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Ash Regan SNP Committee
01 Jun 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
In developing the pyrotechnic possession offence, we have been conscious of our obligation to be proportionate in our approach and to consider the least intrusive method of achieving our policy objective while still responding to the evidence around pyrotechnic misuse. However...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The member is right to raise that issue, because there are a number of reasons why people might legitimately be carrying pyrotechnic devices, which include safety flares and marine flares. That was one of the considerations that the Government took into account when drafting t...
The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Regan) SNP Chamber
29 Jun 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
I am pleased to open the final debate on the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill. I thank the Criminal Justice Committee for its detailed scrutiny of the bill and the stakeholders who have engaged in and helped shape it. Without the protection that the bill pr...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
01 Jun 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
I accept the recommendation from the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee that regulations about the requirements that a person must meet in order to be treated as a professional organiser of firework and pyrotechnic displays should be subject to affirmative procedure. Wh...
The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Regan) SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
In 2019, I launched a public consultation following incidents over the bonfire season in previous years. There was an overwhelming response of more than 16,400 replies. Analytical work was also undertaken, including an opinion poll, to provide views representative of adults in...
The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Regan) SNP Committee
25 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Good morning. The provisions in the bill are designed to tackle the danger to public safety and wellbeing caused specifically by pyrotechnic and fireworks misuse. It is therefore very important that the bill is clear on what articles it covers and that it provides, where neces...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We considered that. In a moment, I will ask David Bell to explain the process that we went through to get to the point that we are now at. The misuse of pyrotechnics is a growing problem at certain events and in certain places. That was evidenced to us by Police Scotland, so ...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I agree with that, and I am keen to hear members’ views on that particular point this afternoon. Part 5 makes it an offence to be in possession of a pyrotechnic article, including all types of fireworks, without reasonable excuse, while at, in the immediate vicinity of or tra...
The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Regan) SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I welcome this opportunity to open the debate on the general principles of the bill. My thanks go to the Criminal Justice Committee, and all those who gave evidence, for their work on the bill at stage 1. The bill is a key part of an overarching package of change that is bein...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We have modelled fee levels. That information has been published and is available for the member to look at if he wants to do so. The modelling has been done around fee levels of £20, £30 and £50. I am keen that the process is not prohibitively expensive, because we want to al...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
25 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee recommended that the broad regulation-making powers at section 18(1) should be subject to the affirmative procedure. I welcome the committee’s recommendation, and amendment 21, in my name, gives effect to that. However, I believe t...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
01 Jun 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
I will waive that opportunity, convener. Amendment 25 agreed to. Section 32, as amended, agreed to. After section 32 Amendment 26 moved—Ash Regan—and agreed to. Section 33—Prohibition of pyrotechnic articles at certain places or events Amendment 27 moved—Ash Regan—and ag...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The member is making my point for me: enforcement is challenging. As a country, along with our partners, we spend an awful lot of money on preventative and early intervention work to mitigate the impact of bonfire season. Therefore, this is the point at which we must consider ...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
23 Jun 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
I have nothing further to add. Amendment 38 agreed to. Section 42—Certificates as to proof of having fireworks licence Amendments 39 and 40 not moved. Section 43—Forfeiture and disposal of fireworks and pyrotechnic articles Amendments 41 to 47 not moved. After section 44
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
29 Jun 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
I thank members for participating in the debate. In my opening speech, I shared the stories of a few people in Scotland whose lives have been changed for ever because of horrific firework and pyrotechnic-related injuries. Sadly, that is merely the tip of the iceberg of the wid...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
25 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
We have heard Mr Greene speak about raising the minimum age to apply for a licence and about seeking to add a provision to enable a fireworks licence to be granted to an individual on behalf of a community group or charity. With regard to the minimum age, the Pyrotechnic Arti...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
A cultural shift is how I described what we are trying to do here when I launched the action plan. We have a long-standing relationship with fireworks in this country. Lots of people are used to using them and going to organised displays, so I do not think that we are going to...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The starting point for considering what penalties to put in place was looking at the ones that were in place under the existing fireworks legislation. I am sure that the committee will know this, but that legislation sets out “imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months”...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We did a review of the evidence and published a lot of the information that Russell Findlay is talking about. I will ask Elinor Findlay to give the committee a bit more detail on that in a moment. A lot of enforcement activity goes on, specifically in the run-up to bonfire ni...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
There are well-established processes for enforcing the existing regulations. I return to my previous point that the legislation is an attempt to change primarily the way in which we buy fireworks and to a lesser extent the way in which we use them. 09:15 As I said, an imme...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The bill is not emergency legislation—it is not right for the member to characterise it in that way. I admit that the timetable has been slightly speeded up, but the bill would certainly not come into the category of emergency legislation. We have already covered some of th...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The 2019 evidence review.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I feel that we have already answered that question; it is very similar to the question that Russell Findlay asked about enforcement and statistics. In fact, Elinor Findlay has already read out those statistics, and we have said—
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The scale of the problem is not limited to enforcement and the number of people who would end up in prison. That is not how people in Scotland would characterise it.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I will let Elinor Findlay come in and give that information again. We have already given that information—it has been freely available and was published by the Government several years ago, and we have said that we will share it with the committee.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I think that I have already answered that question, and I have been quite clear about it. With regard to proceedings, it is up to our independent court service how it chooses to take things forward. We can give that information to the committee. I come back to the point that ...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Another piece of evidence is national health service injury data, which includes firework-related diagnosis. I will say—if I do not, my officials will get very cross with me—that we have to be a bit cautious about that data but, nonetheless, broadly, it tells us that such inju...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I touched on that in my answer to Jamie Greene. Many people would just like fireworks to be banned. I think that people want that for a couple of reasons: they think that it is simple and would be easy for everybody to understand. The powers that are available to the Scottish ...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We hope that some parts of it will be in force this year. It is my attempt to reflect what I saw as the will of the Parliament in the previous session. I gave an update to the Parliament on the action plan. I think that I gave a statement to Parliament in two consecutive years...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I agree with that, but first I will respond to your point that people who use fireworks antisocially are unlikely to apply for a licence. Previously, they would just go into a shop and buy the fireworks or—we have anecdotal evidence on this—adults would buy the fireworks for t...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I am quite confident, because it works with other controlled goods. People do apply for licences. I will ask Elinor Findlay to give us more data about Northern Ireland in a moment. The key thing is to make the scheme as simple as possible and not too expensive, so that people...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Yes. That is part of what I was saying earlier about making sure that there is awareness raising and that people are clear that what they will be doing is an offence. Black market or illegal fireworks—however you want to describe them—will not have the same kinds of safety che...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I think that we have that.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
There were about five questions there, convener.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We want to get the licensing scheme right. As I said in my exchange with Pauline McNeill, we want to ensure that it works really well, so we need to do quite a lot of work on the implementation. We think that the scheme should be set up and working by the end of 2023, but I am...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The financial memorandum, which has been provided to the committee, notes that we did a financial modelling exercise on that. We modelled fees of £20, £30 and £50 for a five-year licence. We looked at those amounts because we took into account similar licensing schemes that ar...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Collette Stevenson makes a good point. I am really interested in that. We can all see that reduced-noise or silent fireworks, while not addressing misuse, would go a long way towards addressing concerns about noise disturbance. There can be sporadic noise over quite a long per...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
In answer to your first question, we have seen the industry’s 10-point plan. Some of it does not relate specifically to the Scottish Government—I think that it contains action points for the United Kingdom Government—but there are some interesting things in there. I met repre...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I am sure that the committee will have heard this point being made really strongly in evidence, too, but in the consultations in 2019 and 2021, we heard repeated evidence about the disturbance caused to people by what we would characterise as more unpredictable use of firework...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
To go back to your point about reducing the times when fireworks can be used, the use of fireworks during those periods will still affect people, but it seems like a proportionate approach to take. Reducing the times when fireworks can be used will allow people to prepare. The...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
That is a good line of questioning. We anticipate that the majority of it will be done online. Most people are able to do that now and it is a highly efficient method. However, we will have a paper-based alternative for people who are not able to access or use an online method...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
You are right to say that—we have covered this already—industry representatives were members of the firework review group. They were full members, like all the other members. The review group decided on its remit and what evidence it would look at, and it came up with an actio...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I am just asking my official to look out the relevant sheet of paper. Sorry—I have so many pieces of paper in my pack; it is really difficult to find the one that I need at the right time. We looked into the issue of stockpiling. We do not want stockpiling to happen, because ...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I think I mentioned earlier that we consulted all the faith groups, and we feel that we captured all the dates that have religious significance and on which fireworks are traditionally used as part of the celebrations. The days that we have set out broadly align with the exis...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
On balance, taking all the provisions across the bill, I think that it achieves the aim of being fair and proportionate. With regard to the example that you use, I would say that there is quite adequate provision across the year for people to use fireworks, but I completely ac...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
There are no other age-restricted products, including air weapons, that require people to be a minimum age greater than 18 to purchase them.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
There was a lot of support for the proxy purchasing offence, because it was considered an obvious gap in the law. To go back to the exchange that I had with Pauline McNeill, the first time that it was raised with me was in Pollokshields. A youth worker there identified it as a...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I agree that public messaging and the public awareness campaign are an extremely important part of the whole picture. In advance of bonfire night in 2021 and 2020, we ran three different awareness-raising and public safety campaigns. I will speak about them, because we will re...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Absolutely, because it is key. The best way to achieve the culture change on fireworks that we talked about at the beginning is to make sure that the public have that awareness of how to use fireworks safely, and for everyone to respect everyone else. People also need to have ...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I think that they were called firework control areas. Elinor Findlay will correct me if I am wrong, but I think that that was in the first consultation.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I envisage that the provision will result in an overall reduction in the number of fireworks going off and in the unpredictable and sporadic nature of that. However, I take your point about the use of private displays. I am open to considering the Parliament’s view on that. I ...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
The way that I look at it is that we are responding to a public safety issue. Over the past few years, we have worked with stakeholders to develop the right provision. We need a provision that is workable, and we think that the provision in the bill is workable. As a minister,...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Yes. We greatly value the input from Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Federation on these matters. They have played an important role in developing the bill. The evidence that we have received from Police Scotland is that the provision as drafted is workable but, as we ...
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Yes.
Ash Regan SNP Committee
30 Mar 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Enforcement is a matter for our operational partners, but yes. The key thing is to make sure that the public are aware of what they are and are not allowed to do, with a view to creating that culture change. People should be quite clear that they are not allowed to set off fir...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I recognise the concerns that the committee raised about timetabling, and I thank it for agreeing to work to a slightly truncated timetable. Scrutiny is vital in that regard—I am sure that everyone agrees with that. However, that needs to be balanced against the consideration ...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
We consulted all the major faith groups to come up with the dates. I can provide the member with more detail on that in writing if he would like that information. We have retained provision in the bill so that, if it comes to light that there is a celebration that we have per...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I cannot give the member any further detail on that at this stage, but I will endeavour to bring forward more detail, perhaps around the time of stage 2. However, as I said, we recognise that restricting days of supply might have an impact on the very small number of businesse...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I understand completely. We are alive to the potential problem of a black market. Does the member accept that the Republic of Ireland is quite different? It has gone down the route of a complete ban. The risk of unintended consequences was one reason for not pursuing such a ba...
Ash Regan SNP Chamber
03 May 2022
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I am not saying that I do not understand Jamie Greene’s and other members’ concerns—I accept them—but does the member accept that it is entirely normal to set out broad provisions in the primary legislation, because that is the appropriate place to put them, and put the admini...
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Criminal Justice Committee 01 June 2022

01 Jun 2022 · S6 · Criminal Justice Committee
Item of business
Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
Regan, Ash SNP Edinburgh Eastern Watch on SPTV
In developing the pyrotechnic possession offence, we have been conscious of our obligation to be proportionate in our approach and to consider the least intrusive method of achieving our policy objective while still responding to the evidence around pyrotechnic misuse. However, I share the committee’s view that the operational challenges that were raised following the bill’s introduction need to be addressed. I have continued to work with Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Federation on those issues. I have listened to the views of members across Parliament and gained assurances that any extension of the offence to include public places has the necessary safeguards and checks and balances built in to remain proportionate to the issue that is being tackled. As a result of those discussions, I have reassessed the provisions in the bill. The Government amendments in the group adjust the existing possession offence and create an additional offence of being in possession of a pyrotechnic in public without reasonable excuse. To ensure proportionality and consistency with existing pyrotechnic prohibitions relating to sporting grounds, the amendments set out two offences relating to pyrotechnic possession. Amendment 26 contains an additional offence that will prohibit the possession of a pyrotechnic article, including fireworks other than category F1 fireworks, in any public place without a reasonable excuse. That recognises that restricting the carrying of F1 items such as sparklers and party poppers in public would be a disproportionate measure given the low risk that is presented by those items. However, in excluding F1 fireworks from the public place possession offence, we do not want to relax any existing prohibitions relating to them. Current laws prohibit all fireworks, including F1 fireworks, from being taken into designated sporting grounds. Amendments 27 to 29 adjust the offence in section 33 to cover separately the prohibition of all fireworks and other pyrotechnic articles at designated sporting or music venues and events. Amendments 36, 38 and 40 relate to exemptions to the prohibition on pyrotechnic articles at those places and events. They adjust those exemptions, which are set out in schedule 1, to ensure that people who carry out legitimate business using fireworks and pyrotechnics in designated sporting and music venues and events can continue to do so without committing an offence. Amendment 41 will ensure that organised, lawful, public firework displays are not unintentionally impacted by the new pyrotechnic articles in public places offence. It provides an explicit exemption from that offence for such organisers and their assistants. The amendments will ensure that powers are available to Police Scotland to enable it to take a preventative approach to tackling the misuse of fireworks and pyrotechnics by using intelligence-led policing and undertaking early interventions to stop misuse. I move amendment 25.

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The Convener (Audrey Nicoll) SNP
I wish you a very good morning. Welcome to the 18th meeting in 2022 of the Criminal Justice Committee. We have received no apologies. We have two main items...
The Convener SNP
Amendment 81, in the name of Jamie Greene, is grouped with amendments 82 and 83.
Jamie Greene (West Scotland) (Con) Con
Good morning. We have a lot to get through today. The amendments in this small group are technical ones that seek to improve the licensing scheme, should it...
The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Regan) SNP
The amendments in group 11 make provisions relating to the format of a fireworks licence. In particular, they set out entitlement to a paper licence and spec...
Jamie Greene Con
I thank the minister for that response. The reassurance that has been given, with her accepting the point, is helpful and appreciated. For that reason, I wil...
The Convener SNP
I call Jamie Greene to move amendment 82, which has already been debated with amendment 81.
Jamie Greene Con
Can I have clarification of the difference between withdrawing and not moving an amendment?
Seán Wixted (Clerk)
If a member is content not to move an amendment, they do not have to—it will not be debated. If an amendment is moved, it must be debated by the committee, a...
The Convener SNP
Amendment 84, in the name of Jamie Greene, is in a group on its own.
Jamie Greene Con
Amendment 84 is quite self-explanatory—unusually for an amendment—and is based on the premise of an appeals process. It says: “The Scottish Ministers must p...
Ash Regan
Amendment 84 would require the Scottish ministers to provide information about how to appeal a decision to refuse a licence application, attach a condition t...
The Convener SNP
Jamie, do you want to wind up or press or withdraw amendment 84?
Jamie Greene Con
I thank the minister for the offer. I am happy to kick off the morning on a consensual note and agree to work with the minister and her team ahead of stage 3...
The Convener SNP
The question is, that amendment 86 be agreed to. Are we all agreed? Members: No.
The Convener SNP
There will be a division. For Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con) Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (Con) Against Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) MacG...
The Convener SNP
The result of the division is: For 2, Against 6, Abstentions 0. Amendment 86 disagreed to. Section 15 agreed to. Section 16—False or altered licences and ...
The Convener SNP
The question is, that amendment 20 be agreed to. Are we all agreed? Members: No.
The Convener SNP
There will be a division. For Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) Mackay, Rona (Strathkelvin and Bearsden...
The Convener SNP
The result of the division is: For 6, Against 2, Abstentions 0. Amendment 20 agreed to. Amendment 21 moved—Ash Regan—and agreed to. Section 18, as amended...
The Convener SNP
The question is, that amendment 89 be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
The Convener SNP
There will be a division. For Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con) Greene, Jamie (West Scotland) (Con) McNeill, Paul...
The Convener SNP
The result of the division is: For 4, Against 4, Abstentions 0. There is an equality of votes. Therefore, as convener, I shall use my casting vote to vote a...
The Convener SNP
Amendment 90, in the name of Jamie Greene, is grouped with amendments 56, 129 and 57.
Jamie Greene Con
I have two amendments in this group and Colette Stevenson has the other two, which I will come on to. My two amendments are on post-legislative scrutiny, w...
Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride) (SNP) SNP
I am pleased to propose amendments 56 and 57, having raised the issue of post-legislative scrutiny of the bill alongside my colleagues on the Criminal Justic...
Rona Mackay (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (SNP) SNP
I support Collette Stevenson’s amendments 56 and 57 for the reasons that she has just outlined, which I will not repeat. I do not think that Jamie Greene’s ...
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow) (Lab) Lab
I thank Jamie Greene and Collette Stevenson for their amendments, which are critical. They all align with the committee’s stage 1 report, in which we all exp...
Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) SNP
I speak in support of amendments 56 and 57, in the name of Collette Stevenson, which are a fair reflection of where the committee got to in its discussion of...
Ash Regan SNP
I thank Ms Stevenson for meeting me to discuss her amendments. I welcome the detail that she has given in highlighting the importance of post-legislative scr...
Pauline McNeill Lab
I talked about the licensing scheme, which Jamie Greene’s amendment 90 refers to.