What's On

1. Meghan Gallacher (S7O-00385)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Fund to Leave initiative, following reports that funding has not been made available to families since June. 

2. Marie McNair (S7O-00386)

To ask the Scottish Government what its estimated timescale is for introducing the Damages (Scotland) Bill, as committed to in the Programme for Government 2026-31.

3. Michelle Campbell (S7O-00387)

[Not Lodged]

4. Daniel Johnson (S7O-00388)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to monitor the use of e-bikes in residential areas.

5. Katy Clark (S7O-00389)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided the emergency funding for organisations supporting victims and survivors that it committed to in the Programme for Government 2026-31.

6. Rachael Hamilton (S7O-00390)

To ask the Scottish Government whether any consultation or risk assessment was carried out prior to the closure of the Duns road policing department.

7. Kim Schmulian (S7O-00391)

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to applying the approach and practices used in Operation Begonia to other vulnerable groups. 

8. Katherine Sangster (S7O-00392)

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of projected population growth on its decisions regarding the allocation of police resources.

9. Angela Ross (S7O-00393)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the identification and recording of child criminal exploitation. 

10. Lloyd Melville (S7O-00394)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Police Scotland in improving the visibility of community policing and response times to incidents in towns, including in Carnoustie and Monifieth.

1. Pauline Stafford (S7O-00395)

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Lothian regarding the availability of respite care for children with complex medical needs in West Lothian. 

2. Joe Fagan (S7O-00396)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Monklands Replacement Project. 

3. Bob Doris (S7O-00397)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 and flu winter vaccination programme.

4. Holly Bruce (S7O-00398)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure the availability of safe and suitable alternative placements for children requiring care, and what support it provides to social work services experiencing acute capacity shortages. 

5. Collette Stevenson (S7O-00399)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve public health in East Kilbride, including through its proposed reform of health and social care services.

6. Colin Beattie (S7O-00400)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to expand care at home and community-based services in order to prevent avoidable hospital admissions.

7. David Green (S7O-00401)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve access to chronic pain services.

8. Fulton MacGregor (S7O-00402)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support people with Paediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections, commonly referred to as PANS and PANDAS.

9. Mark Ruskell (S7O-00403)

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that people waiting for an ADHD or autism assessment are not adversely impacted by its planned integration of NHS boards.

10. Alan Brown (S7O-00404)

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the upward trend in drug-related death statistics for East Ayrshire.

1. Gary Bouse (S7M-00747)

World Stroke Day 2026

That the Parliament notes that 29 October 2026 marks World Stroke Day; recognises that every stroke changes a life in an instant, often leaving survivors, families and carers facing physical, emotional, psychological and financial consequences; understands that the condition is a medical emergency affecting the brain, requiring urgent specialist treatment; acknowledges that it remains Scotland’s third biggest killer and the leading cause of adult disability, with a stroke reportedly occurring every 49 minutes in Scotland and more than 150,000 stroke survivors across the country living with the lasting effects of the condition; understands with concern that around one in four people who experience a stroke are of working age with up to one in three forced to leave employment as a result; recognises that around 11,000 people in Scotland experienced stroke in 2025, including more than 600 in NHS Forth Valley, which serves residents of Falkirk West; notes the view that to improve Scotland's stroke services, it requires a comprehensive emergency pathway that ensures people with a suspected stroke are taken to the right service, regardless of location, and provided with timely access to thrombolysis that is local to them where clinically appropriate; further notes the view that this requires a 24/7 national thrombectomy service and improved access to specialist post-stroke rehabilitation in order to improve outcomes and quality of life; notes the belief that without these changes, the cost of stroke to Scotland’s health and social care services, which it already considers significant, will continue to rise, and commends the work of Scotland’s stroke clinical community, third sector organisations, including the Stroke Association and Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, and the campaigning of people with lived experience of stroke, their families and loved ones, including the Bundy family, whose experience, arising from the tragic death of family member, Tony, aged 53 from a Basilar Artery Ischaemic Stroke, has helped inform their calls for action to transform stroke care and recovery services across Scotland.

Further details available for S7M-00747