Good morning. The first item of business is general question time. Question 1 was not lodged.

2. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has in place to ensure that there is full transparency when it comes to the use of public money. (S6O-02417)

3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the visual recorded interviews pilot, which involves Police Scotland recording the witness statements of adult and 16 and...

4. To ask the Scottish Government what support it will give in the academic year 2023-24 for the rights respecting schools awards programme. (S6O-02419)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether childminding development officers have a significant role to play in supporting and assisting childminders in their professional...

7. To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting and encouraging an increase in employee-owned and co-operative models of businesses as part of the shift to a wellbeing economy. (S6O-02422)

8. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether its target for a one third reduction in food waste by 2025 will be met. (S6O-02423)

1. This week, the veteran Scottish National Party MSP Fergus Ewing voted against his own Government when he refused to support Humza Yousaf’s decision to back Green minister Lorna Slater in...

2. On Monday, Labour launched our mission to make Scotland and the United Kingdom a clean energy superpower. It is an ambitious and far-reaching plan with four objectives. It will deliver lower...

3. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will recommit to the leadership needed to tackle the climate emergency. (S6F-02266)

4. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to improve access to sexual health advice. (S6F-02259)

5. To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on whether the Scottish Government is fully committed to improving the safety and condition of all of Scotland’s major roads....

6. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is responding to the on-going industrial disputes in further and higher education. (S6F-02272)

Last week, I chaired a round-table meeting with media representatives, campaigners and cross-party members on the role of the media in tackling violence against women. We have agreed to meet...

The First Minister will be aware of the publication today of “The Promise Oversight Board: Report TWO June 2023”. The report says that, due to the current slow pace of change, the...

The First Minister will be aware of the calls that have been made by my constituent Lawrence Cowan and his four-year-old daughter Eilish for improved funding for disabled children across...

My constituents cannot book sailings between Shetland and Aberdeen beyond 30 September because Transport Scotland has not opened up the booking system beyond that date. That appears to be a...

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. In an answer to Anas Sarwar, the First Minister said: “Of course a GB energy company would be based in Scotland, because we have the majority of the...

The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-09174, in the name of Mercedes Villalba, on deconcentrating land ownership. The debate will be concluded without any...

We will all be deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Winnie Ewing, who was an inspiring and hugely influential politician: an MSP, an MP and an MEP and, of course, the first person to chair...

1. Presiding Officer, in the light of your news, I wonder whether I could, on behalf of the Scottish Labour Party, offer our deepest condolences to Fergus and Annabelle Ewing and all members of...

3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill. (S6O-02410)

4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it plans to resume the supersponsor scheme for Ukrainian refugees. (S6O-02411)

5. To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for refugees from Ukraine, whether it will provide an update on the disembarkation of the MS Victoria, prior to the ship’s...

6. To ask the Scottish Government what support is being provided to Social Security Scotland, in light of the continued transfer of cases from the Department for Work and Pensions and increase in...

7. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the level of child poverty in Scotland. (S6O-02414)

8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plan, “Cash-First: Towards Ending the Need for Food Banks in Scotland”. (S6O-02415)

The next item of business is a statement by Jenny Gilruth on education reform. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of her statement, so there should be no interventions or...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-09610, in the name of Natalie Don, on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.

The next item of business is consideration of motion S6M-09158, in the name of Shona Robison, on a financial resolution for the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill. I call Natalie Don to...

The next item of business is a stage 3 debate on motion S6M-09599, in the name of Angela Constance, on the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill. I would be grateful if members who wish...

There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S6M-09610, in the name of Natalie Don, on the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland)...