That the Parliament notes with concern repeated reports of a growing crisis in male fertility, following a recent study conducted by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Medicine involving 43,000 men from around the world, which found that the average sperm count in developed countries has fallen by 52% in the last four decades and is continuing to fall at a rate of 1.4% per year; recognises that, in 2017, the World Health Organization described current knowledge of male infertility as "very low"; considers that, while it is known that poor or dysfunctional sperm motility is the most common disorder in male infertility, there is no drug treatment that men can currently take to improve the chances of conception if lifestyle changes are ineffective and, as such, couples who require assistance to conceive need to rely on clinical treatments such as in vitro fertilisation or intracytoplasmic sperm injection, both of which are expensive, invasive and are not guaranteed to work; understands that approximately one-in-seven couples, or 300,000 people in Scotland, are estimated to be affected by infertility; is aware that the question of fertility does not exist in a vacuum and is linked to other factors such as body mass index, alcohol intake, smoking and sexually transmitted infections; notes the belief that more research must be done into the causes and possible solutions to male infertility; understands that Scotland’s National Infertility Group report in 2016 stated that male age can be a factor in couples with fertility problems, and notes the view that, as more couples in the Cunninghame North constituency and elsewhere in Scotland choose to have children later in life, this issue must be researched and understood as a matter of priority.