MSPs weep as Holyrood pays tribute to Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie

Описание: MSPs wept in the Scottish Parliament chamber as tributes were paid to Scottish Government minister Christina McKelvie following her death from breast cancer, aged 57.

Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone ordered the flags outside the Scottish Parliament to fly at half-mast and led the tributes in Holyrood, speaking of the “warm welcome” she received from Ms McKelvie when she first became an SNP MSP in 2011.

First Minister John Swinney, clearly emotional, said Ms McKelvie had “served her constituents, her party and her country with the greatest amount of devotion that was imaginable.”

Mr Swinney continued: “Today, I express to her partner – my deputy, one of my dearest friends – and to her sons Jack and Lewis, my profound sympathy at their loss and my gratitude for the benefit of having known such a magnificent woman.”

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