Thursday, 4 June 2015
Good morning. The first item of business is general questions.
1. To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is giving to enable national health service boards to offer the best possible guidance and support to new mothers to encourage breastfeeding....
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether all treatments approved for use by the Scottish Medicines Consortium are made available by the national health service. (S4O-04415)
3. Good morning, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support the treatment of people with hepatitis C in Glasgow. (S4O-04416)
4. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the level of engagement undertaken by Network Rail with local constituents during the building of the Borders railway. (S4O-04417)
5. To ask the Scottish Government what involvement it had in the BAE Systems announcement that it plans to continue work in both the Scotstoun and Govan yards on the Clyde. (S4O-04418)
7. To ask the Scottish Government what strategy it has in place to ensure that listed buildings are preserved. (S4O-04420)
8. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the measures in the Queen’s speech will have on its ability to tackle poverty and inequality. (S4O-04421)
9. To ask the Scottish Government what improvements it has made to the A82. (S4O-04422)
1. To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day. (S4F-02833)
2. I add my sympathies and those of my party to those that others have expressed here today on the death of Charles Kennedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with his son, Donald, and the wider...
3. First, I thank Nicola Sturgeon, Kezia Dugdale and Ruth Davidson for their generous remarks about my late colleague, friend and fellow Liberal, Charles Kennedy. To ask the First Minister what...
4. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to Inclusion Scotland’s research suggesting that disabled people are experiencing stress, fear and isolation...
5. To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will speak out about human rights abuses in Qatar prior to the Scotland v Qatar football match on 5 June. (S4F-02838)
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-13221, in the name of Dave Thompson, on Caledonian canal—world first. The debate will be concluded without any...
1. To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what improvements can be made to committee rooms so that on-screen presentations can be seen by everyone present. (S4O-04425)
2. To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what evaluation has been done on the effectiveness of its training courses. (S4O-04427)
3. To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what assessment it has made of the use of business sponsorship for Parliament events. (S4O-04426)
4. To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether its practices comply with the open data strategy published by the Scottish Government and what action it will take to address the...
Before we move to the next item of business, which is a debate on motion S4M-13358, in the name of Shona Robison, on making progress on changing Scotland’s relationship with alcohol, I...
There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S4M-13358.1, in the name of Jenny Marra, which seeks to amend motion S4M-13358, in...
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.