Good afternoon. The first item of business is portfolio question time. If a member wishes to request a supplementary question, they should press their request-to-speak button or indicate as much...

1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to support community gardens. (S6O-02680)

2. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the development of rural skills to help deliver its commitments in...

3. To ask the Scottish Government how much grant funding it provides directly to each of Scotland’s botanic gardens annually. (S6O-02682)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to support farmers to protect crops, including from future flood-related damage. (S6O-02684)

6. To ask the Scottish Government how it will help farmers to plan for their succession. (S6O-02685)

7. To ask the Scottish Government how its agricultural development projects will boost organic produce and improve environmental practice, as part of its work towards achieving its net zero...

8. My entry in the register of members’ interests shows that I was previously an owner of a privately rented property in the North Lanarkshire Council area. To ask the Scottish Government...

The Deputy Presiding Officer: The next portfolio is national health service recovery, health and social care. Again, if a member wishes to ask a supplementary question, they should press their...

1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how its winter preparedness plan will aim to reduce pressure on the national health service. (S6O-02688)

2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported planned closure of Erskine Park home. (S6O-02689)

3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps are being taken to increase recruitment and retention of staff in the Scottish Ambulance Service this winter....

4. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve the detection and treatment of high blood pressure, in light of reports that an estimated 1.3 million people in Scotland are living...

5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the winter Covid-19 vaccination programme. (S6O-02692)

6. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the Scottish mental health law review on the legal status of autistic people in relation to treatment and...

7. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the ability of children living in temporary accommodation to access health services, in particular in relation to current levels...

8. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on eliminating long waiting times for national health service patients. (S6O-02695)

The next item of business is a statement by Mairi Gougeon on Scotland’s approach to the 2023 coastal state fisheries negotiations and securing principled, sustainable outcomes. The cabinet...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-11127, in the name of Siobhian Brown, on cashback for communities. I invite members who wish to participate in the debate to press their...

T he next item of business is consideration of business motion S6M-11143, in the name of George Adam, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, setting out a business programme. I call George Adam...

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-11146, on approval of a Scottish...

There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that amendment S6M-11127.2, in the name of Russell Findlay, which seeks to amend motion S6M-11127,...

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Further to the point of order that was made by Douglas Ross last week, the United Kingdom Covid inquiry has asked us to set out in more detail the full...