First Minister's Questions 21 March 2024
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🗓️ 21 March 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. That concludes general questions. The next item of business is First Minister's |
| 0:04.9 | questions and at question number one I call Douglas Ross. |
| 0:08.0 | Thank you, Mr President. Just a few weeks ago, this Chamber congratulated Henry Wougar on reaching |
| 0:14.0 | his 100th birthday. So it was with great sadness that we learned of his passing, |
| 0:19.0 | peacefully at home with his daughters |
| 0:20.9 | Hillary and Gillian last Friday. We send them our thoughts and condolences, and we also give |
| 0:27.8 | thanks to the life of this remarkable man, from Nuremberg in 1939 to Glasgow via the |
| 0:34.2 | Kinder Transport, to life of professional and family success here in Scotland, |
| 0:40.3 | capped by decades of service to Holocaust education. |
| 0:44.3 | Scotland will miss his charm, his integrity and resolution, but we will never forget his testimony. |
| 0:52.3 | I believe that we can all commit to ensuring that his |
| 0:55.9 | legacy will endure. Now reunited with his beloved Ingrid, may his memory be a blessing. I remind the Chamber that my wife is a serving officer with Police Scotland. |
| 1:17.8 | The Hate Crime Act comes into effect from the 1st of April. |
| 1:22.0 | We voted against this law and still oppose it as a serious risk to free speech. |
| 1:27.5 | But in just 11 days' time, the police will have to enforce it. |
| 1:32.3 | David Kennedy, the General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, has said this about training. |
| 1:37.6 | We are only receiving a two-hour online training package. |
| 1:42.4 | First Minister, is that really enough for a complex and controversial piece of legislation? |
| 1:47.0 | First and foremost, can I join with Douglas Ross in paying tribute to Henry |
| 1:54.5 | Wuga, a greatly respected Holocaust survivor who we know passed away at the age of 100 earlier this week. It is hard |
| 2:03.4 | to think that only a few weeks ago we stood up to wish him well on his 100th birthday. |
| 2:08.6 | And now we are standing up once again to mourn his passing, because Henry was a truly |
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