Holyrood declares ‘mental health crisis’ as Government defeated in vote
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Holyrood has voted to declare that Scotland is facing a “mental health crisis”, with opposition MSPs uniting to defeat the Government.
The vote in the Scottish Parliament came as the Health Committee warned that after the coronavirus pandemic “a mental health tsunami is coming, if indeed the first wave has not already reached us”.
Committee convener Lewis Macdonald raised concerns in a letter to public health minister Mairi Gougeon, urging her to set out how the Scottish Government would deal with the situation.
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Lib Dem MSP offers ‘unreserved apology’ after apparently swearing at minister
Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton apologised unreservedly to children’s minister Maree Todd (Tom Eden/PA)
Liberal Democrat MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton has offered an unreserved apology to the Scottish Government’s children’s minister after apparently swearing at her during a Holyrood meeting.
Cameras covering a virtual meeting of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee appeared to show the Lib Dem saying: “F you, Maree.”
As a row over his language broke out, Mr Cole-Hamilton said he had lost his temper over the Scottish Government “backsliding on children’s rights once again”.