Good afternoon. Our first item of business this afternoon is time for reflection, for which our leader is the Reverend Lorna Souter, minister for Cockpen and Carrington parish church with...

1. To ask the Scottish Government what its forecast is for income tax growth in the coming years. (S5T-01728)

2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that children and young people who attempt to take their own lives have to wait weeks for specialist mental health support....

3. To ask the Scottish Government how it will reduce the reported long waits for in-patient and day-case dental treatment. (S5T-01738)

The next item of business is a statement by John Swinney that provides an update on Scotland’s education reforms. The Deputy First Minister will take questions at the end of his statement,...

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-17902, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for stage 3 consideration of the...

The next item is consideration of the stage 3 proceedings on the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with the amendments, members should have the bill as amended at stage 2, the...