2pm

Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2pm

Portfolio Questions: Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands: Health and Social Care

Portfolio: Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands

Jeremy Balfour (S6O-04410)

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to propose scheduling time for a parliamentary debate on the fishing industry.

Official Report available for S6O-04410

Emma Harper (S6O-04411)

To ask the Scottish Government how the new deal for agriculture and its agricultural support schemes will aim to support the dairy sector.

Official Report available for S6O-04411

Douglas Ross (S6O-04412)

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether seagulls should continue to be protected in law.

Official Report available for S6O-04412

Pam Gosal (S6O-04413)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what assessment it has made of the potential impact on agriculture in Scotland, including in the West Scotland region, of the UK Government decision to change the inheritance tax system for family farms.

Official Report available for S6O-04413

Clare Haughey (S6O-04414)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect the value of provenance in the Scottish food and drinks industry.

Official Report available for S6O-04414

Maggie Chapman (S6O-04415)

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding what support can be provided to migrant workers in the agricultural sector in Scotland.

Official Report available for S6O-04415

Liz Smith (S6O-04416)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to reduce the level of wildlife crime.

Official Report available for S6O-04416

Ben Macpherson (S6O-04417)

[Not Lodged]

Portfolio: Health and Social Care

Douglas Lumsden (S6O-04418)

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of referrals to audiology services at NHS Grampian are seen within the 18-week target.

Official Report available for S6O-04418

Alexander Burnett (S6O-04419)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline its funding strategy for health and social care partnerships in the North East Scotland region.

Official Report available for S6O-04419

Stuart McMillan (S6O-04420)

To ask the Scottish Government what dialogue it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding a replacement for Port Glasgow Health Centre.

Official Report available for S6O-04420

Claire Baker (S6O-04421)

To ask the Scottish Government what additional focus areas it has identified, following the publication of the Women’s Health Plan 2021 to 2024: Final Report.

Official Report available for S6O-04421

Jackie Baillie (S6O-04422)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on NHS pay negotiations for 2025-26.

Official Report available for S6O-04422

Christine Grahame (S6O-04423)

[Not Lodged]

Clare Adamson (S6O-04424)

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting people to access gynaecological health services.

Official Report available for S6O-04424

Karen Adam (S6O-04425)

To ask the Scottish Government what immediate steps it can take to ensure that vulnerable individuals are not harmed as a result of the reported planned withdrawal of some health and social care services in Aberdeenshire.

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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Debate: Protecting Single-sex Spaces in the Public Sector

Russell Findlay (S6M-16755)

That the Parliament believes that the Scottish Government has failed to give sufficient clarity to the public sector about ensuring the availability of single-sex spaces for women and girls, such as toilets and changing rooms; acknowledges that this failure has resulted in workers in the public sector and school pupils having to share single-sex spaces with individuals of the opposite sex, jeopardising their safety, dignity and privacy, and subjecting some to horrific incidents of sexual abuse and harassment, and calls on the Scottish Government to urgently issue a directive to all public sector organisations requiring that adequate single-sex spaces for biological women and girls are provided on their premises in line with legal obligations.

Further details available for S6M-16755

Shirley-Anne Somerville (S6M-16755.3)

As an amendment to motion S6M-16755 in the name of Russell Findlay (Protecting Single-sex Spaces in the Public Sector), leave out from "believes" to end and insert "notes that the Scottish Government fully upholds the Equality Act 2010, and requires all public bodies to comply with the law, and welcomes the role of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission in providing codes of practice and guidance."

Further details available for S6M-16755.3

Jackie Baillie (S6M-16755.1)

As an amendment to motion S6M-16755 in the name of Russell Findlay (Protecting Single-sex Spaces in the Public Sector), leave out from “, such as toilets” to end and insert “; acknowledges concerns about dignity and privacy; notes recent research on safety in hospitals relating to rape and sexual assault; calls for more accurate recording and reporting in the NHS, including to the police, leading to better protections; further calls for an end to mixed sex wards; supports ensuring that schools are designed as accessible and welcoming environments for all, including accessible and single-sex toilets, and calls for the Scottish Government to outline how single-sex provision will be delivered in public buildings, such as schools and hospitals, and in line with legal obligations.”

Further details available for S6M-16755.1

Maggie Chapman (S6M-16755.2)

As an amendment to motion S6M-16755 in the name of Russell Findlay (Protecting Single-sex Spaces in the Public Sector), leave out from first “the Scottish Government” to end and insert "all women deserve protection from misogyny, including transmisogyny; condemns the rise in transphobic rhetoric and policy; believes that transgender and nonbinary people contribute immensely to the wellbeing of Scotland's communities; reiterates its commitment to human rights for all, including freedom from discrimination and upholding the Equality Act 2010; requires all public bodies to comply with the law, and welcomes the role of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission in providing codes of practice and guidance.”

Further details available for S6M-16755.2

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Urgent Question: Joe FitzPatrick: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what engagement it has had with the University of Dundee regarding its financial recovery plan and proposed reduction in staffing.
Business Motions

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-16768)

That the Parliament agrees—
(a) the following programme of business—
Tuesday 18 March 2025
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Scottish Government Debate: Protecting and Growing Scotland’s Iconic Food and Drink Sector
followed by Committee Announcements
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 19 March 2025
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, and Parliamentary Business; Justice and Home Affairs
followed by Scottish Labour Party Business
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Approval of SSIs (if required)
5.10 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Thursday 20 March 2025
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
12.00 pm First Minister's Questions
followed by Members’ Business
2.15 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.15 pm Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Questions
2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Education and Skills
followed by Rural Affairs and Islands Committee Debate: Salmon Farming in Scotland
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
Tuesday 25 March 2025
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Scottish Government Business
followed by Committee Announcements
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 26 March 2025
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy and Gaelic; Finance and Local Government
followed by Stage 1 Debate: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
followed by Financial Resolution: Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Approval of SSIs (if required)
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Thursday 27 March 2025
11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
11.40 am General Questions
12.00 pm First Minister's Questions
followed by Members’ Business
2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Net Zero and Energy, and Transport
followed by Stage 1 Debate: Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
(b) that, for the purposes of Portfolio Questions in the week beginning 17 March 2025, in rule 13.7.3, after the word “except” the words “to the extent to which the Presiding Officer considers that the questions are on the same or similar subject matter or” are inserted.

Further details available for S6M-16768
Parliamentary Bureau Motions

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-16769)

That the Parliament agrees that the Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2025 (SSI 2025/41) be approved.

Further details available for S6M-16769

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-16770)

That the Parliament agrees that the Tied Pubs (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] be approved.

Further details available for S6M-16770
Approval of SSIs (if required)
5:20pm

Decision Time
Members' Business — S6M-16573 Audrey Nicoll: International Women’s Day 2025

Audrey Nicoll (S6M-16573)

That the Parliament notes that International Women’s Day 2025 takes place on 8 March; notes that the theme for 2025, Accelerating Action, is in recognition of calls for increased momentum and urgency to address the barriers that women face, and notes those standing together in solidarity to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women in the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine constituency, across Scotland and around the world.

Further details available for S6M-16573

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Committee business

The committee will meet at 9:00am at T4.40-CR2 The Fairfax Somerville Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private.

2. A climate transition for Scottish agriculture: The Committee will take evidence from—

Jonnie Hall, Deputy CEO and Director of Policy, National Farmers Union Scotland
Pete Ritchie, Director, Nourish Scotland
Kate Rowell, Chair, Quality Meat Scotland
Jim Walker, Chair, Suckler Beef Climate Group Programme Board
Neil Wilson, Executive Director, Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland

3. A climate transition for Scottish agriculture: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4. Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Emma Johnston on 85225 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Stephen Imrie on 85931 or at [email protected]

The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (Modification) Regulations 2025

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2025 [draft] from—

Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Scottish Government
Clare Hicks, Director, Education Reform, Scottish Government
Nico McKenzie-Juetten, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate
Andrew Rea, Legal Trainee, Scottish Government Legal Directorate

3. Subordinate legislation: Jenny Gilruth Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to move—S6M-16297—That the Education, Children and Young People Committee recommends that the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (Treatment of Qualifications Scotland as Specified Authority) Order 2025 [draft] be approved.

4. Scottish Attainment Challenge Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence from—

Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Scottish Government
David Gregory, Strategic Director - Scottish Attainment Challenge, Education Scotland
David Leng, Head of Scottish Attainment Challenge, Scottish Government
Alison Taylor, Deputy Director for Improvement, Attainment and Wellbeing, Scottish Government

5. Evidence Session (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 4.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Pauline McIntyre on 85252 or at [email protected]

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Wednesday 12 March 2025

Business Bulletin

Chamber business

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

Portfolio Questions: Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands: Health and Social Care

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Debate: Protecting Single-sex Spaces in the Public Sector

Urgent Question: Joe FitzPatrick: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what engagement it has had with the University of Dundee regarding its financial recovery plan and proposed reduction in staffing.

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Parliamentary Bureau Motions

Approval of SSIs (if required)

Decision Time

Members' Business — S6M-16573 Audrey Nicoll: International Women’s Day 2025

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Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Criminal Justice Committee

Education, Children and Young People Committee

Public Audit Committee