Good morning. The first item of business is general questions.

1. To ask the Scottish Government what additional financial support it has provided to West Lothian Council to recruit additional teachers in line with the Government’s policy on class...

3. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the European Commission and what was discussed. (S4O-04386)

4. To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights last met the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. (S4O-04387)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what can be done to improve road safety on the A92 in North East Fife. (S4O-04388)

6. To ask the Scottish Government what impact it expects replacing the ScotRail club 55 scheme with club 50 will have on the number of older travellers from the Highlands using services. (S4O-04389)

7. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to assist people who aspire to home ownership. (S4O-04390)

8. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding the provision of emergency eye care. (S4O-04391)

9. To ask the Scottish Government how many deaf people have undertaken a modern apprenticeship in the last five years. (S4O-04392)

10. To ask the Scottish Government what recourse is available to tenants in the social rented sector who believe that their housing association rent cannot be considered an affordable rent....

1. To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day. (S4F-02815)

2. To ask the First Minister when she will next meet the Secretary of State for Scotland. (S4F-02817)

3. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S4F-02814)

4. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the Queen’s speech. (S4F-02823)

5. To ask the First Minister how much revenue has been raised by the land and buildings transaction tax and the landfill tax since April 2015. (S4F-02821) If one was to look at the overall...

6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is regarding the concerns expressed by parents and pupils about the recent Scottish Qualifications Authority higher...

Moving swiftly on, the next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-13158, in the name of Rob Gibson, on peat extraction for horticulture. The debate will be concluded...

Good afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Angela Constance, on the historical child abuse inquiry. The...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-13285, in the name of John Swinney, on the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill. The run-over from the preceding statement will...

The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-13146, in the name of John Swinney, on the financial resolution to the Scottish Elections (Reduction of Voting Age) Bill. Motion moved,...

The next item of business is consideration of a Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motion S4M-13267, on the approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. Motion moved, That...

There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-13285, in the name of John Swinney, on the Scottish Elections (Reduction of...