When my Safe Access Zones bill passes stage one... 😀

🟢 Yes: 123 🔴No: 1

This was a moment of unity for our Parliament.

I am proud to have the support of MSPs from all parties.

Thank you everyone who has helped to get my bill to this stage.

Appeal to trace Keith Brodie, missing from Leith, Edinburgh. Described as male, white, 30y, short fair hair, 5' 6, broad, last seen Chambers Street, today at 1.45pm wearing red baseball cap, red tartan jacket, grey jogging bottoms.

Please call 101 ref 3719 of 30/4/24.

Stage 1 passed. Onto Stage 2 😎

Parliament has approved the appointment of an Adjudicator for a tied pubs Code.

Provisions of the Code include empowering eligible tenants to:

🔵 Sell a guest beer
🔵 Switch to a market rate lease and purchase products from any supplier

More ➡️ bit.ly/Pubs-Code

Is it too much to hope that recent events might lead to a reset in Scottish politics? As we mark 25 years of our Parliament can our politicians give up petty point scoring and work in the mature, civilised way we hoped and campaigned for?

I feel so blessed for having the opportunity so few are afforded — the chance to lead my country, and who could ask for a better country to lead than Scotland.

Thank you for all of the kind messages of love & support. I will always strive to serve Scotland in whatever way I can.

Humza Yousaf has been First Minister in the most difficult of circumstances and as such has acted with principle, purpose and a real sense of his values of equality, fairness and justice. He led where others did not on the situation in Gaza. He had and has more to give Scotland.

Humza as dignified & principled today as I’ve always known him to be.

In particular, he can be proud of fearlessly standing with those suffering in Gaza, while other national leaders were shamefully silent.

He has much still to give. For now. I wish him, Nadia & family well.

Who Cares? Scotland welcomes the passing of the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill, as it pushes back against the criminalisation of Care Experienced young people and instead emphasises the need for early intervention and support.

Today I was overwhelmingly proud to lead my first Bill through the Scottish Parliament, with the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill, which has now passed.

Lots of important discussion at the COSLA Parliamentary Reception this evening about Local Government’s key role in driving change, and how our work locally ties in with the national role of MSPs to help set the conditions for change #CouncilsAreKey

👏🏻Brilliantly argued by Chris Stark at Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee (expanding on & emphasising some of what he said to Laura Kuenssberg recently), about the wide-ranging, multiple benefits of progressing & achieving #NetZero , being collaborative, & getting our discourse into a more positive space.💯

Welcome German government decision to support Palestinian refugees through UN relief agency UNRWA. The UK must follow the lead of Germany and others in the international community. #Gaza

Helping families since 2015 👏
Over 46,000 members 🙌
Thank you for being a part of our community 🤝
#communitybanking
#creditunion
#choosetuesday

Ben Macpherson MSP Sikhs in Scotland Police Scotland Edinburgh Deidre Brock MP Great day celebrating Vaisakhi in Edinburgh today. Lovely to see Ben Macpherson MSP Deidre Brock MP joining the special Sikh Procession - vibrant & joyful day

A pleasure to join our Sikh community for #Vaisakhi celebrations - walking together through the local area & then gathering at the Gurdwara in #Leith .

Congrats to the organisers & thank you for the kind invitation. Cheers also to Police Scotland Edinburgh.

Together, #WeAreScotland . 🪯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧡

Thank you very much to Ben Macpherson MSP MSP for visiting today to drop off a copy of the motion he submitted to Parliament to recognise the involvement of Dreadnought Leith in the Save The Pride Bridge campaign. Delighted to be recognised in the PubAid Community Pub Hero awards!

SNP launches campaign to stop Leith being ‘wiped from electoral map’ at Holyrood

Ben Macpherson MSP: “Leith’s distinct identity and history matters.”

scotsman.com/news/politics/…

Just a few of the key moments from this week 👇