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Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
On the issue of the reimbursement of patients’ travel expenses, will the Scottish Government consider reviewing the reimbursement of chronic pain patients who have been forced to travel to E...
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Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. As we are going into recess for the election after today, can you advise on how the Scottish Government can be held to account on regulations? I am su...
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Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
The First Minister might be aware that, last week, my bill proposal to enshrine the right to food into Scots law received enough cross-party support to proceed and has now been lodged. I tak...
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Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I do not make this point of order lightly. I want to ask about parliamentary procedure under our standing orders.
Elaine Smith (Central Scotland) (Lab)
I wonder what the cabinet secretary has to say about the fact that, in debating the hate crime bill, I am now being accused of hate crime and could expect to have...
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Elaine Smith
I think that we are now quite clear about Mr Harvie’s views and motivations. I had remarks that I wanted to make, so I was not g...
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Elaine Smith
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I do not appreciate anyone in this chamber telling me that I do not understand something. It is not that I do not understand; I want to have clarity a...
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Elaine Smith
I am puzzled about that, and I hope that the cabinet secretary can enlighten me. We include cross-dressers in the bill but we do not include women. What happens if someone says that they did...
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Elaine Smith
It boils down to this: what is a reasonable person? Could the member perhaps answer that? It may be that an MSP is a reasonable person but they objected last week...
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Elaine Smith
For clarity on that point, would your amendment mean that a woman could be sure that she would not be treated as being abusive or threatening solely for saying things such as the following: ...
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