Wednesday, 4 December 2024
Good afternoon. Meghan Gallacher has a point of order.
We move to portfolio question time, and the first portfolio is constitution, external affairs and culture, and parliamentary business. As members will appreciate, we are tight for time across a...
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects its preparatory work to conclude and the review into Creative Scotland, which was announced in September 2024, to get under way. (S6O-04057)
To ask the Scottish Government how the planned review of Creative Scotland will improve compliance with fair work principles in the culture sector. (S6O-04058)
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates that the UK Government’s decision to raise employer national insurance contributions will have on organisations in the culture...
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the culture secretary has had with the finance secretary regarding whether it will deliver its commitment to provide an additional £25 million...
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent reaffirmation of its commitment to increase culture funding by at least an additional £100 million a year by 2028-29, how much of this...
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it can do to support access to library services in rural areas. (S6O-04062)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of brand Scotland. (S6O-04063)
We move straight on to portfolio questions on justice and home affairs. I make the same appeal as I made earlier: on a busy afternoon, I would appreciate succinct questions and responses. Any...
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it being the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to tackle violence against...
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of how successful the Bella centre in Dundee and Lilias centre in Glasgow have been in acknowledging the experience of trauma and...
To ask the Scottish Government how much money recovered from the proceeds of crime has been committed to the cashback for communities programme since 2008. (S6O-04067)
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to support the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in advance of the winter months. (S6O-04068)
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent reports that many towns in Scotland are so-called legal aid deserts. (S6O-04069)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is working to clear the criminal court backlog. (S6O-04070)
To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with Police Scotland to increase law enforcement resources in Scotland’s cities. (S6O-04071)
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with South Lanarkshire Council regarding potential firework control zones in the local authority area. (S6O-04072)
The next item of business is a statement by Shona Robison on the Scottish budget 2025-26. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of her statement, so there should be no...
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I seek your guidance after Patrick Harvie MSP inappropriately suggested earlier today that I was dragging Scotland’s culture sector into “Tory...
The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-15710, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. Motion...
The next item of business is consideration of Parliamentary Bureau motion S6M-15711, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument. I ask Jamie Hepburn to move the motion on behalf of the...
There are two questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S6M-15711, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, on...
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.
