Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Good afternoon, colleagues. We begin business today with time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader is Alan Bellshaw, who is the community mission facilitator for the Salvation Army in...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-23705, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out changes to this week’s business....
1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the United Kingdom Government’s Brexit negotiations and their potential impact on Scotland. (S5T-02593)
2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the National Records of Scotland publication, “Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2019”, in order to prevent...
3. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Auditor General’s report stating that policing in Scotland is “not financially sustainable”. (S5T-02591)
Our next item of business is a statement from the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Covid-19. The First Minister will take questions after her statement. I encourage all members who wish to ask...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Last week, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport assured me that islanders would have equal access to the Pfizer vaccine to people in the rest of the...
The next item of business is a statement by Joe FitzPatrick on drug deaths. The minister will take questions at the end of his statement, so there should be no interventions or interruptions.
The next item of business is a stage 1 debate on motion S5M-23682, in the name of Humza Yousaf, on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. Members who wish to speak in the debate should...
The next item of business is consideration of motion S5M-23531, in the name of Ben Macpherson, on a financial resolution for the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. Motion moved, That...
The first question is, that motion S5M-23682, in the name of Humza Yousaf, on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill at stage 1, be agreed to. Are we agreed?
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S5M-22945, in the name of Kenneth Gibson, on establishing new no-take zones. The debate will be concluded without any...
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.