The Future of St Michael’s Hospital in Linlithgow, West Lothian: The Parliament debated S6M-08317 in the name of Fiona Hyslop—That the Parliament understands that the land for the St Michael’s Hospital facility in Linlithgow was originally gifted by St Michael’s Church in the 19th century for the purpose of providing a hospital and garden for the community, and that, due to temporary demands to move staff elsewhere in the NHS due to illness absences, it is currently closed; recognises what it sees as the long history of St Michael’s in providing hospital services to the people of West Lothian, the Friends of St Michael’s Group’s hard work and dedication in supporting families with loved ones cared for at St Michael’s Hospital, and the invaluable local support and spirit of solidarity that the local community provides to all who use the hospital; notes the view that there will be an ongoing need for a health facility providing end-of-life and step-down intermediary care and, potentially, new...