Good afternoon. The first item of business today is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader is Major Lynn Farmer, of the Salvation Army in Greenock.

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-19044, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to today’s business and...

1. I refer members to my entry in the register of interests. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that it meets its new target for banning biodegradable municipal...

2. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has named Serco Ltd as its preferred bidder for the northern isles ferry services. (S5T-01794)

3. To ask the Scottish Government what support it will offer to staff and customers of Thomas Cook Group, in light of the company ceasing trading. (S5T-01797)

The next item of business is a statement by the First Minister in response to the Supreme Court judgment on prorogation. The First Minister will take questions at the end of her statement, so...

I am sorry, but I must call members to business. We have—quite rightly—eaten into some 10 minutes of the time for this afternoon’s debate, so we must move on. The next item of...

There is one question to be put as a result of today’s business. The question is, that motion S5M-18951, in the name of Bruce Crawford, on the Finance and Constitution Committee’s...

The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-17948, in the name of Colin Smyth, on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis week 2019 . The debate will be concluded without...