0:00:15 > 0:00:28Thank you Madam Deputy Speaker. Bling unlawful... Madam Deputy
0:00:28 > 0:00:32Speaker one of my constituents mentioned to me on Monday that
0:00:32 > 0:00:42Glasgow Arty has consumption facilities, it's close when it's
0:00:42 > 0:00:49rained, filthy waste ground. Public toilets, where struggling uses can't
0:00:49 > 0:00:57modern dignity of privacy for as long as it takes to inject. Far to
0:00:57 > 0:01:02often drug users will die as a result. As a society we must do
0:01:02 > 0:01:05better and we can do much better than that. There is that's a real
0:01:05 > 0:01:13and consistent issue in Glasgow. So any drug-related deaths, 67 were
0:01:13 > 0:01:21registered in Scotland, and of those so many in the city of Glasgow.
0:01:21 > 0:01:30People with long-term drug abuse problem. . He would need to have
0:01:30 > 0:01:38them to engage in the health services. This ageing population
0:01:38 > 0:01:42started taking drugs in the 1980s, and are and deteriorate
0:01:42 > 0:01:56deteriorating health. This population is complex, ... Hepatitis
0:01:56 > 0:02:03C, liver disease, epilepsy, embolism, spit -- skin infection,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07depression or psychosis. This population is vulnerable to
0:02:07 > 0:02:13overdoses, the Scottish drugs for him to a larger group of older
0:02:13 > 0:02:18people with a drug problem. There needs to be a recognition of this
0:02:18 > 0:02:22House that afternoon it -- abstinence -based programmes will
0:02:22 > 0:02:30not work for everyone. There needs to be a programme for people have
0:02:30 > 0:02:36not managed to kick the drug addiction in a previous decades.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40People using this facility is not in treatment, and this facility will
0:02:40 > 0:02:45help them door and get support to so stabilise their lives. The report
0:02:45 > 0:02:52reducing openers, published in December 2016, the misuse of drugs
0:02:52 > 0:02:59recommends that considerations be given to each UK country by local
0:02:59 > 0:03:04commissioners potential to reduce deaths through the provision of
0:03:04 > 0:03:09medically supervised clinics and areas a high concentration of
0:03:09 > 0:03:18injecting drug users. Furthermore, they say that they have estimated to
0:03:18 > 0:03:27save more money than the cost, thanks to the reduction of deaths by
0:03:27 > 0:03:39HIV, in addition to preventing AIDS and deaths, more... No deaths from
0:03:39 > 0:03:43overdoses have ever appeared in such facilities. Nana facility, Glasgow
0:03:43 > 0:03:55has a proposal. Drug laws are and reserved for Westminster Scottish
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Ministers have requested for the proposal to go ahead. This has not
0:03:58 > 0:04:04been granted. This proposal has Rupert potential to reduce deaths
0:04:04 > 0:04:10and reduce the harm. Not just a shooting gallery as some have
0:04:10 > 0:04:15suggested. Engagement with a population that is not assisted very
0:04:15 > 0:04:24well at all. Some may say that this is not a necessary expense. I say is
0:04:24 > 0:04:34that the opposite. For this in Casco dosha in Glasgow there is a cost for
0:04:34 > 0:04:39treating, there's a cause an emergency, hospital admissions,
0:04:39 > 0:04:43police dealing with complaints. There is a significant case and
0:04:43 > 0:04:48cleaning up discarded needles. Residents affected by problem none
0:04:48 > 0:04:59of their making. Some people are paid to clean hundreds of yards of
0:04:59 > 0:05:06areas with discarded needles. Syringes. Of course there is
0:05:06 > 0:05:11intangible costs in human lives. We should consider all of these cost
0:05:11 > 0:05:19that we are currently incurring the situation the House no one. I would
0:05:19 > 0:05:30like to touch on some limitations up... The Glasgow proposal
0:05:30 > 0:05:39treatment... Also capacity and cost issues Glasgow city centres has
0:05:39 > 0:05:44population of about 500 injecting drug users. The partnership believes
0:05:44 > 0:05:52that this only capacity for 50, 40 to 64 Herring injecting individuals.
0:05:52 > 0:05:59Service crews required two sets of licenses to operate. A premises
0:05:59 > 0:06:06licence, for individual doctors to get to the size. It's not a simple
0:06:06 > 0:06:17process. Madam Deputy Speaker, to operate back at facility en route it
0:06:17 > 0:06:24requires the consent of the whole office. Hence my belt -- Mike Bill
0:06:24 > 0:06:36my bill. It is placed the Glasgow health partnership. The support of
0:06:36 > 0:06:41this build comes from a range of parties. In a letter I wrote to the
0:06:41 > 0:07:01Home Secretary, The Garnet and is cross party spot across but... This
0:07:01 > 0:07:04facility is very much a step in the right direction Madam Deputy
0:07:04 > 0:07:11Speaker. In my 11 years as it the member in Glasgow the issue of drug
0:07:11 > 0:07:19taking has been a constant issue. I have seen people pushing people
0:07:19 > 0:07:28around from benches... Have seen residence at their wits end. Having
0:07:28 > 0:07:32blood, excrement and syringes on their doorsteps regularly, daily. I
0:07:32 > 0:07:38have seen very vulnerable women and men injecting in their growing in
0:07:38 > 0:07:43public places because I know place to go. And hard-working families or
0:07:43 > 0:07:49have lost loved ones. If they had a choice that would not have their
0:07:49 > 0:07:55loved ones dying alone. They would have them supervise the medical soup
0:07:55 > 0:08:03-- facility. I cannot set that this is the best we can do. It's
0:08:03 > 0:08:08unacceptable. We must try something different. I accepted and may not
0:08:08 > 0:08:15work but we must at least try. Today Madam Deputy Speaker, my question is
0:08:15 > 0:08:19to the UK Government is this. Glasgow has a plan that could reduce
0:08:19 > 0:08:29harm to drug users and citizens. Will Madam Deputy Speaker @ command
0:08:29 > 0:08:40this bill toThe question is can the honourable member bring the... I
0:08:40 > 0:08:56think the ayes have it. Who will prepare and bring the Bill?
0:09:26 > 0:09:34Supervised drug consumption facility bill.Second reading what date,
0:09:34 > 0:09:45Friday 22nd of April, thank you.