Meeting of the Parliament

General Questions Ross Greer S6O-02156 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether businesses, which make use of unpaid trial shifts, should be disqualified from receiving public sector grants and procurement contracts. Richard Leonard S6O-02157 2. To ask the Scottish Government what additional fiscal measures it will put in place to reduce inequality in Scotland. Karen Adam S6O-02158 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken, in addition to its public consultation, to engage with the fishing industry and the coastal communities that could be affected by Highly Protected Marine Areas. Pauline McNeill S6O-02159 4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Scotrail regarding improving Sunday train services in west central Scotland. Annabelle Ewing S6O-02160 5. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Fife and what was discussed. Meghan Gallacher S6O-02161 6. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to tackle the vacancies in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Paul Sweeney S6O-02162 7. To ask the Scottish Government what the average waiting time is for neurology patients who are seeking an appointment with a physiotherapist. Jim Fairlie S6O-02163 8. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to raise awareness of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, in light of recent reported incidences of sheep worrying. followed by First Minister's Questions Douglas Ross S6F-02029 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-02030 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Alex Cole-Hamilton S6F-02033 3. To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet. Stephanie Callaghan S6F-02048 4. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to Alcohol Focus Scotland’s emergency call to urgently take action to prevent further deaths and reduce harm from alcohol. Jamie Greene S6F-02046 5. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to new Police Scotland statistics showing that the number of recorded rapes has increased to its highest level in six years. Jackie Baillie S6F-02053 6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that published NHS waiting times for treatment are accurate. followed by Members' Business — S6M-08476 Ariane Burgess: Community-led Housing Supporting a Sustainable Future That the Parliament recognises what it sees as the vital role of community-led housing in tackling what it considers is the rural and island housing crisis, and in supporting those communities towards a sustainable future; believes that there are diverse and significant challenges facing rural and island communities in providing housing and the varied implications this has for sustaining the rural population; recognises what it considers as the enabling role of community housing trusts and organisations, such as South of Scotland Community Housing, Communities Housing Trust and Rural Housing Scotland, which support communities through what it understands can be a burdensome and long process; notes the belief that more can be done to facilitate community-led housing and remove barriers to locally-based projects; further notes the view that there is a need to support community-led affordable housing as a priority, and that the upcoming Land Reform and Community Wealth Building bills have the potential to do so; congratulates those organisations that have accomplished community housing projects and utilised available funds, such as the Rural and Island Housing Fund; considers that there is a need to learn from these organisations and continually improve, and congratulates what it sees as trailblazing projects that are testing alternative models, such as rented cohousing in the Hope CoHousing project in Orkney, and creating place-based communities through models such as Stòras Uibhist and Rural Housing Scotland’s Smart Clachan project.