Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Good afternoon. The first item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-08101, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revised business...
1. To ask the Scottish Government what role sports clubs and leisure centres play in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. (S5O-01315)
2. To ask the Scottish Government what role national health service boards can play in ensuring that young people receive information at school that will reduce their risk of contracting HIV....
3. To ask the Scottish Government when it will next meet NHS Lanarkshire. (S5O-01317)
4. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the NHS resource allocation formula. (S5O-01318)
Does the minister not see that with 3,500 fewer planned operations, the second-worst waiting times record—
7. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase access to new medicines. (S5O-01321)
8. To ask the Scottish Government how much of the reported £1.3 million that NHS Shetland is to pay in locum costs in 2017-18 will be used to cover general practitioner vacancies. (S5O-01322)
9. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Dumfries and Galloway regarding equity and equality of service across its area. (S5O-01323)
11. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Law Society of Scotland’s warning that ending freedom of movement may deter medical professionals from moving here and have...
The next item of business is a statement by Jamie Hepburn on delivering employment support for Scotland. The minister will take questions at the end of his statement, so there should be no...
I call Gordon Lindhurst to speak to and move motion S5M-07946 on behalf of the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee.
The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-08013, in the name of Clare Adamson, on behalf of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, on a breach of the code of...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-08099, 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 Parliamentary Bureau motion S5M-08098, on a committee meeting. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees that, under Rule 12.3.3B of Standing Orders,...
There are three questions to be put. The first question is, that motion S5M-07946, in the name of Gordon Lindhurst, on the gender pay gap, be agreed to. Motion agreed to, That the Parliament...
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-07538, in the name of Edward Mountain, on a shortage of radiologists. The debate will be concluded without any question...
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.