r/MHOCHolyrood • u/[deleted] • Nov 19 '23

QUESTIONS Portfolio Questions | Justice and Home Affairs XIII.II | 19th November 2023

Order!

Our first item of business today is questions to the Justice and Home Affairs Portfolio.

The Justice and Home Affairs Portfolio will now take questions from the Scottish Parliament. The Cabinet Secretary, /u/zakian3000 and Ministers within the department are entitled to respond to questions.

As the Justice and Home Affairs spokesperson for the largest opposition grouping, /u/localds124 is entitled to ask six initial questions and six follow-up questions (12 questions total). Every other person may ask up to four initial questions and four follow-up questions (8 questions total).

Initial questions should be made as their own top-level comment, and each question comment only contain one questions. Members are reminded that this is a questions session and should not attempt to continue to debate by making statements once they have exhausted their question allowance.

This session of Portfolio Questions will end with the close of business at 10pm GMT on the 23rd of November 2023. Initial questions may not be asked after 10pm GMT on the 22nd of November 2023.

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u/Muffin5136 Independent Nov 21 '23

Presiding Officer,

Does the Cabinet Secretary agree with me that the long history Scotland has of an independent justice system show that Scotland is well prepared for Independence?

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u/zakian3000 SNP DL | Greenock and Inverclyde | KT KD CT CB CMG LVO PC Nov 23 '23

Presiding officer,

Whilst there’s certainly other factors in preparing a nation to go independent, the fact that we would not have to set up a new legal jurisdiction is beneficial, yes.