Good afternoon, and welcome back. Our first item of business this afternoon is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is the Rev Dan Harper, minister of Bridge of Allan church.

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-09804, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revised business programme for today....

1. I wish one and all the very best for 2018. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent reported concerns regarding city region deals. (S5T-00849)

2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the ruling of the recent employment tribunal in favour of the fingerprint officer, Fiona McBride. (S5T-00861)

The next item of business is a statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Shona Robison, on the response to exceptional winter pressures. The cabinet secretary will take questions...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-09732, in the name of Joan McAlpine, on the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee’s inquiry into the article 50...

The next item of business is the election of a member for appointment to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. A vacancy has arisen following the resignation of David Stewart. I thank him...

The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-09805, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on committee membership, and motion S5M-09806, in the name...

There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S5M-09732, in the name of Joan McAlpine, on the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External...

The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-08354, in the name of Ben Macpherson, on maintenance of tenement communal property. The debate will be concluded...