1. To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to improve online connectivity in town and city centres. (S5O-01215)

2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to put specific provisions in the Social Security (Scotland) Bill to rule out private contractors conducting disability assessments. (S5O-01216)

3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to expand general practitioner services in Lothian. (S5O-01217)

4. To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to local festivals. (S5O-01218)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the provision by local authorities of parking sites that are suitable for Gypsy Travellers. (S5O-01219)

6. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making to ensure that voluntary sector groups are treated as equal partners in the development of integrated health and social care. (S5O-01220)

As members and others might be aware, this will be our first First Minister’s question time without open or diary questions. Leaders will begin by asking their substantive questions.

1. The First Minister said on Tuesday that she wanted to open a discussion on tax, so let us begin right now. I am opposed to all current basic rate taxpayers paying more in income tax. Can the...

2. Labour has been calling for and will very much welcome a debate on how we invest in Scotland’s future, because we cannot continue with failed Tory austerity. On Tuesday, before the...

I remind members that I am a parliamentary liaison officer to the First Minister. On 10 August, one of my constituents, a 10-year-old boy, was callously run over by a recklessly driven, stolen...

The First Minister will be aware of reports about a constituent I have been assisting in Edinburgh, Lydia Reid, who recently discovered that her son’s coffin was buried in 1975 with no body...

3. One issue that the Greens were pleased to see in this week’s programme for government was a commitment to roll out family financial health checks. My colleague Alison Johnstone has been...

Last week, the First Minister’s Government approved mansions, a hotel, a golf course and a tennis centre on the protected Park of Keir near Dunblane. The decision overruled the local...

4. To ask the First Minister what assurances the Scottish Government has received regarding the transfer of powers to Scotland following Brexit. (S5F-01492)

5. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the concerns that have been expressed regarding the efficacy of the national 4 qualification. (S5F-01480)

6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the reported significant increase in the number of deaths related to drug and alcohol misuse in the last year....

7. Thank you very much indeed, Presiding Officer. To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on the management of Police Scotland and the Scottish Police...

The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-07056, in the name of Alex Rowley, on support for Citizens Advice Scotland’s call to stop the accelerated...

The next item of business is a continuation of the debate on the Scottish Government’s programme for government 2017-18.

There are no questions to be put at decision time today. Meeting closed at 17:00.