Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Good afternoon. The first item of business is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leaders are Ben Petrie and Catherine Bough from the Royal high school in Edinburgh.
Presiding Officer, I wish to raise a point of order in relation to chapter 13 of the standing orders, including rule 13.2. Last week the Scottish Government announced that it had approved...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-010053, in the name of Joe FitzPatrick, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revised business programme for...
1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that everyone in police custody can exercise their right to legal advice from 25 January 2018. (S5T-00881)
2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Oxfam report, “Reward Work, Not Wealth”, and what action it is taking to tackle inequality. (S5T-00890)
3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the number of disabled people on housing waiting lists. (S5T-00892)
The next item of business is a statement by Shona Robison on the decisions on major service change proposals in Glasgow and Clyde. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of her...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-09954, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on the Finance and Constitution Committee’s “European Union (Withdrawal) Bill...
There is one question to be put as a result of today’s business. The question is, that motion S5M-09954, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill legislative...
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-08211, in the name of Rona Mackay, on unpaid trial shifts. The debate will be concluded without any question being...
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.