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Podcasts By The Scottish Parliament

First Minister's Questions 26 September 2024

Podcasts By The Scottish Parliament

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The First Minister takes questions from Members during FMQs.  Topics covered this week included energy bill reduction, embedding domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms and the numbers of young people involved in violent crime. Transcripts are available on our website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament

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0:00.0

Thank you. That concludes general questions. The next item of business is First Minister's questions.

0:05.4

And at question number one, I call Douglas Ross.

0:07.7

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker, and can I remind the Chamber of my Register of Members' Interests. My wife is a sergeant with Police Scotland.

0:15.9

November will mark 20 years since Alistair Wilson was murdered on the doorstep of his home in Nairn.

0:23.6

For two decades, the killer has never been caught.

0:27.6

Alistair's family have spoken with the Pressing Journal and raised serious concerns about Police Scotland and Chief Constable Joe Farrell.

0:35.6

Andrew Wilson was four when his father was murdered.

0:40.6

This week he said this.

0:42.7

We question why our family is still being kept in the dark

0:45.8

while Joe Farrell is basking in the media spotlight

0:49.0

as she talks of building bridges

0:51.0

and providing confidence to our family.

0:55.0

Andrew continued, we don't know whether Joe Farrell has been confused or perhaps even caught

1:01.0

in a lie, but she has certainly failed to reassure us that she has a grip on the worsening

1:07.0

situation.

1:09.0

Alistair Wilson's family described the conduct of the Chief Constable as insulting and callous.

1:15.6

So does the First Minister agree with the family of Alistair Wilson?

1:19.6

First Minister.

1:21.6

This is obviously an incredibly sensitive case.

1:24.6

The first thing I want to say is to express my sympathy

1:29.8

to the Wilson family at the tragedy they suffered almost 20 years ago and to share their

1:37.8

frustration that this case has not been resolved. Mr Ross will know that there has been extensive intervention and investigation

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