Max Bannerman
Reform UK · Scotland
“[Made a request to intervene.] Tom Arthur: No, thank you. The positive impact of migration must be embraced if we are to succeed in our ambitions for this country. The Scottish Government recognises the critical importance of migration to secure our economic future and strengthen our communities right across the country.”
“To do that requires fast action now, deploying people and skills immediately to capture those opportunities. That means helping to attract some of the skills, talent and people from outside of Scotland and apply them here to seize the initiative and capture the benefits of our nation.”
“I thank the cabinet secretary for advance sight of her statement. The statement made frequent mention of the fact that the rates relief this year is worth near £1 billion. However, this would not appear to be the full picture.”
“As I set out in my statement, we also have the small business bonus scheme, which is the most generous of its kind in the United Kingdom. It is hugely important, because we estimate that more than 100,000 properties will be eligible for that support this year. I set out a number of different actions in my statement to Parliament.”
“Scotland benefited from only £28 million out of the £360 million fishing and coastal growth fund. Does the minister not agree that the best way to safeguard this vital industry would be to utilise Brexit benefits so that any recovery from our territorial waters gives priority to Scottish boats, particularly smaller vessels?”
“I thank the minister for his statement and I welcome him to his place. In my region, Moray voted by just 122 votes to remain in the EU so, as Senga Beresford said, it is a bit wide of the mark for the minister to claim overwhelming support for the EU project.”
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“To do that requires fast action now, deploying people and skills immediately to capture those opportunities. That means helping to attract some of the skills, talent and people from outside of Scotland and apply them here to seize the initiative and capture the benefits of our nation.”
“[Made a request to intervene.] Tom Arthur: No, thank you. The positive impact of migration must be embraced if we are to succeed in our ambitions for this country. The Scottish Government recognises the critical importance of migration to secure our economic future and strengthen our communities right across the country. This Government is creating the conditions where all the people of Scotland can contribute to and benefit from the opportunities before us. Both the Scots born here in Scotland and the new Scots who have chosen to make this their home are critical to a strong wellbeing economy that is felt, and communities that thrive. To deliver more jobs, higher wages and stronger communities, we need to seize the opportunities before us.”
“As I set out in my statement, we also have the small business bonus scheme, which is the most generous of its kind in the United Kingdom. It is hugely important, because we estimate that more than 100,000 properties will be eligible for that support this year. I set out a number of different actions in my statement to Parliament. I mentioned previously, in response to Mr Johnson, the general review of the assessor function. However, I think that the comprehensive review of non-domestic rates will be welcomed in general by businesses. The work of looking at the configuration of all our reliefs will start this summer, as I set out in my statement. In response to the member’s point in relation to timescales, the review will deliver real change in time for the next re-evaluation.”
“I thank the cabinet secretary for advance sight of her statement. The statement made frequent mention of the fact that the rates relief this year is worth near £1 billion. However, this would not appear to be the full picture. The intermediate and higher rates have been reduced by 2p for this year, yet they are still 2.5p higher than they were two years ago. Hundreds of businesses went bust as a direct result of those massive hikes, and this so-called cut still keeps in place the majority of that unaffordable increase. Will the cabinet secretary set out a timeline of meaningful non-domestic rates cuts and not just tinker around the edges? Jenny Gilruth: It is the case that, in 2026-27, the basic properties rate is the lowest that it has been since 2018-19, and reliefs are forecast to save ratepayers more than £870 million.”
“Does the First Minister support nationally funding business rates relief for current vacant properties to encourage local growth, particularly in the rural economy of the Highlands and Islands?”
“The people of Moray voted to remain in the European Union, not for the first time but for the second time. It is basic maths, and I would encourage those members to catch up.”
“Scotland benefited from only £28 million out of the £360 million fishing and coastal growth fund. Does the minister not agree that the best way to safeguard this vital industry would be to utilise Brexit benefits so that any recovery from our territorial waters gives priority to Scottish boats, particularly smaller vessels? Stephen Gethins: On Brexit benefits, I keep hearing that we have just not had the proper kind of Brexit. That is like the arguments that I heard about communism in the 1990s—that we had just not had the right kind of communism. It is very much the same argument. We have seen a drop in our agrifood exports. We have also seen the impact of leaving the single market not only on exports but on staffing. That is the second time that a Reform member has stood up and struggled with basic maths.”
“I thank the minister for his statement and I welcome him to his place. In my region, Moray voted by just 122 votes to remain in the EU so, as Senga Beresford said, it is a bit wide of the mark for the minister to claim overwhelming support for the EU project. It is unfortunate that the minister made no mention of fishing in his statement. Scotland accounts for almost half of all UK fishing industry jobs and more than 60 per cent of the value of all UK landings. However, half of our commercially fished species are overfished or at very low population sizes, and catch limits are being set above scientific advice. Under the Labour Lancaster house agreement, European access to overfished Scottish waters has been set in stone for the next 12 years.”
“The motto of my old school, Dornoch Academy, is, in the Gaelic, “Le ionracas ‘s dìchioll”, which means “With integrity and industry”. That is the standard that I will set myself, so that every week when I leave this place and go back home, I will be able to look my constituents in the eye, knowing that I have done my very best to advance their interests. 16:59”
“Every ward closed and every job cut that is not replaced by one in the private sector will be another reason for a young family to leave the area. Reform must reverse the hollowing out of rural Scotland, not accelerate it. I will apply one test to every public service reform that comes to this chamber: does it make life better for the expectant mum in Thurso, the crofter in Lewis and the parent in Elgin? Where the answer is yes, ministers will find me a constructive colleague. In that regard, I have been heartened by some of the comments today, particularly those of Alyn Smith. However, where the answer is no, I will stand up for my constituents and hold this Government to account. I will finish on a personal note, where I began.”
“Instead of the moniker of Ivan the Terrible, the cabinet secretary might be more comfortable with being known as Ivan the Radical, because public service reform must run in tandem with real devolution and decentralisation. We should push power and money out of this Parliament, out of the quangos and the ministerial departments, into our communities and on to our front lines. We have already seen some of that in action in my region. Look at the community wind farms in Lewis, which operate without vast subsidy and generate revenue for the local area. That is an example of a community that is taking responsibility and just getting on with it. I will be an unashamed advocate for that sort of thing in Parliament, because there are consequences for getting our approach wrong.”
“We all know that ministers can be dragged to this Parliament to answer for such shortcomings ad infinitum, but that makes no difference to my constituents who want a boat that sails—nothing more, nothing less. On health, Dr Gray’s hospital in Elgin—in relation to which I declare an interest, as the doctors there saved my mother’s life—has had to send expectant mothers down the road to Aberdeen or Inverness to have their babies because we could not sustain the service closer to home. NHS Highland, meanwhile, wrestles with serious financial pressures. A reformed health service should be protecting such services, not quietly centralising them out of existence. I want to see the sort of radical reform that we have not seen since the dawn of this Parliament, which reconvened in 1999—nothing less than a radical restructure of the state.”
“Let us examine the evidence. Scotland has accumulated countless non-departmental bodies, directorates and other quangos, and layer upon layer of management and duplication that no business in my region would tolerate for a week. Reform should mean chopping middle- management bureaucrats, meaning fewer managers and more nurses, fewer strategies and more services. It should mean measuring by outcomes rather than inputs—that is, by whether the patient is seen and whether the child is taught well at the local school. Let us look at lifeline ferries. The story of CalMac and Ferguson Marine is, I am sorry to say, a case study in how public services fail, with ferries delivered years late and hundreds of millions over budget, and islanders paying the price in cancelled sailings and lost trade.”
“It might sound just like a phrase from a Government strategy document, but, in my region, public service reform will mean the difference between whether the ferry sails on Monday morning, whether the maternity wards in towns are open and whether someone can see their GP without making a 100-mile round trip. Let me be clear. I am a Reform MSP who is for public service reform. I want it to succeed but I do not want it to be done on the back of my constituents or to be used as yet another excuse to push a centralising agenda. As much as the inclusion of this portfolio in the Cabinet is welcome, the Government cannot be allowed to reinvent the wheel. The Christie commission laid all of the issues out, warts and all, in 2011. Why, then, are we holding this debate today? It is simple: it is because of a failure to deliver.”
“If I do nothing else in the chamber, I hope to follow her example of dedicated service in my five years in the Parliament. I recall Mary Scanlon imparting to me that, in the north, we do politics a bit differently from the rest of the country. People in the Highlands have no time for endless hyperpartisan posturing if it gets nothing done. Instead, they expect us to leave the party rosettes at the door and be judged on our individual actions and merits. I am not talking about consensus for the sake of consensus. However, in keeping with true Highland tradition, I will work with anyone in this chamber and everyone across the region to address the geographical, demographic and economic challenges that our unique part of the world faces. Public service reform is key to addressing those challenges.”
“As a new MSP, I have greatly valued his wise counsel. I also pay tribute to my friend Douglas Ross, who will be missed, too—possibly not by the Government front bench but, certainly, by his former constituents in Moray and beyond. Although he stepped down from the Conservative front bench at the end of the previous parliamentary session, it often seemed to some of us that he was still the de facto leader of the Opposition in the chamber. I wish him well. Finally, I place on public record my deep gratitude to a great friend, mentor and fierce advocate for the Highlands, former MSP Mary Scanlon CBE. Some in the chamber, including the First Minister, will remember her well. When I was growing up outside Tain in Easter Ross, Mary was the standard bearer of centre-right politics in the Highlands.”
“I take this opportunity to record my formal congratulations to the Deputy Presiding Officer on her appointment and to the cabinet secretary for his appointment to the public service reform brief. Everyone in the chamber knows that holding public office is a tremendous privilege, but it is an even higher honour when you have been sent to the Parliament by the people back home. Highlanders are rightly known the world over for their independence of mind and spirit and I think that they made that clear in sending not one, but two, Reform MSPs to Holyrood at the recent election. I pledge to always stand up for their interests. I pay a fulsome tribute to my predecessors. Fergus Ewing embodies that Highland indefatigableness. He has campaigned on the A9 and the A96 for decades and he will be sorely missed by his constituents.”
“The Presiding Officer: Before we conclude decision time, I remind members who have not yet done so to please vote in the conveners election. Around 100 members have already voted, but a number of you are yet to cast your ballot, which can be done in committee room 5. Voting remains open until 7 o’clock tonight. That concludes decision time. World Pre-eclampsia Day 2026”
“Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament recognises that higher economic growth is essential to delivering long-term prosperity, tackling child poverty, improving public services and achieving climate ambitions; agrees that supporting enterprise, investment, innovation and trade is key to maximising productivity and increasing sustainable and inclusive economic growth; supports action to remove unnecessary barriers to success; acknowledges Scotland's economic potential, including its key strengths in sectors such as energy, food and drink, financial services, and space; endorses a continued focus on economic growth to build a more resilient, prosperous, and fairer Scotland for all; believes that Brexit has had a deeply damaging impact on the economy, and agrees that one of the biggest changes that could be made to boost growth, fix trade and cut the cost of living would be a new bespoke customs union between the UK and the EU.”
“On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I was unable to access the voting app. I would have voted no. The Presiding Officer: Your vote has been recorded. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) Ahmed, Irshad (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab) Anderson, Heather (Dundee City West) (SNP) Arthur, Tom (Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley) (SNP) Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Barratt, David (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) Baxter, Andrew (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (LD) Beattie, Colin (Midlothian North) (SNP) Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab) Black, Dawn (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) Bonnar, Steven (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP) Bouse, Gary (Falkirk West) (SNP) Brown, Alan (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) Brown, Siobhian (Ayr) (SNP) Campbell, Kate (Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent) (SNP) Campbell, Michelle (Renfrewshire North and Cardonald) (SNP) Chou Turvey, Yi-pei (North East Scotland) (LD) Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Edinburgh North Western) (LD) Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP) Day, Martyn (Falkirk East and Linlithgow) (SNP) Dijkstra-Downie, Sanne (Edinburgh Northern) (LD) Doris, Bob (Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill) (SNP) Dunbar, Jackie (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) Fagan, Joe (South Scotland) (Lab) Flynn, Stephen (Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine) (SNP) Gethins, Stephen (Dundee City East) (SNP) Ghani, Zen (Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok) (SNP) Gibson, Patricia (Cunninghame South) (SNP) Gilruth, Jenny (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP) Goodlad, Hannah Mary (Shetland Islands) (SNP) Gray, Neil (Airdrie) (SNP) Green, David (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (LD) Griffin, Mark (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Lab) Hagmann, Katie (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP) Harley, Adam (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (LD) Haughey, Clare (Rutherglen and Cambuslang) (SNP) Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) Johnson, Daniel (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) Kerr, Alex (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) Kerr, Calum (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) Kumar, Simita (Edinburgh South Western) (SNP) Long, Joe (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) MacKinnon, Donald (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (Lab) Macpherson, Ben (Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith) (SNP) Marra, Michael (North East Scotland) (Lab) Martin, Gillian (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) McAllan, Màiri (Clydesdale) (SNP) McArthur, Liam (Orkney Islands) (LD) McKee, Ivan (Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn) (SNP) McLennan, Paul (East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs) (SNP) McMillan, Stuart (Inverclyde) (SNP) McNair, Marie (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) McNeill, Pauline (Glasgow) (Lab) Melville, Lloyd (Angus South) (SNP) Merrick, Colm (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Middleton, Jack (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) Minto, Jenni (Argyll and Bute) (SNP) Mitchell, Laura (Moray) (SNP) Mochan, Carol (South Scotland) (Lab) Oswald, Kirsten (Eastwood) (SNP) Rennie, Willie (Fife North East) (LD) Roddick, Emma (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP) Sangster, Katherine (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab) Sarwar, Anas (Glasgow) (Lab) Smith, Alyn (Stirling) (SNP) Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Dunfermline) (SNP) Stafford, Pauline (Bathgate) (SNP) Stevenson, Collette (East Kilbride) (SNP) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Swinney, John (Perthshire North) (SNP) Thewliss, Alison (Glasgow Central) (SNP) Todd, Maree (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) Torrance, David (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) Young, Jenny (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Lab) Against Bannerman, Max (Highlands and Islands) (Reform) Beresford, Senga (South Scotland) (Reform) Bland, Amanda (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Reform) Briggs, Miles (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Con) Bruce, Holly (Glasgow Southside) (Green) Burgess, Ariane (Highlands and Islands) (Green) Carson, Finlay (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con) Chapman, Maggie (North East Scotland) (Green) Currie, Victor (Highlands and Islands) (Reform) Duane, Iris (Glasgow) (Green) Eagle, Tim (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con) Fraser, Murdo (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Gallacher, Meghan (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Con) Greer, Ross (West Scotland) (Green) Hamilton, Rachael (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green) Hoy, Craig (Dumfriesshire) (Con) Kerr, Liam (North East Scotland) (Con) Kerr, Stephen (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Kerr, Thomas (Glasgow) (Reform) Kinross-O’Neill, Kayleigh (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green) Kirkwood, David (South Scotland) (Reform) Langan, Jamie (South Scotland) (Reform) Leask, Kristopher (Highlands and Islands) (Green) Lindsay, Amanda (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Reform) Lumsden, Douglas (North East Scotland) (Con) MacDougall, Julie (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Reform) Mackay, Gillian (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Green) Manivannan, Q (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green) Massey, Duncan (North East Scotland) (Reform) McDade, Helen (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Reform) McKee, Cara (West Scotland) (Green) Moodie, Laura (South Scotland) (Green) Nevens, Kate (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green) Offord, Malcolm (West Scotland) (Reform) Ross, Angela (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform) Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) Schmulian, Kim (Glasgow) (Reform) Simpson, Graham (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Reform) Simpson, Mark (North East Scotland) (Reform) Slater, Lorna (Edinburgh Central) (Green) Smith, David (West Scotland) (Reform) The Presiding Officer: The result of the division on motion S7M-00290, in the name of Stephen Flynn, on growing Scotland’s economy, as amended, is: For 79, Against 43, Abstentions 0.”
“Amendment agreed to. The Presiding Officer: The next question is, that amendment S7M-00249.1, in the name of Patrick Harvie, which seeks to amend motion S7M-00249, in the name of Jenny Gilruth, on wealth taxation for public services, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No. The Presiding Officer: There will be a division. [Interruption.] I will have to use a trapdoor lever on the Liberal Democrat benches quite soon if that hilarity continues. [Laughter.] It is a shame—the crocs were hungry, too. The vote is closed.”
“On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I could not vote. I would have voted no. The Presiding Officer: Your vote has been recorded. For Adam, George (Paisley) (SNP) Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP) Adamson, Clare (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP) Ahmed, Irshad (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab) Anderson, Heather (Dundee City West) (SNP) Arthur, Tom (Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley) (SNP) Baker, Claire (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Barratt, David (Cowdenbeath) (SNP) Baxter, Andrew (Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) (LD) Beattie, Colin (Midlothian North) (SNP) Bibby, Neil (West Scotland) (Lab) Black, Dawn (Angus North and Mearns) (SNP) Bonnar, Steven (Uddingston and Bellshill) (SNP) Bouse, Gary (Falkirk West) (SNP) Brown, Alan (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP) Brown, Keith (Clackmannanshire and Dunblane) (SNP) Brown, Siobhian (Ayr) (SNP) Bruce, Holly (Glasgow Southside) (Green) Burgess, Ariane (Highlands and Islands) (Green) Campbell, Kate (Edinburgh Eastern, Musselburgh and Tranent) (SNP) Campbell, Michelle (Renfrewshire North and Cardonald) (SNP) Chapman, Maggie (North East Scotland) (Green) Chou Turvey, Yi-pei (North East Scotland) (LD) Clark, Katy (West Scotland) (Lab) Cole-Hamilton, Alex (Edinburgh North Western) (LD) Constance, Angela (Almond Valley) (SNP) Day, Martyn (Falkirk East and Linlithgow) (SNP) Dijkstra-Downie, Sanne (Edinburgh Northern) (LD) Doris, Bob (Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill) (SNP) Duane, Iris (Glasgow) (Green) Dunbar, Jackie (Aberdeen Donside) (SNP) Fagan, Joe (South Scotland) (Lab) Flynn, Stephen (Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine) (SNP) Gethins, Stephen (Dundee City East) (SNP) Ghani, Zen (Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok) (SNP) Gibson, Patricia (Cunninghame South) (SNP) Gilruth, Jenny (Mid Fife and Glenrothes) (SNP) Goodlad, Hannah Mary (Shetland Islands) (SNP) Gray, Neil (Airdrie) (SNP) Green, David (Caithness, Sutherland and Ross) (LD) Greer, Ross (West Scotland) (Green) Griffin, Mark (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Lab) Hagmann, Katie (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP) Harley, Adam (Strathkelvin and Bearsden) (LD) Harvie, Patrick (Glasgow) (Green) Haughey, Clare (Rutherglen and Cambuslang) (SNP) Hepburn, Jamie (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) (SNP) Johnson, Daniel (Edinburgh Southern) (Lab) Kerr, Alex (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse) (SNP) Kerr, Calum (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP) Kinross-O’Neill, Kayleigh (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green) Kirkwood, David (South Scotland) (Reform) Kumar, Simita (Edinburgh South Western) (SNP) Leask, Kristopher (Highlands and Islands) (Green) Linden, David (Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston) (SNP) Long, Joe (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) MacCallum, Morven-May (Highlands and Islands) (LD) MacGregor, Fulton (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP) Mackay, Gillian (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Green) MacKinnon, Donald (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (Lab) Macpherson, Ben (Edinburgh North Eastern and Leith) (SNP) Manivannan, Q (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green) Marra, Michael (North East Scotland) (Lab) Martin, Gillian (Aberdeenshire East) (SNP) McAllan, Màiri (Clydesdale) (SNP) McArthur, Liam (Orkney Islands) (LD) McKee, Cara (West Scotland) (Green) McKee, Ivan (Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn) (SNP) McLennan, Paul (East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs) (SNP) McMillan, Stuart (Inverclyde) (SNP) McNair, Marie (Clydebank and Milngavie) (SNP) McNeill, Pauline (Glasgow) (Lab) Melville, Lloyd (Angus South) (SNP) Merrick, Colm (Glasgow Anniesland) (SNP) Middleton, Jack (Aberdeen Central) (SNP) Minto, Jenni (Argyll and Bute) (SNP) Mitchell, Laura (Moray) (SNP) Mochan, Carol (South Scotland) (Lab) Moodie, Laura (South Scotland) (Green) Nevens, Kate (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Green) Oswald, Kirsten (Eastwood) (SNP) Rennie, Willie (Fife North East) (LD) Roddick, Emma (Inverness and Nairn) (SNP) Ruskell, Mark (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Green) Sangster, Katherine (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Lab) Slater, Lorna (Edinburgh Central) (Green) Smith, Alyn (Stirling) (SNP) Somerville, Shirley-Anne (Dunfermline) (SNP) Stafford, Pauline (Bathgate) (SNP) Stevenson, Collette (East Kilbride) (SNP) Sweeney, Paul (Glasgow) (Lab) Thewliss, Alison (Glasgow Central) (SNP) Todd, Maree (Highlands and Islands) (SNP) Torrance, David (Kirkcaldy) (SNP) Young, Jenny (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Lab) Against Bannerman, Max (Highlands and Islands) (Reform) Beresford, Senga (South Scotland) (Reform) Bland, Amanda (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Reform) Briggs, Miles (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Con) Burnett, Alexander (Aberdeenshire West) (Con) Carson, Finlay (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con) Currie, Victor (Highlands and Islands) (Reform) Eagle, Tim (Highlands and Islands) (Con) Findlay, Russell (West Scotland) (Con) Fraser, Murdo (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Gallacher, Meghan (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Con) Hamilton, Rachael (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con) Hoy, Craig (Dumfriesshire) (Con) Kerr, Liam (North East Scotland) (Con) Kerr, Stephen (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con) Kerr, Thomas (Glasgow) (Reform) Langan, Jamie (South Scotland) (Reform) Lindsay, Amanda (Central Scot and Lothians West) (Reform) Lumsden, Douglas (North East Scotland) (Con) MacDougall, Julie (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Reform) Massey, Duncan (North East Scotland) (Reform) McDade, Helen (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Reform) Offord, Malcolm (West Scotland) (Reform) Ross, Angela (Edinburgh and Lothians East) (Reform) Schmulian, Kim (Glasgow) (Reform) Simpson, Mark (North East Scotland) (Reform) Smith, David (West Scotland) (Reform) The Presiding Officer: The result of the division on amendment S7M-00249.4, in the name of Michael Marra, is: For 95, Against 27, Abstentions 0.”
“To ask the Scottish Government whether its commitment to reform public services includes removing reported blockages and inefficiencies in delayed capital projects, such as the A9 and A96 dualling, to expedite their completion. (S7O-00008)”
“I, Max Mackenzie Bannerman Marshall, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law. So help me”