, Marie SNP Clydebank and Milngavie Watch on SPTV

To ask the Scottish Government how it is acting upon the recent recommendations of the expert advisory group on migration and population. (S6O-00323)

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5. Marie McNair (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) SNP

To ask the Scottish Government how it is acting upon the recent recommendations of the expert advisory group on migration and population. (S6O-00323)

The Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (Angus Robertson) SNP

Migration to Scotland supports economic growth and the delivery of public services, and it helps to address the serious issue of long-term demographic change...

Marie McNair SNP

It is reassuring to hear that the Scottish Government’s approach to immigration remains not only demographically well informed but deeply compassionate and h...

Angus Robertson SNP

I agree whole-heartedly. Scotland is a welcoming and inclusive nation and we value everyone, no matter where they were born, who has chosen to make Scotland ...