1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm whether WhatsApp messaging by the health secretary and his ministers are covered by freedom of information legislation and the processes...

2. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment is made of the financial health of businesses and the viability of projects prior to the award of a grant of public funds. (S6O-01669)

3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the next steps for the national conversation to inform a new dementia strategy, which closed to responses on 5 December....

4. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on addressing the reported care staff retention and recruitment challenge within social care. (S6O-01671)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what its latest assessment is of the potential impacts of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 and the Subsidy Control Act 2022 on future agricultural...

6. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported delays to the development of the Swallow roundabout in Dundee. (S6O-01673)

7. To ask the Scottish Government, with regard to flooding in Scotland, what engagement it has had with the UK Government to mitigate the great risk transfer, as described in a recent David Hume...

1. This week’s health statistics show that almost two in three patients who attended accident and emergency at Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth university hospital were not seen within the...

2. Child and adolescent mental health services are in crisis, as they have been since long before the pandemic. Too many children and young people are having referrals rejected, and too many are...

3. To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet. (S6F-01613)

4. To ask the First Minister whether she will provide an update on the roll-out of the child disability payment. (S6F-01626)

5. To ask the First Minister how many single-crewed ambulances, responding to an emergency, have been deployed in the last six months. (S6F-01608)

6. To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on whether it will instruct Scottish Water to freeze water rates for 2023-24 to help with the cost of living...

Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, has said that the last three Westminster Tory Governments fiscal policy U-turns have cost taxpayers more than £40 billion of...

At the weekend, the Sunday Post revealed that, in the past 15 years, almost £100 million has been spent on short-term repairs to the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful. Meanwhile, communities...

The First Minister will be aware of the tragic death of Awaab Ishak in Rochdale due to mouldy housing. Currently, I have constituents contacting me with concerns about issues with mould in...

Yesterday, we saw the very welcome ruling from the Supreme Court on the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Bill in Northern Ireland. The judgment was unanimous and unequivocal, and I believe...

Recent analysis from Citizens Advice Scotland found that half of Scots are being forced to cut back on household spending. The main levers to address that crisis reside in Westminster, which is...

Rhys Bonner has been described as a “gentle giant” by his mum Steph. He was found dead in marshland in Glasgow in 2019. Police Scotland said that his death was fully investigated, but...

This week, the BBC reported that the community payback orders backlog has reached 700,000. That is on top of the quarter of a million that were written off during the pandemic. The Cabinet...

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I seek your guidance on the procedures surrounding the correcting of the Official Report . I have here a letter that I received last night from Sir Robert...

The next item of business is a members’ business debate on S6M-05880, in the name of Bob Doris, on “How Will We Survive? Steps to preventing destitution in the asylum system”....

Good afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is portfolio question time. On this occasion, the portfolio is education and skills. As ever, if a member wishes to ask a supplementary...

1. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ensure that teaching staff across all local authority areas receive additional training on neurodiversity including autism, attention...

2. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether a vote in favour of strike action by more than 80 per cent of members of the University and College Union and more than 90 per...

4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the education secretary has had with ministerial colleagues in relation to the automatic provision by public service bodies of easy-read formats...

6. To ask the Scottish Government what work it is undertaking to enhance data collection for educational improvement. (S6O-01665)

7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of its policy, “Language Learning in Scotland: A 1+2 Approach”. (S6O-01666)

8. To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to tackle the reported staffing crisis within the early years sector. (S6O-01667)

The next item of business is a statement by Shirley-Anne Somerville on the Scottish attainment challenge—local authority stretch aims for recovery and accelerating progress in 2022-23. The...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-07133, in the name of Christina McKelvie, on international human rights days. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate to press their...

There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-07133.2, in the name of Rachael Hamilton, which seeks to amend motion...