Good morning. The first item of business is general question time.

1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the “Read Write Count with the First Minister” programme. (S6O-03110)

2. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the £58.7 million reduction to the college operational expenditure budget for 2024-25 on the Ettrick,...

3. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the operations of the Parole Board for Scotland. (S6O-03112)

4. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of its current relationship with local authorities. (S6O-03113)

5. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that railway infrastructure is safe and fit for the future. (S6O-03114)

6. To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, and in light of the Supreme Court ruling that the Scottish Parliament cannot legislate for a...

7. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the First Minister’s reported comments that it “has to go further” to ensure that plans to radically reform how young people are...

1. This morning, Audit Scotland released a damning report on the state of Scotland’s NHS. It shows, among many shocking figures, that the number of people waiting more than a year for...

2. We are in the middle of a cost of living crisis in which too many people are struggling to make ends meet. At the same time, oil and gas giants are making record profits. British Gas had a...

3. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is on whether successive changes to national taxation policy in Scottish budgets will support the redistribution of...

4. To ask the First Minister, regarding the delivery of the Scottish Government’s recently published depopulation action plan, what will be different about this approach, which is described...

5. To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government still has a policy of a presumption against any new oil and gas licences. (S6F-02845)

6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the analysis by Citizens Advice Scotland suggesting that over 660,000 people are experiencing mental health...

Will the First Minister join me in offering congratulations to my constituent Henry Wuga? Henry escaped the Nazi Holocaust, travelling from Nuremberg to Glasgow in 1939 at the age of 15. Here, he...

Scotland’s national health service is directionless, risking patient safety and on the brink of breakdown. Those are not my words—that is Audit Scotland’s assessment of the NHS...

This Saturday will mark two years to the day that Russia launched an unprovoked, brutal and illegal invasion of Ukraine. Putin’s conflict rages on. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and...

The parents of Claire Inglis have spent more than two years desperately trying to get answers. Ian and Fiona still do not know why Claire’s killer was subject to five separate bail orders....

This week, teachers in Aberdeen told the BBC that they were scared to go to work because of rising in violence in schools. The Educational Institute of Scotland’s recent survey found that...

On a p oint of order, Presiding Officer. I seek your advice under chapter 9 of standing orders, following today’s publication of the stage 1 report on the National Care Service (Scotland)...

The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-12177, in the name of Ivan McKee, on an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Israel. The debate will be concluded...

G ood afternoon. The first item of business this afternoon is portfolio questions, and the portfolio on this occasion is social justice. As ever, members wishing to ask a supplementary question...

1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the housing emergency in Glasgow. (S6O-03102)

3. To ask the Scottish Government what work is under way to ensure that eligible families across Falkirk East, and the wider country, are aware of and can apply for the best start grant before...

4. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to attract more working-age people from the rest of the United Kingdom to come and live, work and pay tax in Scotland. (S6O-03105)

7. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that people are claiming all the benefits that they are entitled to, in light of figures obtained by Policy in Practice showing...

8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking through the delivery of benefits to help families with the cost of nappies, in light of the reported increase in nappy theft linked to...

The next item of business is a statement by Màiri McAllan on the Grangemouth refinery. The cabinet secretary will take questions at the end of her statement, so there should be no...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-12248, in the name of Siobhian Brown, on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill at stage 1. I invite members who wish to speak in the...

The next item of business is consideration of motion S6M-11800, in the name of Shona Robison, on a financial resolution for the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill. Motion moved, That...

The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-12252, in the name of Shona Robison, on the Scottish income tax rate resolution for 2024-25. Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees that, for...

The next item of business is consideration of motion S6M-12249, in the name of Shona Robison, which is a legislative consent motion on the Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for...

The next item of business is consideration of motion S6M-12250, in the name of Jim Fairlie, which is a legislative consent motion on the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill, which is United...

There are four questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S6M-12248, in the name of Siobhian Brown, on the Regulation of Legal Services...