That the Parliament notes with concern reports that West College Scotland has announced its intention to close on-site nurseries at Greenock and Paisley; understands that the college will also cut its catering provision across all campuses; further understands that parents and students held what it believes were successful demonstrations at the two campuses in February 2022, and that a petition to keep the Greenock nursery open has attracted over 700 signatures to date; believes that the closure of the nurseries will have a negative impact on children, students and the local communities; understands that no consultation of parents or students was carried out by West College Scotland’s board of management prior to the approval of the closures; further understands that a proper collective consultation with staff was only carried out after trade unions UNISON and Unite entered formal dispute on 12 January 2022; believes that West College Scotland must carry out, and act on, a proper equality impact assessment, in line with its statutory duties, to assess any adverse impacts of the proposed closures and evaluate potential alternatives; considers that management should act on alternative proposals put forward by staff and trade union representatives; calls on the Scottish Government to intervene in the dispute to ensure that West College Scotland engages with these proposals and carries out a proper equality impact assessment in line with its statutory duties, and further calls on the Scottish Government to reverse what it sees as years of cuts to college funding, including what it understands is a projected further cut of £52 million announced in the recent Scottish Budget for 2022-23, in order to ensure that colleges across Scotland are properly and adequately resourced.