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2. Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con)
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support the creation of new jobs at the Chapelcross site near Annan. (S6O-03261)
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Oliver Mundell
As the minister said, part of the site is now available and in the hands of South of Scotland Enterprise. Alongside a cross-party group of local MSPs, I have been...
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Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con)
Thank you, convener. I want to place on the record that I remain strongly opposed to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. I think that the legislation undermines free speech ...
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Oliver Mundell (Dumfriesshire) (Con)
To be honest, I am appalled by that answer. I understand why the report was commissioned, but I do not think that it is consistent with what the then Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secret...
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Oliver Mundell
Surely we should be responding to what did happen rather than what should have happened. It is another example of the system failing that people have come up against. The system has not been...
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Oliver Mundell
There do not have to be records. I know that from my own constituents. What someone has to prove is that, on the balance of probability, something was more likely to have happened than not. ...
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Oliver Mundell
Then we go back to what the previous Deputy First Minister said, which was that people would be believed and that that was going to be the core of this whole process. Now we are hearing that...
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Oliver Mundell
I am going to get into trouble for going on, so I will not say anything further.
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Oliver Mundell
The Deputy First Minister said that she had records from when Fergus Ewing and I were on the education committee. I wonder whether she has the
Oliver Mundell
With due respect, at the point at which this matter was being considered, the second most senior person in the Scottish Government believed that these people would be eligible to apply. Also...
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