Thursday, 2 March 2017
1. I remind members that I am the parliamentary liaison officer to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to close the attainment...
2. To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation has been made of its previous suicide prevention strategy, and how this will underpin its updated mental health strategy. (S5O-00721)
3. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with retail banks regarding branch networks. (S5O-00722)
4. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to assist people in the oil and gas industry who are facing redundancy. (S5O-00723)
5. To ask the Scottish Government how it works with rural community councils to develop community empowerment, devolve powers locally and help reform local government. (S5O-00724)
6. To ask the Scottish Government what the impact would be on the fishing industry of the United Kingdom Government considering it a medium priority in its negotiations on leaving the European...
1. To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the day. (S5F-00949)
2. To ask the First Minister what engagements she has planned for the rest of the week. (S5F-00944)
3. To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet. (S5F-00952)
4. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet. (S5F-00954)
5. To ask the First Minister what measures the Scottish Government will take to ensure that there is appropriate social housing to meet the requirements of disabled, vulnerable and frail older...
6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that sports funding is set for a 20 per cent reduction over the next three years, which has been described by...
7. To ask the First Minister how many children the measures in the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill will lift out of poverty by May 2021. (S5F-00948)
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-03731, in the name of Fulton MacGregor, on Scottish apprenticeship week 2017. The debate will be concluded without any...
Good afternoon. The next item of business is a statement by Mark McDonald on the child protection improvement programme. The minister will take questions at the end of his statement, so there...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-04324, in the name of Shona Robison, on the Scottish patient safety programme.
The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-03924, in the name of Michael Matheson, on the United Kingdom Criminal Finances Bill. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees that the...
The next item of business is consideration of three Parliamentary Bureau motions. I call Joe FitzPatrick to move motions S5M-04332, S5M-04333 and S5M-04335, on approval of Scottish statutory...
There are six questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S5M-04324.1, in the name of Donald Cameron, which seeks to amend motion S5M-04324,...
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.