(S5T-00569) followed by Ministerial Statement: Social Security Benefits followed by Ministerial Statement: Widening Access to Higher Education followed by Equalities and Human Rights Committee Debate: Hidden Lives New Beginnings: Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland S5M-05802 Christina McKelvie on behalf of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee: Hidden Lives New Beginnings: Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland That the Parliament recognises that destitution has a detrimental impact on people, — affecting their mental health, their ability to access health care, and also increases their risk of exploitation and abuse; thanks those who shared their personal experience of being destitute with the Equalities and Human Rights Committee; notes that destitution can also impact on families, communities and on the provision of support from non-governmental organisations and public authorities, and notes the findings and recommendations of the Equalities and Human Rights Committee s 3rd Report 2017 (Session 5), Hidden Lives New Beginnings: Destitution, asylum and ’ insecure immigration status in Scotland (SP Paper 147). followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5:15 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Debate on the subject of— Tuesday 30 May 2017 2 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Chamber | Seòmar S5M-05016 Jackie Baillie: Vale of Leven Hospital GP Out-of-hours Services That the — Parliament expresses its concerns about the future provision of GP out-of-hours services at the Vale of Leven Hospital; notes that a report produced by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde recommends the withdrawal of the service between Mondays and Fridays due to financial and staffing pressures; understands that the publication of the report follows months of temporary closures at the hospital during weekends as the NHS board is unable to recruit enough medical staff to cover the service; considers that it is unacceptable to force people in Dumbarton, Vale of Leven, Helensburgh and Lomond to travel to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley to access emergency primary care services; believes that the report identifies a reduction in services at the Vale of Leven Hospital as the preferred option, despite the NHS board s own figures revealing ’ higher attendances at GP out-of-hours services among Dumbarton and Alexandria residents than residents in Paisley; considers that such services are a vital component of any local hospital, and notes calls on the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport to intervene to ensure that the commitment in the Vision for the Vale agreement to maintaining these services is respected.