Motion · S5M-19019 · 23 Sep 2019
HIV Outbreak in Glasgow
The motion
That the Parliament is greatly concerned at reports that Glasgow has seen the UK's worst outbreak of HIV in 30 years and that the city’s health workers have said that the problem is still getting worse, with homeless people and drug users the groups most affected; believes that researchers report that a key factor enabling the virus to spread so quickly is homelessness combined with a significant rise in the numbers of people injecting cocaine, as well as heroin; commends the work of specialist street teams, such as Waverley Care, which offer rapid HIV testing to people who are not engaged with health services who inject drugs, and calls on the UK Government to consider allowing the opening of safe injecting facilities.
Supporters (22)
- John Finnie 23 Sep 2019
- Iain Gray 23 Sep 2019
- Emma Harper 23 Sep 2019
- Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 23 Sep 2019
- James Kelly 23 Sep 2019
- Monica Lennon Scottish Labour 23 Sep 2019
- Richard Lyle 23 Sep 2019
- Jenny Marra 23 Sep 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 23 Sep 2019
- Anas Sarwar 23 Sep 2019
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 24 Sep 2019
- Bob Doris Scottish National Party 24 Sep 2019
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 24 Sep 2019
- Annie Wells 24 Sep 2019
- Sandra White 24 Sep 2019
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 25 Sep 2019
- Alex Cole-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 25 Sep 2019
- Neil Findlay 25 Sep 2019
- Bill Kidd 25 Sep 2019
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 25 Sep 2019
- Ruth Maguire 27 Sep 2019
- Gil Paterson 27 Sep 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.