Lorna Slater calls for cooperation by diverse parliament
Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater has called for the re-elected First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to work across the diverse parliament to tackle the urgent crises of the pandemic recovery and the climate emergency.
Responding to the election of the First Minister, Lorna Slater hailed “Scotland’s most diverse Parliament”, with more women, disabled and young people.
She said: “Will we, as a more diverse group, have a more positive working culture? Will there be more cross-party working on matters such as a National Care Service, housing, education, and tackling the Climate and Nature Emergencies? Will we be able to think long term? To think about the well-being of our people and stewardship of our land and resources, rather than allowing exploitation and extraction? I have hope.”
Transforming Scotland should include "asking the people of Scotland to choose their own future," she said.
Ms Slater added: “I am hoping that the First Minister and everyone in this room will consider the nature of the multiple crises that we face, and will commit to working in the spirit of cooperation and constructively across party lines to make the kind of transformative changes that are needed to protect our environment and ensure an economy that works for everyone.”