The first item of business today is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-04643, in the name of Ben Macpherson, on United Kingdom Government restrictions for 18 to 21-year-olds accessing...

1. To ask the Scottish Government how it reached its estimate of £150 million annual running costs for the new social security agency. (S5O-00979)

2. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the guidance on what constitutes a dangerous building. (S5O-00980)

3. To ask the Scottish Government how it will encourage the uptake of all of the devolved benefits to which people might be entitled. (S5O-00981)

4. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the impact that an increased carers allowance would have on disability poverty. (S5O-00982)

5. To ask the Scottish Government by what date the next phase of its benefit uptake campaign will begin, how long the phase will run, and who the target audience will be. (S5O-00983)

6. To ask the Scottish Government how many planning appeals determined under ministerial direction in the last year have been contrary to local development plans. (S5O-00984)

7. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish church census 2016, which estimates that the number of churchgoers will have more than halved between 2000 and 2025. (S5O-00985)

8. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the United Kingdom Government regarding the impact of its welfare reforms on communities in North Ayrshire. (S5O-00986)

9. I draw members’ attention to my registered interests as a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, and as a former South Lanarkshire councillor. To ask the Scottish Government...

11. To ask the Scottish Government whether there are plans for the access to elected office fund Scotland to be open to disabled people wishing to be nominated for the 2017 general election....

12. To ask the Scottish Government what safeguards are in place to protect communities that are in close proximity to extensive building works. (S5O-00990)

13. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the availability of affordable housing in the north-east. (S5O-00991)

14. To ask the Scottish Government what response it has received from the third sector to the comment by the Minister for Social Security that “the private sector should not be involved in...

15. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent figures that suggest the Scottish welfare fund has supported more than 241,000 households, with awards totalling £124...

16. To ask the Scottish Government how many households in Scotland will be affected by the changes to child tax credits that were introduced on 6 April 2017. (S5O-00994)

17. To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received a response from the United Kingdom Government to its request to halt the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland following reports that...

18. To ask the Scottish Government when its officials last met Atos Healthcare. (S5O-00996)

20. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the outcome of the local government elections. (S5O-00998) I congratulate you on getting to question 20, Presiding Officer. I was not...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-05603, in the name of Peter Chapman, on fisheries.

As I said earlier, we have cut into the time for the next debate, so I ask for a quick turnaround, please. The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-05595, in the name of Liz Smith, on...

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I wish to raise a point of order under rule 7.3, “Order in the Chamber”. At 15:48 today, Douglas Ross MSP said in his speech, “in my own...

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-05637, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a business programme. Motion moved,...

The next item of business is consideration of two Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motions S5M-05640 and S5M-05641, on the designation of lead committees. Motions...

There are eight questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S5M-05603.3, in the name of Fergus Ewing, which seeks to amend motion S5M-05603,...

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Further to the point of order that my colleague Stewart Stevenson raised in relation to Douglas Ross’s contribution to the fisheries debate, in which...

Now, after a rather febrile afternoon, we have a calm and sensible debate. Thank goodness. The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-04137, in the name of Ash...