2pm

Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2pm

Portfolio Questions

Portfolio: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, and Parliamentary Business

Douglas Lumsden (S6O-03717)

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Channel 4 in relation to increasing its Made outside England quota from 9% to 16% in line with population breakdown, as called for by PACT, the independent TV representative body.

Official Report available for S6O-03717

Alexander Burnett (S6O-03718)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any discussions with organisations in the arts and culture sector since the publication of the Programme for Government 2024-25.

Submitting member has a registered interest.

Official Report available for S6O-03718

Ruth Maguire (S6O-03719)

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to invest in supporting youth culture in the Cunninghame South constituency.

Official Report available for S6O-03719

Kevin Stewart (S6O-03720)

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government about improving relations with the European Union, including on rejoining the single market and customs union.

Official Report available for S6O-03720

Paul Sweeney (S6O-03721)

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to enhance protection of the nation's built heritage and listed buildings.

Official Report available for S6O-03721

Richard Leonard (S6O-03722)

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support the retention of Scotland’s public libraries.

Official Report available for S6O-03722

Kenneth Gibson (S6O-03723)

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on the development of its constitutional policy and strategy, what its position is on whether the promises made by the leaders of the three main UK unionist parties prior to the 2014 independence referendum, known as The Vow, have been kept.

Official Report available for S6O-03723

Meghan Gallacher (S6O-03724)

[Not Lodged]

Portfolio: Justice and Home Affairs

Tess White (S6O-03725)

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of police service strength, in light of the decrease in Police Scotland's officer numbers.

Official Report available for S6O-03725

Pam Gosal (S6O-03726)

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of senior lawyers seeking the introduction of a domestic abuse register.

Official Report available for S6O-03726

Mark Ruskell (S6O-03727)

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Scottish Prison Service to discuss the findings of HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland's report on the full inspection of HMP YOI Stirling.

Official Report available for S6O-03727

Sarah Boyack (S6O-03728)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour in Lothian.

Official Report available for S6O-03728

Michael Marra (S6O-03729)

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding possible criminal charges against the former NHS Tayside surgeon, Sam Eljamel.

Official Report available for S6O-03729

Sue Webber (S6O-03730)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of what it is doing to ensure that Police Scotland has enough officers to deal with antisocial behaviour resulting from the illegal use of e-bikes and e-scooters.

Official Report available for S6O-03730

Edward Mountain (S6O-03731)

To ask the Scottish Government whether the new HMP Highland will be completed by 2026 without further exceeding the reported current cost overrun of £157 million, which is a 300% increase compared with the original cost.

Official Report available for S6O-03731

Marie McNair (S6O-03732)

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the Scottish Law Commission to publish its report on damages for personal injury, including recommendations on the time bar for asbestos-related illness compensation.
Scottish Government Debate: Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland

John Swinney (S6M-14524)

That the Parliament agrees that the Scottish Government should use all its powers to build a modern, diverse, dynamic nation, and further agrees that it is only with all the powers of a normal independent nation that Scotland would truly be enabled to take its own decisions to fully meet the needs of the people of Scotland and create their best future.

Further details available for S6M-14524

Douglas Ross (S6M-14524.4)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14524 in the name of John Swinney (Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland), leave out from "the Scottish Government" to end and insert "Scotland is a modern, diverse, dynamic nation as part of the UK, and believes that the Scottish Government should use all its powers to improve the lives of people who live in Scotland by prioritising health, education and the other devolved functions, and accept the result of the independence referendum of 18 September 2014, when Scotland voted to remain part of the UK."

Further details available for S6M-14524.4

Anas Sarwar (S6M-14524.5)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14524 in the name of John Swinney (Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland), leave out from "with all the powers" to end and insert "through change in 2026, and governments focused on delivering through cooperation rather than conflict, that the needs of the people of Scotland will be fully met and their best future created."

Further details available for S6M-14524.5

Ross Greer (S6M-14524.3)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14524 in the name of John Swinney (Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland), insert at end ", for example, by establishing a constitutional convention to allow the people of Scotland to decide matters such as whether they wish to retain the monarchy or adopt an elected head of state, by becoming a voice for peace and rejecting nuclear weapons, by re-joining the EU, by treating asylum seekers with humanity, and by committing to fairly tax wealth and rejecting ‘trickle-down’ economics to invest in a rapid and just transition to net zero."

Further details available for S6M-14524.3

Alex Cole-Hamilton (S6M-14524.2)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14524 in the name of John Swinney (Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland), leave out from ", and further agrees" to end and insert "by focusing on what really matters to the people of Scotland, including fixing the NHS to ensure fast access to treatment, GPs, dentists and world-class mental health services, lifting up Scottish education, delivering a fair deal for carers, stopping sewage being dumped in rivers and growing Scotland’s economy."

Further details available for S6M-14524.2

Ash Regan (S6M-14524.1)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14524 in the name of John Swinney (Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland), insert at end ", and considers that, 10 years on from the Scottish independence referendum, the next democratic opportunity must be set, with a commitment to use the Scottish Parliament election list vote as a plebiscite for the people of Scotland to demonstrate their constitutional choice for independence."

Further details available for S6M-14524.1
Business Motions

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-14534)

That the Parliament agrees—
(a) the following programme of business—
Tuesday 24 September 2024
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Ministerial Statement: Health and Social Care Winter Preparedness Plan 2024-25
followed by Scottish Government Debate: The UK Budget – Scotland’s Priorities
followed by Committee Announcements
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 25 September 2024
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy and Gaelic; Finance and Local Government
followed by Education, Children and Young People Committee Debate: Additional Support for Learning
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 26 September 2024
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 Scottish Government Debate: Scotland Stands with Ukraine
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
Tuesday 1 October 2024
2.00 pm Time for Reflection
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill
followed by Committee Announcements
followed by Business Motions
followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
5.00 pm Decision Time
followed by Members’ Business
followed by Members’ Business
Wednesday 2 October 2024
2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands; Health and Social Care
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 3 October 2024
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: Social Justice
followed by Scottish Government Business
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 23 September 2024, 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-14534

Douglas Ross (S6M-14534.1)

As an amendment to motion S6M-14534 in the name of Jamie Hepburn (Business Programme), leave out—
“2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Net Zero and Energy, and Transport”
and insert—
“2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Net Zero and Energy, and Transport
followed by Ministerial Statement: Delivering on the Votes of the Parliament on 11 September 2024 to Provide Free School Meals to All Primary School Children in the Current Parliamentary Session and to End Peak Rail Fares”.

Further details available for S6M-14534.1
Parliamentary Bureau Motions

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-14535)

That the Parliament agrees that the Companies Act 2006 (Scottish public sector companies to be audited by the Auditor General for Scotland) Order 2024 [draft] be approved.

Further details available for S6M-14535

Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau (S6M-14536)

That the Parliament agrees that—

Jackie Dunbar be appointed to replace Stuart McMillan as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Education, Children and Young People Committee;

Stuart McMillan be appointed to replace Jackie Dunbar as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Criminal Justice Committee;

Christine Grahame be appointed to replace Karen Adam as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee, and

Gordon MacDonald be appointed to replace James Dornan as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee.

Further details available for S6M-14536
Approval of SSIs (if required)
5pm

Decision Time
Members' Business — S6M-14344 Lorna Slater: 10 Years since Scotland’s Independence Referendum

Lorna Slater (S6M-14344)

That the Parliament notes that 18 September 2024 marks 10 years since the referendum on Scottish independence; recognises what it considers to be the historic level of democratic engagement during the campaign, which, it understands, resulted in the highest voter turnout since universal suffrage; understands that support for Scottish independence has consistently polled at 45% to 50% of Scotland's population in the decade since; considers that the Scottish Parliament has been undermined in recent years by the UK Government, including through Brexit, the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020, and the use of an order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998; welcomes the commitments made by both the Scottish Government and the recently elected UK Government to reset the relationship between the two governments, but considers that it remains unclear whether either government has set out what would constitute such a reset, and notes the belief that the Parliament and the people of Scotland, including those in the Lothian region, must have the opportunity to shape any improved relationship, including by establishing how the people of Scotland could progress a legal route to independence if that is their wish.

Further details available for S6M-14344

Committee business

The committee will meet at 9:00am 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— Academic Awards and Distinctions (SRUC) (Scotland) Order of Council 2024 (SSI 2024/219)

2. Education (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Professor Kenneth Muir, Honorary Professor, University of the West of Scotland

and then from—

Professor Graham Donaldson, Honorary Professor, School of Education, University of Glasgow
Barry Black, Post Graduate researcher, University of Glasgow
Professor Mark Priestley, Professor of Education and the Director of the Stirling Network for Curriculum Studies, University of Stirling

3. Evidence Session (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Pauline McIntyre on 85252 or at Pauline.McIntyre@parliament.scot

The committee will meet at 9:00am at T1.60-CR4 The Clerk Maxwell Room and will be broadcast on www.scottishparliament.tv.

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Charges for Residues Surveillance Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/218)

2. Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland: The Committee will take evidence from—

Mark Harvey, Planning Team Leader, Highland Council
Ronan O'Hara, Chief Executive, Crown Estate Scotland
Dr Rachel Shucksmith, Marine Spatial Planning Manager, University of the Highlands and Islands

3. Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1).

4. Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Emma Johnston on 85225 or at emma.johnston@parliament.scot

The committee will meet at 9:30am at TG.60-CR3 The Fleming 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. Just Transition: The Committee will take evidence from—

Professor Keith Bell, Mitigation Committee Member, Climate Change Committee
Professor Graeme Roy, Chair, Scottish Fiscal Commission

3. Just Transition: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4. Just Transition for the North East and Moray: The Committee will consider the Scottish Government's response to its report..

5. Disability Employment Gap (in private): The Committee will consider a revised draft report.

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee, Anne Peat on 85182 or at anne.peat@parliament.scot

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Wednesday 18 September 2024

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Scottish Government Debate: Creating a Modern, Diverse, Dynamic Scotland

Business Motions

Parliamentary Bureau Motions

Approval of SSIs (if required)

Decision Time

Members' Business — S6M-14344 Lorna Slater: 10 Years since Scotland’s Independence Referendum