1. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on there being a requirement for a two-thirds majority in any future independence referendum. (S5O-03591)

3. To ask the Scottish Government how the recently announced four-year delay to and £2 billion cost increase of the United Kingdom Government-led smart meter roll-out will impact on...

4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress implementing the new GP contract. (S5O-03594)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what specific issues were discussed at the inaugural meeting of the drug deaths task force. (S5O-03595)

7. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect the public from doorstep crime and bogus callers. (S5O-03597)

1. Today, I will ask about Scottish Conservative plans to introduce whole-life custody. In February 2017, Nicola Sturgeon said that she was “open minded” about proposals to guarantee...

2. Who is more expert in setting a “clear, transparent and neutral” referendum question—the Electoral Commission or Mike Russell?

The First Minister will know that, earlier this week, a group of general practitioners in the city of Perth wrote to NHS Tayside officials to intimate their deep concern about the implications...

B ack in April, I raised with the First Minister concerns about the disruption to lifeline flights serving Orkney and communities across the Highlands and islands as a result of industrial action...

The First Minister will be well aware of the heartache that Kirsty Maxwell’s family face following her death in Benidorm two years ago. This week, they received yet another blow when...

Posters have been appearing in communities that I serve with the words “Street Valium is killing our community. It has to stop.” Unfortunately, the posters convey what is a tragic...

3. We have every confidence in the Scottish National Party Government’s world-leading ability to set targets, but when it comes to meeting them, it is another matter. The targets on class...

I declare an interest as convener of the cross-party group on animal welfare. We welcomed this week’s announcement on the establishment of a commission on animal welfare and the appointment...

Violent crime has been rising for four years in a row and is at the highest level since 2012. At what point does an anomaly become a trend?

Recently, a constituent of mine—a young lady from Clydebank—was on the phone and was rather distraught because she was an employee of Thomas Cook and she now has no wages to take home...

Figures released this week show an increase in cyclists’ deaths and injuries on our streets. Given that speed kills, what new, world-leading action will the Government take to reduce motor...

The managing director of ScotRail came to the Parliament last week and, in discussion, he confirmed that he could not give us a date for when additional carriages would be added to the Fife...

The First Minister will have seen a new report from the David Hume Institute, which recommends that the Scottish Government should be given greater powers over immigration, irrespective of the...

The First Minister might be aware of comments made today by the Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland, which stated that: “Transport operators must ensure equal access to public...

4. To ask the First Minister, in light of recent deaths and respiratory illness attributed to vaping that have been reported in the US by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, what the...

5. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is helping councils to prepare for Brexit. (S5F-03573)

6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to a new study, which suggests that young people in the poorest parts of the country are three times more likely to...

The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-18066, in the name of Rachael Hamilton, congratulating Doddie Weir OBE and calling for automatic access to the blue...

1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase biodiversity in Edinburgh. (S5O-03583)

2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the implementation of Lucy’s law in Scotland in order to ban the selling of puppies by pet shops and other third-party dealers....

3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote effective moorland management. (S5O-03585)

4. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of including glass in its deposit return scheme on Scotland’s glass manufacturers and recycling sector. (S5O-03586)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to initiatives in the north-east that aim to tackle climate change. (S5O-03587)

6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action being taken to reduce flaring at the Mossmorran petrochemical plant. (S5O-03588)

7. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in the last year on increasing household recycling rates. (S5O-03589)

8. To ask the Scottish Government what role seagrass meadows, and similar blue carbon ecosystems, play in helping Scotland reach its climate change targets. (S5O-03590)

The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-19061, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill.

The next item is consideration of motion S5M-18780, on a financial resolution for the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill. Motion moved, That the Parliament, for the purposes of any Act of the...

There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S5M-19061, in the name of Derek Mackay, on the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill,...