(S6T-01438) followed by Ministerial Statement: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan - Annual Progress Report 2022-23 followed by Education, Children and Young People Committee Debate: College Regionalisation S6M-09414 Sue Webber on behalf of the Education, Children and Young People Committee: College Regionalisation—That the Parliament notes the conclusions and recommendations contained in the Education, Children and Young People Committee's 2nd Report, 2023 (Session 6), College regionalisation inquiry (SP Paper 331). followed by Scottish Government Debate: Appointment of Junior Scottish Minister Tuesday 13 June 2023 2 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Chamber | Seòmar S6M-09508 Humza Yousaf: Appointment of Junior Scottish Minister—That the Parliament agrees that Fiona Hyslop be appointed as a junior Scottish Minister. followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5:10 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Debate on the subject of— S6M-08593 Katy Clark: Women Prisoners—That the Parliament notes reports that the women's prison, HMP Cornton Vale, is set to close and be replaced by HMP & YOI Stirling on the same site by the summer of 2023; further notes, with concern, reports that Scotland has had one of the largest female prison populations in northern Europe since 2010; understands that nearly 40% of women charged are not charged for a violent offence, with 63% of women in the sentenced population indexed under Group 1 (Violence) in the recorded crime statistics; notes the findings of the International Review of Custodial Models for Women: Key Messages for Scotland by the Scottish Government social research department in 2015, which concluded that “countries with lower rates of female prison populations tend to have different sentencing practices, including a greater use of alternatives to custody and open prisons than is currently available in Scotland”; further notes the view that Scotland’s remand rates for women are too high, including in the West Scotland region; notes that the Scottish Prison Service confirmed in January 2023 that approximately 36% of women prisoners are on remand, higher than the percentage for prisoners who are men; further notes the view that the vulnerable nature of many women prisoners, offending patterns among women and the reported high percentage of women prisoners who are mothers and high percentage of women who have suffered brain injuries as a result of repeated domestic abuse, demonstrate that fewer women should be remanded into custody, and notes calls for the Scottish Government to reverse the real terms cuts to the justice budget, to fund...