Meeting of the Parliament 20 May 2020 (Hybrid Session) [Draft] : 20 May 2020
Mike Rumbles
Andy Wightman makes a very good contribution to the debate, but, unfortunately, he is wrong when he says that those landlords are wealthy people, because they are not. I know people who have...
Meeting of the Parliament 20 May 2020 (Hybrid Session) [Draft] : 20 May 2020
Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD)
I will focus my comments on Andy Wightman’s amendments 11 to 14. I think that he speaks with sincere passion about housing and always makes a valuable contribution to our deliberations and d...
Meeting of the Parliament (Virtual Session) 19 May 2020 [Draft] : 19 May 2020
Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD)
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I am sure that you will agree that the Scottish Government must always operate under the law as decided by the Parliament....
Meeting of the Parliament (Virtual Session) 19 May 2020 [Draft] : 19 May 2020
Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD)
The Health Protection Scotland regulations state that it is a defence to a charge of committing an offence to show that the person had a reasonable excuse. That includes travelling to work. ...
Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee 13 May 2020 [Draft] : 13 May 2020
Mike Rumbles
Cabinet secretary, has the preferred bidder pulled out or are they still interested? Could you confirm that please?
Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee 13 May 2020 [Draft] : 13 May 2020
Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD)
If the Government makes face coverings compulsory on trains, will you think about an operation such as that which exists in Spain, where—you see this on the telev...
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid Session) 12 May 2020 : 12 May 2020
Mike Rumbles
Again, I could not agree with Mr Leonard more—testing is the key not only to finding the R number but to defeating the virus. Is it not a scandal that Scotland’s ...
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid Session) 12 May 2020 : 12 May 2020
Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD)
I could not agree more with the Deputy First Minister that we can ease restrictions only when we know that the virus is under control. However, for us to know tha...
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid Session) 12 May 2020 : 12 May 2020
Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD)
As I understand it, the Government does not know what the R number is in Scotland, because not enough testing is being done thro...
Meeting of the Parliament 06 May 2020 [Draft] : 06 May 2020
Mike Rumbles (North East Scotland) (LD)
As businesses think about gradually returning to work, many will find it difficult to maintain the 2m social distancing requirement. The World Health Organization...