Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Programme for Government 2020-21 - Sep 2
Thursday, 3 September 2020 08:58
Maurice Golden (West Scotland) (Con): The on-going pandemic is
rightly at the heart of the programme for government. As ever, I
welcome efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus and ensure a
swift economic recovery. It is the need to start that recovery that
increasingly concerns the public, from workers at Rolls-Royce— The
Deputy Presiding Officer: Bear with me for a minute, Mr Golden. You
are looking bewildered, Mr Dornan. When your name was
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(West Scotland) (Con): The on-going pandemic
is rightly at the heart of the programme for government. As ever,
I welcome efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus and ensure
a swift economic recovery. It is the need to start that recovery
that increasingly concerns the public, from workers at Rolls-Royce—
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
Bear with me for a minute, Mr Golden.
You are looking bewildered, Mr Dornan. When your name was
called you were not in the chamber. Think about it.
Please continue, Mr Golden.
(Glasgow ) (SNP):
I am sorry, Presiding Officer. May I respond to that and
say why I was not here?
The Deputy Presiding Officer:
No—you are not getting to respond. Sit down.
Mr Golden, please.
:
Thank you, Presiding Officer.
The need to start the recovery
concerns the public, from workers at Rolls-Royce in Renfrewshire and
those at the airport here in Edinburgh, to north-east oil and
gas businesses and countless others in communities across
Scotland. The crisis is unprecedented, but it also offers us an
unprecedented opportunity to do things differently and to build
a better country.
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