Thursday, 26 January 2017
1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that communities and town centres provide at least a basic level of banking access for older and disabled customers and small...
2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that suitable vessels are deployed on the Mallaig to Armadale ferry route. (S5O-00600)
3. To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce its wild fisheries bill and what it will contain. (S5O-00601)
4. To ask the Scottish Government how its learning directorate assists young carers in accessing their right to education. (S5O-00602)
5. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that both parents can play an active role in their children’s lives following divorce or separation. (S5O-00603)
6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of fibre optic cables across the Rutherglen constituency. (S5O-00604)
1. To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day. (S5F-00789)
2. To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the week. (S5F-00802)
3. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S5F-00786)
4. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on the UK Government’s new industrial strategy. (S5F-00801)
5. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the recent claim by Bliss Scotland that three quarters of the country’s neonatal units do not have enough...
6. To ask the First Minister what the impact would be on redevelopment plans for universities, following its decision to ask the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council to pay back...
7. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on reports of NHS boards spending over £1,500 on a single agency nurse shift. (S5F-00820)
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-03204, in the name of Jackson Carlaw, on Holocaust memorial day 2017. The debate will be concluded without any question...
The next item of business is a statement by Annabelle Ewing on hate crime. The minister will take questions at the end of her statement, so there should be no interventions or interruptions.
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-03612, in the name of Kevin Stewart, on improving Scotland’s planning—improving Scotland’s places.
The next item of business is consideration of a legislative consent motion. I ask John Swinney to move motion S5M-03461, on the Children and Social Work Bill. Motion moved, That the Parliament...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-03706, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revised business programme for next...
There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S5M-03612.1, in the name of Graham Simpson, which seeks to amend motion S5M-03612,...
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.