Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Good afternoon. I welcome members to the chamber. As usual on a Tuesday, we begin with time for reflection. Our time for reflection leaders today are Mia Fallon and Nathaniel Sweeney, who are the...
We move on to the next item of business, which is consideration of business motion S5M-24273, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a revision to...
1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the detection of the so-called Brazilian variant of Covid-19 in Scotland. (S5T-02690)
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the legal advice that it received regarding the judicial review into the handling of harassment complaints against the former First...
The next item of business is a statement by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on Covid-19. As always, the First Minister will take questions following her statement.
The next item of business is a statement by Graeme Dey on the Scottish parliamentary elections 2021. The minister will take questions at the end of his statement, so there should be no...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S5M-24259, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a timetable for the stage 3 consideration of...
The next item of business is stage 3 consideration of the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill. In dealing with the amendments, members should have with them the bill as amended...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24257, in the name of Ash Denham, on the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S5M-24177, in the name of Bill Kidd, on behalf of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, on code of conduct rule...
The next item of business is consideration of Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body motion S5M-24232, on the reimbursement of members’ expenses scheme.
There are three questions this evening. Because the first question is on an act of Parliament, members will have to vote, so I ask all members to refresh the voting app, including members who...
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.