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Craig Hoy Con Chamber
30 Sep 2025
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
I apologise, Presiding Officer. My point of order related to the previous vote. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP) Arthur, Tom (Renfrew...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
19 Jan 2022
Local Government Funding
Kenny Gibson might be a world-leading epidemiologist, but he cannot make his sums add up. I thank my Scottish Conservative colleagues for bringing this important debate to the chamber. Before I begin, I draw attention to my entry in the register of members’ interests, as I am...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
16 Dec 2021
Edington Hospital
Local health services are a vital part of local communities. That is why it is an honour to open this debate. The Edington hospital is at the heart of North Berwick, one of the communities that I am proud to represent. However, the cottage hospital’s in-patient beds and its mi...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
24 Feb 2022
Torness Nuclear Power Station
There is a significant opportunity cost as the nuclear industry leaves the region that I represent. The opportunity for future skilled jobs will be undermined by the closure of Torness and the wider removal of the nuclear energy sector from Scotland. As Mr Whitfield said, E...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
15 May 2025
Second Home Ownership
I am afraid that I have only four minutes and I have some ground to cover. The first specific case that I will mention is that of my constituent Ruth Campanile, who works at the Old Clubhouse in Gullane, which is in the minister’s constituency. Ruth lives on the premises of t...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
16 Dec 2021
Edington Hospital
Precisely—that is exactly why so many local residents have been in touch with members for South Scotland and for East Lothian in respect of the matter. The hospital provides much-needed high-quality levels of care. Jane from North Berwick told me: “My Mother spent her final ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
02 Dec 2021
Covid-19: Preparing for Winter and Priorities for Recovery
As members who serve on committees of the Parliament will know, there is no doubt that Covid has put a massive strain on our public services. The Scottish Parliament and the UK Parliament have passed sweeping new laws that have given local authorities, health boards, the court...
Craig Hoy Con Committee
30 Sep 2021
Section 23 Report
Exhibit 4 on page 28 of the report shows the gap between the most deprived and least deprived gaining five or more awards at level 5. I was aware of the problem in East Lothian but I was slightly shocked to see it presented in such graphic terms. When you see a very large gap ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
09 Nov 2023
Youth Antisocial Behaviour
I thank Daniel Johnson for securing this important debate, and I concur with many of the points that he made. At the outset, it is important to note that the vast majority of young people in Scotland are thoughtful, caring and kind, even if, like all of us at that age, they a...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
21 Jun 2022
Topical Question Time · Avian Influenza
The images from the Bass Rock in East Lothian, which is home to the largest colony of northern gannets in the world, are truly shocking. The Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick has said that it feels powerless watching avian flu spread across the colony. East Lothian coun...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
24 Jan 2024
Native Woodlands
I welcome today’s debate, which was secured by Ariane Burgess, and the opportunity to highlight the important role of groups such as the Woodland Trust and community woodland associations across Scotland in their efforts to restore Scotland’s native woodlands. Tree planting i...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
16 Jan 2025
Health and Social Care (Rural Scotland)
I welcome the debate and thank Tim Eagle for securing it. The number of participants should send the cabinet secretary a clear message. I join my colleagues who have shared their testimony and concerns about the SNP’s on-going failure to address the crisis that rural healthcar...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
11 Sep 2024
Rail Fares
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I also read the history books. Let us say, for the purposes of my speech, that Benito Mussolini was a showman. Last December, Fiona Hyslop was a showwoman, because she was smiling for photographers when she arrived in East Lothian to open E...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
27 May 2021
Covid-19
Will the cabinet secretary look into reports in today’s East Lothian Courier that suggest that residents are routinely being sent to vaccination centres in Midlothian and West Lothian, even when there is capacity in East Lothian? If that is due to a computer glitch, will the c...
Craig Hoy Con Committee
28 Oct 2021
“Covid-19 vaccination programme”
I want to look at NHS boards’ use of the system to allocate and reschedule appointments. The national vaccination scheduling system, or NVSS, has obviously been adapted over time to improve its functionality. An example of an issue from my constituency in the early days is tha...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
28 Mar 2024
Crystal FM Radio
I absolutely will. I have already suggested to the Treasury that it should cut VAT for our hard-pressed hospitality businesses in Scotland, and I will be happy to add community radio services to that request. Obviously, the Crystal FM service benefits hugely from the support ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
26 Jun 2025
Gull Control
As we prepare to take flight, I congratulate Douglas Ross on bringing forward this important debate. As colleagues across the chamber have referenced, the menace of seagulls has been getting steadily worse in communities across Scotland. As a South Scotland MSP, I represent a ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
14 Jun 2023
NHS Waiting Times
I would like to say that what the SNP has lacked in its number of contributions today, it made up for in quality, but those were some of the worst and most delusional speeches that I have heard since coming into this Parliament. It is no surprise that only four back-bench SNP ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
01 Jun 2021
National Health Service Recovery Plan
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I congratulate you on your new role and I welcome the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and his colleagues to their new positions. This afternoon, we have heard powerful speeches from members of all parties, but particularly fro...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Committee
13 Jan 2022
Cross-Party Groups
Good morning, Mr Whitfield, and a happy new year to you and committee members. On 7 December 2021, the cross-party group on beer and pubs held its inaugural meeting, in order to prepare for this meeting. That was in recognition of the fact that there are now more than 4,600 p...
8. Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
04 May 2022
Portfolio Question Time · East Lothian Council (Service Delivery)
For the final time, I refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests as a serving councillor on East Lothian Council. To ask the Scottish Government how it works with East Lothian Council in the delivery of local government services across the area. (S6O-01037)
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
04 May 2022
Portfolio Question Time · East Lothian Council (Service Delivery)
Does the minister accept that cash is key, and that no matter how hard the Government tries to spin it, we need only look at the figures to see what it really thinks of our councils? In East Lothian, the Scottish National Party cut the council’s core funding by £3 million in r...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
11 May 2022
Portfolio Question Time · Recorded Crime
Police officers work tirelessly to keep our communities safe, but in East Lothian, reports of antisocial behaviour have skyrocketed. Residents in Prestonpans have reported cars damaged and homes egged, and youth-related antisocial behaviour is a growing concern for residents o...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
01 Feb 2023
Heart Month 2023
I thank Paul McLennan for securing the debate and congratulate him on doing so. It is timely and very important. The figures in the motion highlight the devastating effect that heart disease can have on communities throughout Scotland. The numbers are stark, and they demonstr...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
10 May 2023
Portfolio Question Time · Edington Hospital
By the sound of it, there will be no meeting. That is consistent, because ministers have repeatedly failed to meet local stakeholders following the closure of residential care beds at the Edington and the withdrawal of minor injuries services. With access to community treatme...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
13 Jun 2024
General Question Time · NHS Lothian and NHS Borders (Finances)
Mr Gray is aware that both health boards face a bleak financial future as a result of the Scottish National Party’s misplaced financial priorities. The decisions that they are now taking are causing real concerns to national health service staff and worried patients. In the Sc...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
10 Dec 2024
Post Office Closures
I thank Kenny Gibson for bringing this important debate to the chamber. Post office employees are right to be concerned and very worried about the forthcoming consultation, and it is right that they be fully consulted on the next move. As Kenny Gibson and others have said, we...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
22 Jan 2025
Robert Burns
I thank Oliver Mundell for bringing the debate to the chamber. I will use my brief contribution to focus on the benefits that Burns brings to the hospitality and tourism sectors in Scotland—not least because he was partial to a wee nip, himself. His life and his legacy are wo...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
18 Apr 2024
First Minister’s Question Time · NHS Lothian and NHS Borders (Finance)
On 16 December 2021, Humza Yousaf told the Parliament: “Every member recognises the importance of Edington hospital being at the heart of the local community. I reiterate that and I understand that, and I know that NHS Lothian understands it, too.”—Official Report, 16 Decembe...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
27 Mar 2025
Portfolio Question Time · Lothian Buses (Meetings)
Lothian Buses has withdrawn key services from communities including Stenton, Macmerry, Tranent, Prestonpans and Penicuik. Macmerry is losing all but peak services into Edinburgh, which is, frankly, a disgrace. Following the announcement, and before some of the adverse effects ...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
07 Oct 2021
World Mental Health Day 2021
Absolutely. Last week, I talked to a mother in East Lothian whose son had been thinking about suicide. She talked to me about her torment and her fight to get him the treatment that he needs but that the system is not giving him. Like many SNP targets, mental health targets a...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
20 Sep 2022
Tributes to Her Late Majesty the Queen
The passing of Queen Elizabeth offers us an opportunity to pause, to remember, to reflect and to be thankful. We can be thankful for the life and work of Her late Majesty, and we can remember what she meant for the communities that we are in Parliament to represent. Almost ev...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
02 Nov 2022
National Care Service
This Scottish National Party Government is setting out on the most radical reform of Scottish public services in the history of devolution, but ministers cannot deny that they have been warned about the risks around the establishment of a national care service. The Government ...
Craig Hoy Con Committee
29 Jun 2023
Major Capital Projects
My next question might be one for Alison Irvine. You will be aware, particularly in relation to South Scotland residents in the Scottish Borders, West Lothian, East Lothian and Midlothian, of the £120 million planned potential intervention at Sheriffhall roundabout to relieve ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
24 Sep 2024
Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity
I thank Martin Whitfield for securing this important members’ business debate. As Ben Macpherson has said, it is a pleasure to follow on from him. Like Mr Whitfield, I have had the pleasure of meeting the team from Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity on two occasions, the f...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Committee
23 Jun 2021
Interests
I am an elected member of East Lothian Council and a board member of the South East Scotland Transport Partnership.
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
17 Nov 2022
General Question Time · Rail Infrastructure in South Scotland (Expansion)
I thank the minister for that answer and for coming to a recent meeting at which we discussed these issues. Does she agree with me that, to achieve net zero, it is vital to provide transport connectivity for areas such as East Lothian, which is one of the fastest growing in Sc...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
14 Mar 2024
General Question Time · Rail Development Projects
The cabinet secretary will be aware that East Lothian is one of the fastest-growing areas in Scotland and that Haddington is one of the fastest-growing towns locally. The Rail Action Group, East of Scotland—RAGES—is campaigning for the reopening of Haddington’s branch line. Wi...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
11 Sep 2024
Rail Fares
I will not, because I have had enough interruptions, and I think that I am probably on the clock. This coming Saturday, a passenger who boards the 6.09 am service bound for Edinburgh will face a journey of two hours and 11 minutes, involving a rail replacement bus south of Du...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
03 Oct 2024
Just Transition (Grangemouth Area and North-east and Moray)
I thank Murdo Fraser for giving way. One element that has not been addressed today is the just transition that will be required in the Scottish nuclear industry, if the SNP continues to shut it down. We are already seeing Hunterston B and Torness power stations being decommiss...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
21 Mar 2024
GP Surgery Closures (Highlands and Islands)
Is Mr Ross aware that, in my region, NHS Borders is facing the prospect of cutting front-line budgets by 10 per cent and NHS Lothian faces a £120 million black hole? Dr Jo Smail, a GP at the Tranent medical practice, has written to inform me that NHS Lothian is now set to inc...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Committee
22 Jun 2021
Interests
I am a member of East Lothian Council.
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Committee
09 Sep 2021
Section 23 Report
Yes. I draw the committee’s attention to my entry in the register of interests, which details that I am a member of East Lothian Council’s education committee. Good morning, Mr Boyle. I think that it is commonly and widely accepted that poverty and inequality are very stubbor...
Craig Hoy Con Committee
30 Sep 2021
Section 23 Report
Before I go on to my next question, I draw attention to my entry in the register of members’ interests, which details that I am a member of the East Lothian Council education committee. How effective do you think the Scottish index of multiple deprivation is as the measure of...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
23 Nov 2021
Topical Question Time · Covid-19 (School Closures)
I share Martin Whitfield’s concerns about the impact, albeit temporary, of recent classroom closures. I note the return of home-based learning at Ross high school in Tranent and for nine classes at Preston Tower primary school in East Lothian. Pupils in S4, S5 and S6 are set t...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
24 Nov 2021
Mouth Cancer Action Month 2021
I thank David Torrance for lodging the motion and for bringing mouth cancer action month to the Parliament’s attention. I also thank the Oral Health Foundation for its efforts to raise awareness. Many fantastic charities provide support and guidance for those with mouth cancer...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Committee
25 Nov 2021
“Community empowerment: Covid-19 update”
I am one of the MSPs for South Scotland. I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests, as I will refer to it later. I am an East Lothian councillor.
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
14 Dec 2021
Covid-19
Within hours of the issuing of the public health guidance, my constituent, Jo Lawrence, who runs a catering business in East Lothian, sent me this message: “Here we go again 8K of cancellations this morning, just as we were getting back on our feet.” Last time around, many i...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
15 Dec 2021
Portfolio Question Time · Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. In my enthusiasm to ask the minister a question, I omitted to refer to my entry in the register of members’ interests, which draws attention to my position as a councillor in East Lothian.
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
16 Dec 2021
Edington Hospital
I just want to ensure that the cabinet secretary does not complete his remarks without addressing one ask that was made. He is due to meet the campaigners at the end of January, which will be after the next review period. I understand that the cabinet secretary recently visi...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
13 Jan 2022
National Mission on Drugs
I would like to start my contribution to today’s debate by thanking those who have participated in it. I was going to say that, relative to her ministerial colleagues, the Minister for Drugs Policy, Angela Constance, is a breath of fresh air. That will be particularly true if ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
10 Feb 2022
General Question Time · Renewables (East Lothian)
East Lothian and its coastal areas are leading the way in renewables. However, last month, we found out that Torness power station is to shut its doors two years earlier than planned. The Scottish National Party-Green coalition has used the planning system to close down nuclea...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
22 Feb 2022
Covid-19
Yesterday, the First Minister announced the final allocation of Covid-related funding for businesses that have been hit hard by her Government’s restrictions in December. Despite that, many businesses are still being overlooked and have had little or no support. Will the First...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
24 Feb 2022
Torness Nuclear Power Station
I welcome colleagues from across the Parliament and across the country to the debate. Although the motion centres on the future of Torness nuclear power station in Dunbar, the benefits of Torness are felt right across Scotland and beyond. Torness started operating in 1988 and...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
08 Mar 2022
Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2022
Will Mr Whitfield take the opportunity to join me in congratulating young apprentices across East Lothian and the south of Scotland on their commitment and dedication? I am thinking in particular of two inspirational young apprentices, Lewis Murphy and Hayley Goldthorpe, whom ...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
08 Mar 2022
Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2022
Does the member share my regret that the decommissioning of Torness power station and the closure of the nuclear industry in Scotland will mean, in effect, that East Lothian has five fewer apprenticeships through the EDF apprenticeship scheme, through which people went on to h...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
30 Mar 2022
Portfolio Question Time · Tackling the Gap between the Most and Least Deprived Communities (Local Authorities)
I thank the minister for her answer, and I draw my colleagues’ attention to my entry in the register of members’ interests as I am an East Lothian councillor. As we seek to close the gap between Scotland’s richest and poorest communities following 15 years of SNP inaction, wi...
Craig Hoy Con Chamber
15 Jun 2022
Portfolio Question Time · Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Meetings)
COSLA is well aware of the financial constraints that the Scottish National Party Government has imposed on it. Despite allocating £20 million to preparations for a second independence referendum, the SNP will slash council budgets by 6.3 per cent in real terms, which means a ...
Craig Hoy (South Scotland) (Con) Con Chamber
09 Feb 2023
First Minister’s Question Time · Alcohol Advertising (Hospitality and Tourism)
Will the First Minister join me in congratulating East Lothian publican Patrick Cairney, who has recently stepped in to prevent two local pubs—the Prestoungrange Gothenburg in Prestonpans and the Tower Inn in Tranent—from closing permanently? Does she recognise that hundreds o...
Craig Hoy Con Committee
15 Jun 2023
Section 23 report: “Early Learning and Childcare: Progress on delivery of the 1,140 hours expansion”
Mr Boyle, you said that most parents seem satisfied or content with the arrangement, but let me highlight an example from East Lothian, where the parents were not happy. The council, for perfectly valid reasons, cancelled a contract with Bright Stars nurseries. In a period of ...
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Meeting of the Parliament 30 September 2025

30 Sep 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
Hoy, Craig Con South Scotland Watch on SPTV

I apologise, Presiding Officer. My point of order related to the previous vote.

For

Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP)
Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)
Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP)
Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
Arthur, Tom (Renfrewshire South) (SNP)
Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Beattie, Colin (Midlothian North and Musselburgh) (SNP)
Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab)
Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP)
Brown, Siobhian (Ayr) (SNP)
Burgess, Ariane (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Callaghan, Stephanie (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP)
Chapman, Maggie (North East Scotland) (Green)
Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab)
Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Edinburgh Western) (LD)
Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP)
Dey, Graeme (Angus South) (SNP)
Don-Innes, Natalie (Renfrewshire North and West) (SNP)
Doris, Bob (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP)
Dornan, James (Glasgow Cathcart) (SNP)
Dunbar, Jackie (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP)
Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Glasgow) (Lab)
Fairlie, Jim (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP)
FitzPatrick, Joe (Dundee City West) (SNP)
Gibson, Kenneth (Cunninghame North) (SNP)
Gilruth, Jenny (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP)
Gougeon, Mairi (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP)
Grahame, Christine (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP)
Grant, Rhoda (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)
Gray, Neil (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)
Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (LD)
Greer, Ross (West Scotland) (Green)
Griffin, Mark (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Harper, Emma (South Scotland) (SNP)
Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green)
Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP)
Hyslop, Fiona (Linlithgow) (SNP)
Kidd, Bill (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP)
Lennon, Monica (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Leonard, Richard (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Lochhead, Richard (Moray) (SNP)
MacDonald, Gordon (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)
MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
Mackay, Gillian (Central Scotland) (Green) [Proxy vote cast by Ross Greer]
Mackay, Rona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP)
Macpherson, Ben (Edinburgh Northern and Leith) (SNP)
Maguire, Ruth (Cunninghame South) (SNP)
Martin, Gillian (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP)
Mason, John (Glasgow Shettleston) (Ind)
Matheson, Michael (Falkirk West) (SNP)
McAllan, Màiri (Clydesdale) (SNP)
McKee, Ivan (Glasgow Provan) (SNP)
McLennan, Paul (East Lothian) (SNP)
McMillan, Stuart (Greenock and Inverclyde) (SNP)
McNair, Marie (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP)
Minto, Jenni (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
Mochan, Carol (South Scotland) (Lab)
Nicoll, Audrey (Aberdeen South and North Kincardine) (SNP)
Regan, Ash (Edinburgh Eastern) (Alba)
Rennie, Willie (North East Fife) (LD)
Robertson, Angus (Edinburgh Central) (SNP)
Robison, Shona (Dundee City East) (SNP)
Roddick, Emma (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)
Rowley, Alex (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab)
Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green)
Russell, Davy (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (Lab)
Simpson, Graham (Central Scotland) (Reform)
Slater, Lorna (Lothian) (Green)
Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Dunfermline) (SNP)
Stevenson, Collette (East Kilbride) (SNP) [Proxy vote cast by Fulton MacGregor]
Stewart, Kaukab (Glasgow Kelvin) (SNP)
Stewart, Kevin (Aberdeen Central) (SNP)
Sturgeon, Nicola (Glasgow Southside) (SNP)
Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab)
Swinney, John (Perthshire North) (SNP)
Thomson, Michelle (Falkirk East) (SNP)
Todd, Maree (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (SNP)
Torrance, David (Kirkcaldy) (SNP)
Tweed, Evelyn (Stirling) (SNP)
Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab)
Whitfield, Martin (South Scotland) (Lab)
Whitham, Elena (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)
Wishart, Beatrice (Shetland Islands) (LD) [Proxy vote cast by Willie Rennie]
Yousaf, Humza (Glasgow Pollok) (SNP)

Against

Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Ind)
Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con)
Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeenshire West) (Con)
Carson, Finlay (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Dowey, Sharon (South Scotland) (Con)
Eagle, Tim (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Ewing, Fergus (Inverness and Nairn) (Ind)
Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con)
Fraser, Murdo (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Gallacher, Meghan (Central Scotland) (Con)
Golden, Maurice (North East Scotland) (Con)
Gosal, Pam (West Scotland) (Con)
Hoy, Craig (South Scotland) (Con)
Kerr, Liam (North East Scotland) (Con)
Kerr, Stephen (Central Scotland) (Con)
Lumsden, Douglas (North East Scotland) (Con)
McCall, Roz (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Mountain, Edward (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Mundell, Oliver (Dumfriesshire) (Con)
Ross, Douglas (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Smith, Liz (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Stewart, Alexander (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Webber, Sue (Lothian) (Con)
Wells, Annie (Glasgow) (Con)
White, Tess (North East Scotland) (Con)
Whittle, Brian (South Scotland) (Con)

In the same item of business

The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur) LD
The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings on the Housing (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with the amendments, members should have the bill as amended at s...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
We have reached group 19, which is on housing and homelessness: supporting persons experiencing etc abuse. Amendment 309, in the name of Katy Clark, is group...
Katy Clark (West Scotland) (Lab) Lab
I will speak to amendment 309 and my other amendments in the group. Amendment 309 would require relevant bodies to ask individuals who they have reason to be...
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing (Màiri McAllan) SNP
I will begin by addressing Katy Clark’s amendments 309 and 310, which would oblige the relevant body to ask “whether the person is homeless or threatened wi...
Kevin Stewart (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) SNP
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Màiri McAllan SNP
Speaking of interests, I will absolutely take Mr Stewart’s intervention.
Kevin Stewart SNP
I thank the cabinet secretary for taking my intervention. I am very pleased to hear her say that the Domestic Abuse (Protection) (Scotland) Act 2021 will be ...
Màiri McAllan SNP
I am very happy to give that assurance to Kevin Stewart, because I know the import that he places on those matters. I hope that he, and other members, see th...
Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green) Green
Will the cabinet secretary take an intervention?
Màiri McAllan SNP
Yes, I will.
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
Please be brief.
Maggie Chapman Green
I understand what the cabinet secretary is saying, but given that, as we have discussed in relation to other legislation, including legislation that we passe...
Màiri McAllan SNP
I understand entirely the point that Maggie Chapman puts to me, but I am afraid that I cannot commit today to putting that into primary legislation, because ...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
I call Maggie Chapman to speak to amendment 327 and other amendments in the group.
Maggie Chapman Green
I am grateful for the work that I know the cabinet secretary has done with Scottish Women’s Aid. Because of that work, I will not move amendment 327. I have...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
I call Meghan Gallacher to speak to amendment 111 and the other amendments in the group.
Meghan Gallacher (Central Scotland) (Con) Con
It is good to begin today’s housing bill proceedings on a positive note. I thank the previous cabinet secretary, Shirley-Anne Somerville, and Màiri McAllan f...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
I call Katy Clark to wind up and to press or withdraw amendment 309.
Katy Clark Lab
The cabinet secretary seems to be saying that amendments 309 to 312 and 329 are not required, because the bill will require that landlords adopt a domestic a...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
To clarify, are you pressing amendment 309?
Katy Clark Lab
I press my amendment.
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
The question is, that amendment 309 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
There will be a division. As this will be the first division of the stage 3 proceedings today, I suspend the meeting for around five minutes, to allow member...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
We will proceed with the division on amendment 309, in the name of Katy Clark. The vote is closed.
The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Neil Gray) SNP
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not connect to the app. I would have voted no.
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
Thank you, Mr Gray. I will ensure that that is recorded. For Balfour, Jeremy (Lothian) (Ind) Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab) Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (C...
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
The result of the division is: For 48, Against 58, Abstentions 0. Amendment 309 disagreed to. Amendment 310 moved—Katy Clark.
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
The question is, that amendment 310 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Deputy Presiding Officer LD
There will be a division. The vote is closed. I call Angus Robertson for a point of order.
The Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (Angus Robertson) SNP
I am sorry, Presiding Officer, but I wanted to make a point of order for the previous vote. I would have voted no in the previous vote, but I have taken part...