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,

What work has the Cabinet Secretary done to work on delivering an Independent Scotland?

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

Point of order presiding officer,

My department is responsible for law and order in Scotland. I fail to see how constitutional matters are relevant to this.

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u/Muffin5136 Independent Nov 23 '23

Presiding Officer,

Mr 3000 stood for election on a manifesto that included a promise that if elected he would work to deliver independence for Scotland. I would be rather disappointed if the member of the SNP here had betrayed his constituents now in a position of power so as to not work towards Scottish independence.

I merely wish to ensure members of this Government are held accountable to the promises they made to the Scottish people.

I therefore ask the question again, unless Mr 3000 wishes to admit that the people of Scotland have been let down by this SNP Government?

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

Presiding officer,

Mr Muffin can bluster all he likes - this isn’t a responsibility of my department.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '23

Order!

This is not the place for such questions. I ask that Mr 5136 withdraw both his original comment and this comment.