What's On

Mark Ruskell (S6O-04656)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will issue a formal public apology to members of the Gypsy/Traveller community, in light of reports of the harm caused by what was known as the Tinker Experiment.

Official Report available for S6O-04656

Annie Wells (S6O-04657)

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest Public Health Scotland statistics on delayed discharges in NHS Scotland, which show that the average length of delay for March 2025 was 27 days.

Official Report available for S6O-04657

Collette Stevenson (S6O-04658)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the East Kilbride Enhancement Project.

Official Report available for S6O-04658

Stephen Kerr (S6O-04659)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to roll out stroke thrombectomy services on a 24/7 basis across the country.

Official Report available for S6O-04659

Alexander Stewart (S6O-04660)

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has undertaken with stakeholders in response to reported concerns regarding the implementation of the revised non-domestic rates processes for self-catering operators.

Official Report available for S6O-04660

Jamie Greene (S6O-04661)

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with charitable and third sector organisations regarding the decision not to introduce legislation to end conversion therapy practices, and other equalities-related legislation, during the current parliamentary session.

Official Report available for S6O-04661

Graham Simpson (S6O-04662)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any progress towards a national smart ticketing scheme for public transport.

Maggie Chapman (S6O-04663)

To ask the Scottish Government how it is working with the NHS and local authorities to support disabled people and carers in the North East Scotland region.

Russell Findlay (S6F-04069)

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Official Report available for S6F-04069

Anas Sarwar (S6F-04070)

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Official Report available for S6F-04070

Alex Cole-Hamilton (S6F-04071)

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Official Report available for S6F-04071

Collette Stevenson (S6F-04087)

To ask the First Minister, regarding any implications for its work to tackle poverty, what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the Department for Work and Pension’s forecasts reportedly indicating that the UK Government’s planned reductions to disability benefits will impact 700,000 families that are already in poverty.

Official Report available for S6F-04087

Sandesh Gulhane (S6F-04075)

To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to address the performance of NHS 24, in light of reports that nearly one in five calls to the service went unanswered last year.

Submitting member has a registered interest.

Official Report available for S6F-04075

Michelle Thomson (S6F-04082)

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the recently announced UK-USA trade deal and its potential implications for businesses in Scotland.

Official Report available for S6F-04082

Ross Greer (S6M-17422)

That the Parliament is concerned about the reported impact of the expansion of second home ownership on communities across Scotland; believes that the impact of second home ownership is felt more keenly in some communities than in others, including in areas of natural beauty; notes with concern reports that, in Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, 5% of all houses are second homes or holiday lets, compared with 1% nationally, and that the figure is 12% in the Cairngorms National Park, rising to 20% in areas such as parts of Badenoch and Strathspey, that they account for over one third in Lochranza, on the Isle of Arran, and that in Coigach almost half of all homes are second homes or holiday lets; considers that recent changes to the additional dwelling supplement (ADS) and council tax have contributed to a reduction in second home purchases, with 2,455 fewer second homes bought in 2024 than in 2023; understands that the increased rate of ADS alone is expected to raise more than a quarter of a billion of pounds for public services, including the provision of affordable housing in 2025-26, and notes the view that further targeted measures, including potential tax reforms, should be considered to rebalance primary and second home ownership levels in communities where the housing crisis is particularly acute.

Further details available for S6M-17422

Douglas Ross (S6O-04664)

To ask the Scottish Government which of the portfolio questions taken in the Chamber on 25 April 2025 raised matters that fall within the specific responsibilities of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, as listed on the Scottish Government website, in light of reported concerns about her missing the session for reasons not related to her ministerial duties.

Official Report available for S6O-04664

Clare Haughey (S6O-04665)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it is doing to support those affected by historic forced adoption.

Official Report available for S6O-04665

Stephanie Callaghan (S6O-04666)

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the provision of vocational skills training, whether it will provide an update on its response to the 2025 ClimateXChange report, Training provision in Scotland’s onshore wind and solar industries.

Official Report available for S6O-04666

Liam McArthur (S6O-04667)

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has undertaken with the education sector in island communities, such as Orkney, which are reportedly seeing increasing pressures around funding and staff retention, particularly in relation to the provision of additional support for learning.

Official Report available for S6O-04667

Oliver Mundell (S6O-04668)

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that those identified with dyslexia at school leave education with the appropriate supporting information needed to secure reasonable adjustments in the workplace.

Official Report available for S6O-04668

Willie Coffey (S6O-04669)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many school pupils are currently studying computing science and how this compares to recent years.

Official Report available for S6O-04669

Sharon Dowey (S6O-04670)

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle any violence against teachers and school staff in South Ayrshire.

Official Report available for S6O-04670

Paul Sweeney (S6O-04671)

[Not Lodged]

Angus Robertson (S6M-17539)

That the Parliament agrees that the best relationship that Scotland and the UK can have with the EU is to be a member of the EU; calls on the UK Government to drop its red lines on the single market, customs union and freedom of movement; further calls on the UK Government, at its forthcoming summit with the EU, as a first step, to negotiate an ambitious veterinary, food and drink agreement, closer energy and climate co-operation, greater freedom of movement, including opportunities for young people, and further measures to lessen the ongoing economic, social and cultural damage of Brexit, and believes that it is unacceptable that the UK Government has not shared any draft summit texts with the Scottish or other devolved governments.

Further details available for S6M-17539

Stephen Kerr (S6M-17539.4)

As an amendment to motion S6M-17539 in the name of Angus Robertson (Scotland in Today’s Europe), leave out from "agrees" to end and insert "recognises that foreign affairs, including the country's relationship with the EU, trade and immigration are reserved matters, and calls on the Scottish Government to dedicate more parliamentary time towards tackling the issues that matter to most people in Scotland, such as improving NHS waiting times, raising Scotland’s falling attainment standards, addressing school violence and bringing down bills for taxpayers."

Further details available for S6M-17539.4

Neil Bibby (S6M-17539.1)

As an amendment to motion S6M-17539 in the name of Angus Robertson (Scotland in Today’s Europe), leave out from “agrees” to end and insert “welcomes the UK Government resetting the UK’s relationship with the EU following the chaotic and damaging approach of the previous UK Conservative administration; further welcomes the summit to be held on 19 May 2025; welcomes the commitment by the UK Government to create a strategic partnership between the UK and the EU to agree a path forward on trade, security and defence; believes that economic growth, raising living standards and defence and security must be the highest of priorities for the Scottish and UK governments; welcomes the UK Government’s specific commitment to negotiate a sanitary and phytosanitary veterinary agreement so that agricultural products, food and drink can be traded more cheaply between the EU and the UK, which could boost agri-food exports to the EU by up to 22.5%; further welcomes the commitment by the Prime Minister to improve security co-operation with the EU and to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027, which will benefit jobs and industries in Scotland; welcomes the UK Government’s newly negotiated trade deals with the United States and India, noting the importance of the latter for Scotland’s whisky industry; calls on the Scottish Government to support the UK Government’s efforts to rebuild the relationship with European friends and neighbours, and further calls on the Scottish Government to set out what actions it will take to improve economic growth and living standards in Scotland, including whether its public procurement processes will emulate those in other European countries in driving place-based industrial development, using the powers that it has and the record funding settlement that it has received from the UK Government of £47.7 billion this financial year.”

Further details available for S6M-17539.1

Paul Sweeney on behalf of the Selection Panel (S6M-17485)

That the Parliament nominates Karen Titchener to His Majesty The King for appointment as the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland under schedule 1 paragraph 4 of the Patient Safety Commissioner for Scotland Act 2023.

Further details available for S6M-17485