The first item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-13621, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to the business programme...

1. To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of its proposed changes to registering teaching staff. (S4O-04488)

2. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and what was discussed. (S4O-04489)

3. To ask the Scottish Government how the college student head count in 2014-15 compares with 2008-09. (S4O-04490)

4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding the provision of free school meals. (S4O-04491)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the educational impact of schools built under the private finance initiative and public-private partnership. (S4O-04492)

6. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government regarding the post-study work visa. (S4O-04493)

7. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the use of videoconferencing and other remote learning facilities can have in helping smaller secondary schools broaden the range of subjects offered...

8. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that secondary school pupils in the Highlands and Islands can study the subjects that they need to meet their career ambitions. (S4O-04495)

9. To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of young people who left school in 2013-14 went on to positive destinations and what those destinations were. (S4O-04496)

10. To ask the Scottish Government what its most recent estimate is of the PFI service charges payable by the City of Edinburgh Council for school infrastructure projects. (S4O-04497)

11. To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that school leavers are given the best opportunity to go on to a positive destination. (S4O-04498)

12. To ask the Scottish Government what importance it places on the role of college principals. (S4O-04499)

13. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the management of Glasgow Clyde College and what was discussed. (S4O-04500)

14. To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to support and develop the use of Doric and Lallans Scots. (S4O-04501)

15. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Fife College regarding the future of lifelong learning. (S4O-04502)

The next item of business is a statement by Derek Mackay on the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services. As the minister will take questions at the end of his statement, there should be no...

The next item of business is stage 3 proceedings on the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill. Members should have the bill as amended at stage 2, the marshalled list of amendments and the groupings of...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S4M-13599, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill. I ask members who are leaving the chamber to do so quickly and quietly.

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S4M-13608, 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 consideration of a Parliamentary Bureau motion. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motion S4M-13609, on the designation of a lead committee. Motion moved, That the...

I am minded to accept a motion without notice to bring forward decision time to now. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees, under Rule 11.2.4 of Standing Orders, that Decision Time be brought...

There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-13599, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on the Mental Health (Scotland) Bill, be...

The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S4M-12968, in the name of Patricia Ferguson, on Barrett’s oesophagus. The debate will be concluded without any...