Speeches by Burke.

“Thank you. I think you have answered part of the question regarding the exclusion zone. If Glasgow City health and social care partnership had included a request for an exclusion zone in their application to you, would you have granted it?”

“That is really good; thanks for that. I know it was quite problematic at the start to get community engagement, but it is good to know that that is still going on.”

“Q14. As a result of a relationship breakdown, my constituent Martin and his three children ended up homeless. They have gone from living in a hotel to temporary accommodation. Martin feels abandoned because Glasgow city council has not been in contact for months. The months of uncertainty have disrupted all their lives…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered poverty in Glasgow North East constituency. It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Butler. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this most serious of subjects. I rise to speak not only as a Member of Parliament for Glasgow North East, but as someone who…”

“I will have to talk quickly. I thank the Minister for her speech. I put on the record that the Springburn jobcentre is doing an amazing job at getting people into work; I was blown away by what they are doing, and wanted to state that here today. I thank all Members for their contributions; it has been a very good deba…”

“Do you know if all the employees facing redundancy will receive their 18 months’ pay?”

“I will direct my question to Mr Hardie and Mr Pritchard. How many refinery workers will be made redundant in April? I know there have been media reports suggesting that there could be 435 job losses over the next 18 months. Can you tell me how accurate this figure is?”

“Thank you for clarifying that. We know that the job losses will have a big impact on the community. Has there been any assessment of the number of indirect job losses?”

“6. What steps she is taking to promote active travel.”

“Earlier this week, I was delighted to welcome St Paul’s Youth Forum from my constituency to Parliament. It does amazing work to provide opportunities to young people, no matter their background. One example of its work is the On Bikes scheme, which helps young people stay active by offering repairs and bike loans. Will…”

“That might be a task for MPs to get out there and see if we can get people to have that opportunity.”

“Good morning, everyone, and thanks for coming. Mr Borthwick, recently the AGCC described the extension to the windfall tax as “reckless”. Earlier we spoke about the energy crisis that faced companies that have made excessive profits in the last few years. Given so many are still experiencing high bills, can you appreci…”

“I had another question that would have been a caveat to that but I will not go into that. What is your assessment of the industry’s progress towards the North sea transition deal’s targets?”

“Going back to Russell and your previous comment about the workforce, there are 84,000 jobs in the oil and gas sector and we do know that the Government are committed to supporting these people into clean energy jobs and into the industry. You said that some of these people are going abroad and going overseas. Am I corr…”

“Thanks for clarifying that for me. With the workforce that you have, does more need to be done to train and recruit these people to meet the targets that we are going forward with?”

“Why are the calculations of comparability percentages not published?”

“Can you give us an idea when the next block grant transparency document will be updated?”

“My concern is, if they have not been housed for such a long time, how they cope with what they have to do when they get housed. They need further support to make sure that they get that, and they are able to eventually have their own home and live in it. Thank you for that.”

“My colleagues touched on this previously, so I will ask a few follow-ups about the inhalation room. What legal exemptions would be needed to open an inhalation room? On the back of that, why has the Scottish Government not provided the necessary legal exemptions to the devolved legislation? Allan, I do not know if whet…”

“On the housing issue, what you are doing is great, but in my experience I have heard people saying that people who are drug related do not want housing. Are you finding that some people do not want to be rehoused, or is it an uptick in people who want to actually make a difference and get into housing?”