First Minister's Questions 25 April 2024
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🗓️ 25 April 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you. That brings general questions to an end. |
| 0:05.0 | And our next item of business is First Minister's questions. |
| 0:09.0 | And at question number one, I call Douglas Ross. |
| 0:12.0 | Thank you very much, President. I was going to ask the First Minister when the Cabinet last met and what issues were discussed. |
| 0:18.0 | But I think we all know. |
| 0:20.0 | So let's look at what Hamza Yous have said about the S&P's coalition with the Greens. |
| 0:26.2 | He described it as worth its weight in gold. |
| 0:30.9 | Today it's turned to dust. |
| 0:33.7 | The Greens have called the ending of the Butte House agreement as, these are their words, |
| 0:38.5 | an act of political cowardice by the SMP, accused Hansa Youssef of selling out future generations. |
| 0:46.7 | They said he has, and again, I'm quoting his former colleague's words, |
| 0:50.7 | breaking the bonds of trust with members. |
| 0:53.9 | They say he has betrayed the electorate. They called |
| 0:58.6 | the current First Minister weak. For once, have the Greens finally got something right? |
| 1:04.6 | First Minister. |
| 1:06.6 | Mr. Mr. Mr. Officer, let me say that what we have achieved with the Butthouse agreement, |
| 1:15.4 | which, as I have said this morning, has served its purpose, is a record that I will come to very shortly. |
| 1:21.3 | That butthouse agreement, of course, that did last and has lasted at 969 days, or another way of putting it, well, it lasted, another way of putting it, |
| 1:30.3 | it lasted 19 Liz Trusses, |
| 1:33.3 | it lasted 19 Liz Trusses, |
| 1:37.3 | and that record of the Butte House Agreement |
| 1:40.3 | is a record that has seen the railways taken into public ownership, one that has seen free |
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