Thursday, 19 September 2013
1. To ask the Scottish Government what progress the Cabinet Secretary for Justice has made on implementing plans for the introduction of videolink facilities and family hearings in those towns...
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether the participation of police officers makes a positive difference to road safety education in schools. (S4O-02403)
3. To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on implementing an injury surveillance programme. (S4O-02404)
5. To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice last met the chief executive of the Scottish Court Service and what was discussed. (S4O-02406)
6. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to install average speed cameras on the A96. (S4O-02407)
7. To ask the Scottish Government what recent progress it has made in taking forward the business rates incentivisation scheme. (S4O-02408)
8. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the home energy efficiency programmes for Scotland. (S4O-02409)
1. To ask the First Minister what engagements he has planned for the rest of the day. (S4F-01559)
2. To ask the First Minister when he will next meet the Prime Minister. (S4F-01554)
3. To ask the First Minister what the economic impact will be on Scotland of the privatisation of the Royal Mail. (S4F-01561)
4. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will spend the £20 million that it announced on 11 September 2013 to help people affected by the so-called bedroom tax. (S4F-01572)
5. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government considers the impact will be on local policing of reported plans to replace local police officers with officers from other divisions on...
6. To ask the First Minister when a publicly accessible register of fishing quota allocation holdings and transactions will be established. (S4F-01567)
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-07597, in the name of David Stewart, on the Dunoon-Gourock ferry action group. The debate will be concluded without any...
Good afternoon. The first item of business is a debate on motion S4M-07734, in the name of John Swinney, on Scotland’s economy.
There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. In relation to this afternoon’s debate, I remind members that, if the amendment in the name of Iain Gray is agreed...
The Scottish Parliament is the national legislature of Scotland, located in Edinburgh. The Parliament consists of 129 members known as MSPs, elected for four-year terms; 73 represent individual geographical constituencies, and 56 are regional representatives.