Chamber and committees

The question is, that amendment 56 be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

Cabinet secretary, would you like to respond to that?

The question is, that amendment 85 be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

I, too, have a question for Colin Smyth on amendment 7. Although I absolutely agree with the importance of local procurement, I have concerns around the requirement for

“60% of food served on the premises of public bodies”

to be

“sourced from Scotland”.

Given that Colin Smyth is a member for South Scotland, he will appreciate that a significant proportion of the food that is consumed in that area is processed a few short miles away in Carlisle. There might be a physical border or a line on a map, but that does not mean that food is necessarily better procured on one side of a border or the other.

I am concerned that amendment 7 specifies Scotland. We also import food from Northern Ireland. The amendment would mean that we could potentially bring in only 40 per cent of the food that we need from Carlisle or somewhere else over the border. If we are looking to have a low-carbon footprint and local procurement in Dumfries and Galloway, it would be more acceptable to get the food from Carlisle than it would be to get it from Aberdeen. I would like the member to consider that and keep in mind that there is best practice on local procurement in East Ayrshire, for example, that we should perhaps look at instead of setting firm figures for Scotland as the place of procurement.

I would also like to ask Beatrice Wishart why her amendment 6A removes “carbon” and what the legal basis is for the definition of “social” in that amendment and in amendment 35.

The result of the division is: For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0.

Amendment 42 disagreed to.

Section 3 agreed to.

After section 3

Amendment 12 not moved.

Section 4—Effect of plan

The result of the division is: For 4, Against 5, Abstentions 0.

Amendment 84 disagreed to.

Amendments 65, 29 and 66 not moved.

Amendment 85 moved—[Rachael Hamilton].

Okay. That is fine.

As there are no other questions, are members content for me to write to the Scottish Government to ask the questions that Ariane Burgess has laid out?

Members indicated agreement.

I call Rhoda Grant to wind up and to press or withdraw amendment 1.

The question is, that amendment 31 be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

There will be a division.

For

Carson, Finlay (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Hamilton, Rachael (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)
Villalba, Mercedes (North East Scotland) (Lab)
Wishart, Beatrice (Shetland Islands) (LD)

Against

Adam, Karen (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)
Allan, Alasdair (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)
Burgess, Ariane (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Fairlie, Jim (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP)
Minto, Jenni (SNP) (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)