Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Good afternoon. Our time for reflection leader today is David Strang, the guest speaker of the national prayer breakfast for Scotland and Her Majesty’s chief inspector of prisons for Scotland.
The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-13536, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to the business programme for this...
1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures suggesting that there are no head or deputy headteachers from black or minority ethnic backgrounds. (S4T-01060)
2. To ask the Scottish Government how it is responding to the concerns of the CalMac workforce, who have recently been balloted for strike action. (S4T-01065)
The next item of business is a statement by Paul Wheelhouse on the “Scottish Government Report on the operation of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-13511, in the name of Derek Mackay, on stage 1 of the Harbours (Scotland) Bill. I will give everyone a few moments to get settled.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-13510, in the name of Fergus Ewing, on marine tourism.
There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-13511, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the Harbours (Scotland) Bill, be agreed...
The final item of business today is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-13309, in the name of Ruth Davidson, on remembering Srebrenica. The debate will be concluded without any...
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.