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Paul O'Kane (S6O-04201)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of the Changing Places Toilet Fund.

Jackie Dunbar (S6O-04202)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding the steps that it is taking to tackle child poverty.

Neil Bibby (S6O-04203)

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of children and young people leaving school unable to swim.

Audrey Nicoll (S6O-04204)

To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will support the delivery of drug and alcohol services across Scotland.  

Colin Smyth (S6O-04205)

To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed plans to reduce delayed discharge with NHS Dumfries and Galloway.

Kenneth Gibson (S6O-04206)

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on farmers giving the methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer to their cattle.

Ariane Burgess (S6O-04207)

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with NHS boards and patient transport providers to ensure that access to healthcare is fair, equitable and efficient for island residents.

Ben Macpherson (S6O-04208)

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the planned opening of the safer drug consumption facility in Glasgow, whether consideration has been given to opening a similar facility in Edinburgh.

Russell Findlay (S6F-03694)

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Anas Sarwar (S6F-03695)

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Lorna Slater (S6F-03696)

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Jackie Dunbar (S6F-03720)

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential economic impact of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' reported £800 million investment in battery energy storage sites in Scotland.

Edward Mountain (S6F-03699)

To ask the First Minister, in light of the rise in the number of people under 50 being diagnosed with bowel cancer, what proposals the Scottish Government has to extend the national bowel screening programme to those under 50 years old.

Claire Baker (S6F-03721)

To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is responding to reports that 182 sexual assaults, including rapes, have taken place in hospitals in the last five years.

Rhoda Grant (S6M-15705)

That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Human Rights Commission’s spotlight project into Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands; understands that it was commissioned in April 2023 and undertook a targeted programme of work to assess the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights for people living across the Highlands and Islands, which concluded in early 2024 and published its report, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands, in November 2024; believes that this report has been widely welcomed by community groups, charities and organisations across the Highlands and Islands; is concerned, in particular, by the Commission’s urgent calls to tackle the rooflessness, hunger and access to health issues across the Highlands and Islands; is further concerned that, according to the report, across all rights examined, there is not a single human right that meets all the conditions of adequacy under international law, and notes the calls on the Scottish Government to act on this report and review its current policies to address the concerns raised by this report.  

Further details available for S6M-15705

Murdo Fraser (S6O-04209)

To ask the Scottish Government when it estimates that ScotRail will end the use of short-formed trains that run on rail services between Fife and Edinburgh.

Roz McCall (S6O-04210)

To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with local authorities to address road improvements.

Christine Grahame (S6O-04211)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what discussions it has had with the UK Government transport secretary regarding the £5 million contribution that the previous administration made towards a feasibility study into the extension of the Borders railway.

Foysol Choudhury (S6O-04212)

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to ScotRail ticket offices scoring one out of five in the most recent Service Quality Inspection Regime data.

Meghan Gallacher (S6O-04213)

To ask the Scottish Government what additional measures will be introduced to support rural housing providers to achieve the net zero emissions target by decarbonising social housing.  

Stuart McMillan (S6O-04214)

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Transport Scotland’s engagement with Peel Ports regarding the introduction of a conservancy fee for leisure vessels sailing on the River Clyde.

Gordon MacDonald (S6O-04215)

To ask the Scottish Government what the current value of Scotland’s renewable energy output is to the UK economy.

Mark Griffin (S6O-04216)

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the net zero secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding whether unused funds from energy efficiency area-based grant schemes could be reallocated, including to reduce fuel poverty in the coming financial year.

Jackson Carlaw on behalf of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee (S6M-16085)

That the Parliament notes the conclusions and recommendations of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee's 2nd Report, 2024 (Session 6), Inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme (SP Paper 669), including the recommendation that a dedicated committee should be established to provide oversight and maintain momentum on scrutiny of long-running, multi-session infrastructure projects, such as the A9 dualling programme.

Further details available for S6M-16085

Tim Eagle (S6M-14408)

That the Parliament considers that people living in remote and rural areas face unique challenges when it comes to accessing health and social care; understands that the recruitment and retention of staff, poor infrastructure, and the inability to access certain services are all common issues that impact health and social care in rural and remote areas; notes what it sees as the failure of the Scottish Government to deliver infrastructure investment in the Highlands and Islands region and elsewhere, including the failure to deliver a new Belford Hospital in Fort William, complete upgrades to Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin, and build a replacement hospital for the Isle of Barra, among other delayed projects; understands that many communities in rural areas face a reduction of services, such as the reduced access to NHS dentistry in Dunoon and loss of care home beds across the Highlands and Islands region; believes that all of these factors contribute to the wider issue of rural depopulation, and notes the calls for the Scottish Government to properly invest in health and social care in rural and remote areas and deliver better health outcomes for residents.

Further details available for S6M-14408