Meeting of the Parliament, Continued

Portfolio Questions Education and Skills Bill Kidd S6O-00772 1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support expanded recruitment of teaching assistants. Alex Cole-Hamilton S6O-00773 2. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the teaching unions. Jim Fairlie S6O-00774 3. To ask the Scottish Government how Curriculum for Excellence meets the needs of colleges and industries in providing appropriate learning to young people to allow them to progress to the next stage of their training. Fulton MacGregor S6O-00775 4. To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken in schools to promote the mental and emotional wellbeing of children and young people. Oliver Mundell S6O-00776 5. To ask the Scottish Government what the reasons are for its decision not to publish the draft of the OECD report, Curriculum For Excellence: Into The Future, that it received in January 2021. Rona Mackay S6O-00777 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of the Scottish Education Exchange Programme. Dean Lockhart S6O-00778 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans for a flexible skills and education system that can help meet net zero targets, as referred to in its Programme for Government 2021-22. Sandesh Gulhane S6O-00779 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported comments of Glasgow City Council's new Executive Director of Education regarding reinstating the Scottish Survey of Literacy and Numeracy. followed by Ministerial Statement: Building Industrial Clusters Around Scotland’s Ports followed by Scottish Government Debate: Solidarity with Ukraine That the Parliament offers its unqualified support for Ukrainian sovereignty, democracy, independence and territorial integrity; condemns unreservedly Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty by recognising the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic, and expresses its concern at the disturbing reports of Russian forces beginning a further invasion of Ukraine’s territory, in flagrant violation of international law; acknowledges the response to date of the international community in applying sanctions against the Russian regime and calls on it to redouble such efforts to discourage Russia from further aggression; further acknowledges the limited sanctions announced by the UK Prime Minister and urges that these should go further as soon as possible, with severe sanctions imposed upon Putin’s regime, his oligarch backers and their assets globally; supports efforts to deter Russia from further aggression and efforts to require Russia to reverse its illegal and provocative actions; records its concern about the grave threat to the safety and security of Ukrainian citizens; stands in solidarity with the people, Government and Parliament of Ukraine, and Scotland’s Ukrainian community, and stands ready to support them in any way Scotland can. followed by Decision Time