Thursday, 25 January 2018
1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address reports that rail travellers on the Fife circle face poor journey experiences and that there are consistent failures of...
2. To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made towards Scotland becoming a good food nation. (S5O-01695)
3. To ask the Scottish Government how schools identify and support children with mental health problems. (S5O-01696)
4. To ask the Scottish Government how the proposals in its draft strategy to tackle loneliness and social isolation could help to promote the third sector. (S5O-01697)
5. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the Erasmus+ scheme on the third sector, the further education sector and youth work in Scotland. (S5O-01698)
6. To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to the Holocaust Educational Trust. (S5O-01699)
1. Last week, I asked the First Minister about the Cabinet Secretary for Justice’s involvement in the decision to prevent the chief constable from returning to work. She said nine times...
2. Last week I raised with the First Minister the save our Bield campaign. Elderly people are facing eviction from their homes. The First Minister said that her health secretary would meet with...
The Presiding Officer: We have a couple of constituency questions, the first of which is from Jenny Gilruth.
The latest quarterly figures show that, of 536 referrals to a pain clinic in NHS Grampian, only 51 were seen for the first appointment within the 18-week target. Clinicians in NHS Grampian have...
3. The First Minister hides when she has been found out. She usually hides behind the national health service in England or Wales. Today it is a new low. She is hiding behind Scotland’s...
The Presiding Officer: There are a number of supplementary questions.
The Scottish Sports Association is an independent member-led organisation that supports voluntary sport, and the Government’s decision to remove its funding has been met with widespread...
General practitioners across Scotland, especially in rural Scotland, are concerned about the impact that the new GP contract will have on their practices. Under the proposed contract, one rural...
4. To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to increase the uptake of screening for early diagnosis of cervical cancer. (S5F-01963)
5. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to reports that two thirds of teachers do not feel that they have been sufficiently trained in supporting...
6. To ask the First Minister when the children’s ward at the Royal Alexandra hospital will close. (S5F-01952)
7. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is marking Holocaust memorial day. (S5F-01972)
I ask those members of the public who are leaving to do so quietly. The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-08960, in the name of Maurice Golden, on electric...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-10072, in the name of James Kelly, on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. I...
Before we move to decision time, I want to say a few words following this afternoon’s First Minister’s questions. I was very disappointed by the behaviour that was displayed this...
There is one question to be put as a result of today’s business. The question is, that motion S5M-10072, in the name of James Kelly, on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening...
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.