Thursday, 30 October 2025
Good morning. The first item of business is general question time. As it is the shortest question session that we have in the week, concise questions and responses would be appreciated. ...
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I hope that you were not getting at me. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the modernisation of the Scottish Fire and...
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with national health service boards regarding their winter resilience plans. (S6O-05075)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the status of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s service delivery review, following the public consultation, which...
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address reported rises in waiting times for social care assessments and packages in Fife. (S6O-05077)
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what issues were discussed. (S6O-05078)
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns raised by the Scottish Music Industry Association about delays in and sufficiency of funding awards, how it will ensure that the...
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local cultural activities and festivals to encourage economic development and tourism. (S6O-05080)
Claire Inglis was a loving and happy young mum who was tortured and murdered by a man whom she had just begun a relationship with. The judge described Claire’s murder as “beyond...
John Swinney and the Scottish National Party are failing to keep Scots safe. On John Swinney’s watch, our justice system is in crisis, as Scots are paying the price of SNP incompetence....
Scotland is a monumentally unequal country. There are a small number of people who are sitting on more wealth than they could spend in 1,000 lifetimes. About 420 people own almost half of our...
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government has had any initial response from the United Kingdom Government in relation to the letter sent to the Minister of State for Food Security...
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that Babcock, in Fife, has had to hire workers from overseas as a result of reductions in some college...
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is regarding the reported 200,000 public sector workers who are still waiting on their pension entitlement following the...
To ask the First Minister for what reason the Scottish Government has reportedly abandoned key provisions of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022, including the proposed...
Last week, it was revealed that a fragment of waste found in April near the decommissioned experimental nuclear power facility at Dounreay was the most radioactive waste detected in the past...
Police Scotland has ordered a director of For Women Scotland to attend a police station to face vandalism charges over a complaint about a broken umbrella. If she does not attend, she could be...
Insurance giant Maiden Life has suddenly announced that it is withdrawing the family protection plan that thousands of credit union members in Glasgow region have been paying into since it...
I remind members that I am employed as a bank nurse by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. This week, the Scottish National Party Government announced the largest-ever investment in general...
The First Minister may or may not be aware of the Moray Firth floating offshore wind park project—FLOW-Park—that it is proposed should be developed off Findhorn and Nairn, and which...
Will the First Minister give us an update on the Sheku Bayoh inquiry? Can he assure us that we will not spend another £50 million on it and that it will be concluded timeously?
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. In the past 12 hours, Police Scotland has been reviewing its decision to issue Susan Smith of For Women Scotland with a recorded police warning; if such a...
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-19202, in the name of Craig Hoy, on regretting bank closures. The debate will be concluded without any question being...
Good afternoon. The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-19481, in the name of Graeme Dey, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, which sets out a business programme. I...
The next item of business is consideration of nine Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask Martin Whitfield, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move motions S6M-19443 to S6M-19450, on approval...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-19422, in the name of Gillian Martin, on the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. I invite members who wish to speak in the debate...
The next item of business is consideration of motion S6M-18730, on a financial resolution for the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill. I invite Gillian Martin to move the motion. ...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-19454, in the name of Gillian Martin, on a legislative consent motion on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which is United Kingdom...
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.
