Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Good afternoon. Our first item of business is time for reflection, and our leader today is Emeritus Professor Alan Spence, who is professor of creative writing at the University of Aberdeen, an...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-02108, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revised business programme for this...
1. To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it made of the reported level of support for independence ahead of the decision to bring forward the draft referendum bill before article 50 has...
2. To ask the Scottish Government how it will take forward plans for the minimum pricing of alcohol following the decision by the Court of Session. (S5T-00126)
3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will quash the convictions and cautions issued to people for now-abolished gay sexual offences and issue pardons. (S5T-00119) That is a hugely welcome...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Rule 9.3.1 states: “A Bill shall on introduction be accompanied by a written statement signed by the Presiding Officer which shall ... indicate...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-02077, in the name of Angela Constance, on building a fairer Scotland—it takes all of us.
The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-02057, in the name of Clare Adamson, on behalf of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, on standing orders changes...
There are five questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S5M-02077.1, in the name of Adam Tomkins, which seeks to amend motion S5M-02077, in...
The final item of business today is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-01567, in the name of Christine Grahame, on the adopt-a-station programme. The debate will be concluded without...
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.