Thursday, 19 December 2024
Good morning. The first item of business is general question time.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to rolling out universal entitlement to free school meals for all primary school children within the current parliamentary session....
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its recently announced hub for offshore wind will have on the renewables sector in north-east Scotland. (S6O-04138)
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking, including in discussion with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, to promote electrical safety over the Christmas period. (S6O-04139)
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed transport infrastructure in Inverclyde with Transport Scotland. (S6O-04140)
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether Dumbarton castle is an important cultural asset. (S6O-04141)
To ask the Scottish Government how its draft budget 2025-26 will support the growth of the Scottish economy. (S6O-04142)
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024, what progress it has made towards implementing mandatory food waste reporting by larger businesses....
In criminal cases, prosecutors often strike plea deals with defence lawyers. That practice can result in very serious charges being watered down or dropped altogether, even when the evidence is...
Presiding Officer, I wish you and everyone across the chamber, and all the Parliament staff, a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2025. I send a special thank you to our emergency service...
Presiding Officer, I, too, wish you and all Parliament staff, and members across the chamber, all the best for the festive season, and a good new year. However, 2024 was the year when...
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will encourage the public not to buy puppies or dogs during the festive period, in light of the reported possibility that these may be...
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking in response to the reported announcement that NHS Scotland’s information technology software supplier, INPS, has...
To ask the First Minister what consideration the Scottish Government has given to what the potential impact might be on deaf and deafblind people of the termination of its contract with Contact...
When the previous Conservative Government proposed closing Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office operations in East Kilbride, I stood with the Labour council leader against that bad...
On Sunday 15 December, which was the day of the Scottish cup final, we witnessed appalling scenes of violence and disorder in the city centre of Glasgow, which was caused by groups of football...
Harland & Wolff’s deal with Navantia will save thousands of jobs, many of which are at the Methil yard in my constituency. Will the First Minister join me in welcoming the deal, which...
I am sure that we are all looking forward to our festive break—I know that I certainly am—but it is fair to say that many people across Scotland find Christmas and new year to be a...
The Lilias Graham Trust, which is based in Thornhill, near Stirling, has been a lifeline for families in Scotland for decades, during which time the provision of residential support and parenting...
My constituency has no banks—they have all deserted the communities that I serve. In Springburn town centre, however, there is a Crown post office. It is an anchor tenant in the local...
I remind the chamber of my entry in the register of members’ interests, which states that I am the director of a company with retail interests and am a member of the Union of Shop,...
To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement its ministers have had with disabled people’s organisations to discuss any concerns of disabled people. (S6O-04145)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details on the implementation of its social isolation and loneliness strategy, “Recovering our Connections 2023-2026”,...
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to address wait times in temporary accommodation. (S6O-04147)
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any benefits of the Scottish welfare fund for constituents in Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley. (S6O-04148)
To ask the Scottish Government what levels of support are currently available to women experiencing domestic abuse. (S6O-04149)
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle any fraud in Social Security Scotland. (S6O-04150)
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its draft budget 2025-26 that it plans to mitigate the United Kingdom Government’s two-child benefit cap policy in Scotland,...
To ask the Scottish Government how the measures announced in its draft budget 2025-26 will support its mission to eradicate child poverty. (S6O-04152)
There are no questions to be put as a result of today’s business, so I take this opportunity to wish all members and all staff in the Parliament a very merry and peaceful Christmas.
The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-14155, in the name of Pam Gosal, on repairing potholes on Scotland’s roads. The debate will be concluded without...
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.
