Good afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is the Right Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, the Moderator of the General Assembly...

1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on targeted counsellor funding for colleges and universities. (S6T-01299)

2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to recent reported analysis by Health Equals, which shows that poverty-driven health inequalities are reducing life...

The next item of business is the selection of the Parliament’s nominee as First Minister. A note explaining the procedures that are to be followed this afternoon has been made available to...

The next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-08434, in the name of George Adam, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. Motion moved, That...

The next item of business is consideration of five Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask George Adam, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move motions S6M-08435 to S6M-08438, on approval of...

I am minded to accept a motion without notice under rule 11.2.4 of standing orders that decision time be brought forward to now. I invite the Minister for Parliamentary Business to move such a...

There is one question to be put as a result of today’s business. I propose to ask a single question on five Parliamentary Bureau motions, if no member objects. The question is, that motions...

The final item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-07711, in the name of Christine Grahame, on St Andrew’s Children’s Society. The debate will be concluded...