Thursday, 21 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that City of Edinburgh Council plans to move up to 700 residents living in unlicensed temporary accommodation this winter without...
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce waiting times for dental extractions in rural national health service board areas. (S6O-03998)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it can make communities safer from the use and impact of fireworks. (S6O-03999)
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with East Dunbartonshire Council regarding the condition of Milngavie primary school. (S6O-04000)
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of people who are not aware of a do not resuscitate order being placed on their medical notes, including in relation to...
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to improve access to audiology services. (S6O-04002)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the annual performance of Social Security Scotland in 2023-24. (S6O-04003)
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland’s latest report on road policing. (S6O-04004)
The next item of business is consideration of motion S6M-15551, in the name of Shona Robison, on a financial resolution for the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill. I remind members that,...
The Auditor General’s latest report on the Scottish National Party Government’s spending and public services is absolutely scathing. He lays bare the risks that are facing critically...
Today we will debate emergency legislation on early prisoner release. If the SNP Government gets its way, hundreds of prisoners could be released from Scotland’s prisons before finishing...
In Scotland, there are more than 10,000 deaths a year as a direct result of alcohol, tobacco and obesity. Minimum unit pricing for alcohol in Scotland reduces the harms from cheap booze, but at...
To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government last met with Ineos or Petroineos to discuss the refinery at Grangemouth. (S6F-03558)
To ask the First Minister, in light of reported figures that over 2,000 people were killed or seriously injured on Scotland’s roads last year, what the Scottish Government’s position...
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reported calls to widen access to Scotland’s redress scheme to allow survivors of abuse at Fornethy house to...
With energy prices set to rise again in January, households across Scotland will be facing significant pressures when it comes to heating their homes this winter. During the election campaign,...
This week, shocking figures on domestic abuse were released, which indicated that the number of cases reported to Police Scotland had risen by 3 per cent and equalled almost 64,000...
This week, The Herald has been running an excellent series to highlight the crisis in legal aid. It is not only in criminal legal aid that lawyers are abandoning their...
It is now more than 1,000 days since Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine—1,000 days of courageous resistance and sacrifice by the Ukrainian people. How has the Scottish...
Due to factors including a sustained decline in public funding, Robert Gordon University might have to make up to 135 redundancies. The University of Dundee, with a £30 million deficit, has...
The First Minister might have seen reports that airport travel company CAVU, which has taken over a passenger lounge at Edinburgh airport, intends to make 16 people redundant by exploiting a...
Last week, the Post Office announced the closure of all 115 Crown post office branches that are owned directly by the United Kingdom Labour Government, with the loss of up to 1,000 jobs. One of...
The First Minister will be aware of the recently published “Valuing Carers” report, which highlights that, according to data collated from the 2022 census, the value of unpaid carers...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. On 19 November, The National newspaper printed an article that criticised my decision to raise concerns about the fact that LGBT...
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-15065, in the name of Roz McCall, on increasing stroke awareness. The debate will be concluded without any question...
The first item of business this afternoon is portfolio question time, and the portfolio is net zero and energy, and transport. Members who wish to ask a supplementary question should press their...
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement Transport Scotland has with regional transport partnerships, such as SWestrans, regarding contractual requirements for key local public transport...
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will publish its energy strategy and just transition plan. (S6O-03990)
To ask the Scottish Government how it is engaging with the growing heat pump industry, in light of the potential role that heat pumps can play in helping to achieve net zero. (S6O-03991)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its position regarding investment in the future of Scotland’s nuclear industry. (S6O-03992)
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the net zero secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding mitigating fire risk from battery energy storage systems, in light of the role...
To as the Scottish Government how much the individual bus fare concessionary schemes have cost in 2024. (S6O-03995)
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding any implications for its energy strategy and just transition plan, to the reported announcement by Apache that it will cease all...
The next item of business is a statement by Maree Todd, the Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport, on the national care service. The minister will take questions at the end of the...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-15531, in the name of Angela Constance, on the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. I remind members that, as per rule...
There are no questions to be put as a result of today’s business. That concludes decision time.
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.
