Good afternoon. The first item of business is portfolio questions, on health and wellbeing. Question 1, in the name of Hugh Henry, was not lodged; an explanation has been provided.

2. To ask the Scottish Government how it will use technology to improve access to primary healthcare services. (S4O-03702)

3. To ask the Scottish Government what the priorities are for the health budget in 2015-16. (S4O-03703)

4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the benefits of organ donation. (S4O-03704)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent Healthcare Environment Inspectorate report on Hairmyres hospital. (S4O-03705)

6. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the facilities being similar, what the reason is for the difference in the costs of building the Murray royal, Gartnavel royal and New Craigs...

7. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Medicines Consortium decision not to make the drugs Kadcyla and Perjeta available for breast cancer patients, in light of...

8. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the benefits of the project, general practitioners at the deep end, which is being carried out in deprived communities. (S4O-03708)

9. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the introduction of the mandatory workforce and workload planning tool for nursing has had on the number of nurses in NHS Fife. (S4O-03709)

10. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help rural NHS boards recruit and retain clinical staff. (S4O-03710)

11. I was getting worried for a minute, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government how important local authority care homes are in the provision of care for older people. (S4O-03711)

14. To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides for people and their families living with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. (S4O-03714)

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-11581, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. Motion moved,...

The next item of business is decision time. There are no questions to be put as a result of today’s business, so we will move swiftly on.

The next item of business is nominations for First Minister. I have received two valid nominations for the selection of the Parliament’s nominee as First Minister. The nominations, in...