Thursday, 12 January 2017
1. To ask the Scottish Government what further consideration it has given to how it will address the affordability and accessibility of sanitary products. (S5O-00539)
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it encourages the enterprise agencies to consider alternative routes to superfast broadband in rural areas. (S5O-00540)
3. I remind members that I am a pharmacist and registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council To ask the Scottish Government how it will take forward the recommendations of the review of...
4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of its “Equally Safe” strategy. (S5O-00542)
5. To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet Fife Council. (S5O-00543)
6. To ask the Scottish Government what allocation of its budget has been given to local government for capital spending. (S5O-00544)
1. I wish everyone in the chamber and across the country a happy new year and offer them my best wishes for 2017. To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the...
2. Happy new year, Presiding Officer. [ Laughter .] To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the week. (S5F-00732)
3. I add to the general wishes to everybody for a good new year. To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet. (S5F-00736)
4. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S5F-00725)
5. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on reports that there has been a record number of drink drivers stopped over the festive period. (S5F-00740)
6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the recent BBC report suggesting that 90 per cent of performance athletes supported by sportscotland come from a...
7. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that hundreds of children with mental health problems have waited more than a year for treatment. (S5F-00727)
I ask those leaving the chamber, both in the public gallery and on the main floor, to do so quietly. Thank you. The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-02197,...
Good afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is a debate on motion S5M-03298, in the name of James Dornan, on behalf of the Education and Skills Committee, on the performance and...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-03396, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revised business programme for next...
There is one question to be put as a result of today’s business. The question is, that motion S5M-03298, in the name of James Dornan, on behalf of the Education and Skills Committee, be...
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.