Wednesday, 1 February 2017
1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to revisit the granting of third-party rights of appeal in planning applications. (S5O-00609)
2. To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can give communities that objections to proposed developments will be fully considered in the appeals process, given the reported 25 per cent...
3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it is confident that the United Kingdom Government will lay its commencement order in time for the Scottish Government to take forward its social...
4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that charities and third sector organisations that support communities are appropriately resourced. (S5O-00612)
5. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the time for inclusive education campaign pledge, which calls for LGBTI-inclusive education. (S5O-00613)
6. To ask the Scottish Government when carers allowance will be increased for carers in Glasgow. (S5O-00614)
7. To ask the Scottish Government what role it considers charities and the third sector play in helping people and creating an equal and fairer society. (S5O-00615)
8. To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the planning system will drive forward regeneration and promote long-term economic growth. (S5O-00616)
9. To ask the Scottish Government what funding and support it provides to projects that aim to tackle inequalities. (S5O-00617)
11. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports food banks. (S5O-00619)
The next item of business is a statement by Annabelle Ewing on a review of legal aid. The minister will take questions at the end of her statement; there should therefore be no interventions or...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-03761, in the name of Angela Constance, Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, on the prevention and eradication of...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-03780, 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 S5M-03779, on the variation of standing orders. Motion moved, That the Parliament...
The first question of the four that are to be put is, that amendment S5M-03761.1, in the name of Annie Wells, which seeks to amend motion S5M-03761, in the name of Angela Constance, on the...
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-03344, in the name of Sandra White, on the women against state pension inequality campaign. The debate will 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.