Iau, 12 Rhagfyr 2024
Good morning. The first item of business is general question time.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people who are going through family court proceedings. (S6O-04105)
To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can provide to the community on Mull regarding whether learning estate investment programme funding can be used flexibly to support both the...
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish budget 2025-26 will support the national health service. (S6O-04107)
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is tackling child poverty, including in the Highlands and Islands region. (S6O-04108)
To ask the Scottish Government how it determines what constitutes a major service change in the national health service. (S6O-04109)
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of the access principles in November 2023 by the general practice access short-life working group, what work it has undertaken to...
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to enhance the sustainability of cultural facilities in the North East Scotland region, including to prevent job losses in the sector and...
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that both of the privately run nurseries in the east neuk, in the North East Fife constituency, will close by the end of 2024....
Scotland’s schools are critical to the fortunes and future of our country, but after 17 years of Scottish National Party rule, pupils and teachers are being failed. The SNP’s 2021...
It was revealed this week that 40 per cent of pupils in Scotland have additional support needs, which is a new record. At the same time, the number of ASN teachers has fallen by 400 on the...
I was disappointed to hear that Scotland’s First Minister has been having friendly chats with President-elect Trump, with no discussion of his policy agenda. Donald Trump’s...
To ask the First Minister what plans the Scottish Government has to bring forward legislation to criminalise non-fatal strangulation. (S6F-03622)
To ask the First Minister what discussions the Scottish Government has had with local authorities regarding the reported impending closure of library facilities across Scotland. (S6F-03621)
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reported comments from the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland that “children are being let...
On the subject of the Scottish budget, new polling this week showed that 78 per cent of Labour voters, 69 per cent of Tory voters and 81 per cent of Liberal Democrat voters support the Scottish...
Universities Scotland has said that the sector is in an “immensely difficult place”. The University of Dundee, which is of critical importance to the city and to Scotland, faces a...
I am sure that the First Minister shared my surprise that, last night, Anas Sarwar voted with the Conservatives against the Scottish National Party Government’s budget—[Interruption.]
An investigation into Edinburgh maternity units found that “Mothers and newborn babies came to harm” from “a ‘toxic’ culture”,...
The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-15767, in the name of Clare Haughey, on behalf of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, on its inquiry into remote and rural healthcare....
On a point of order, Presiding Officer. Under the Parliament’s standing orders, written questions about the operation of the systems of criminal prosecution and investigation of deaths are...
The next item of business is a members’ business debate on motion S6M-14008, in the name of David Torrance, on Kingdom Off Road Motorcycle Club being awarded £90,000 of funding. The...
The next item of business is portfolio question time. I remind members who wish to ask a supplementary question to press their request-to-speak button during the relevant question.
I refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests. To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it will provide to local authorities in relation to...
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has a policy of a presumption against new oil and gas licences. (S6O-04114)
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the net zero secretary has had with ministerial colleagues on how to ensure the delivery of the workforce required to deliver its net zero targets,...
To ask the Scottish Government how many planning consents for onshore wind farm developments in the Highlands and Islands region the Scottish ministers have approved following an appeal since...
To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the effectiveness of its funding for active travel. (S6O-04117)
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to enhance regional transport partnerships over the coming year. (S6O-04118)
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the request from the A77 action group for the establishment of a task force to consider issues relating to the impact of the reported...
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the bus industry to transfer to zero-emission technologies. (S6O-04120)
There is one question to be put as a result of today’s business. The question is, that motion S6M-15767, in the name of Clare Haughey, on behalf of the Health, Social Care and Sport...
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.
