Meeting of the Parliament

General Questions Ruth Maguire 1. [Withdrawn] Martin Whitfield S6O-02887 2. To ask the Scottish Government how many GP surgeries are not currently accepting new patients. Pauline McNeill S6O-02888 3. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the current options available to record the relationship status of a deceased person are sufficient for the purposes of this information being accurately represented on death certificates. Willie Coffey S6O-02889 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its cladding remediation programme. Brian Whittle S6O-02890 5. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that rural populations have convenient and appropriate access to care homes. James Dornan S6O-02891 6. To ask the Scottish Government how the proposals outlined in its latest Building a New Scotland paper, Social Security in an independent Scotland , would support Scotland’s social security system. Douglas Lumsden S6O-02892 7. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce waiting times for ambulances in north east Scotland. Colin Smyth S6O-02893 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Public Health Scotland publication, Care home census for adults in Scotland , which showed that the number of care homes across the country has dropped by nearly a fifth in the past decade. followed by First Minister's Questions Douglas Ross S6F-02636 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-02637 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Liz Smith S6F-02642 3. To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will commit to any reform of Scotland’s planning regulations in order to generate growth, as recommended by CBI Scotland in a statement on 7 December. Kevin Stewart S6F-02655 4. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to grow the green economy. Rhoda Grant S6F-02648 5. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the recent report by Highland Council, which reportedly warns of a “significant risk” of parts of its region being "drained" of people. Gillian Mackay S6F-02641 6. To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of any social benefit of extending free bus travel to all under 22s. followed by Members' Business — S6M-11294 Graham Simpson: Antisocial Behaviour on Buses That the Parliament notes with concern reports of antisocial behaviour on buses and by those using buses throughout Scotland; acknowledges reports that people travelling using the national Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme have been responsible for incidents that have led to buses being withdrawn, or diverted, and notes the calls for perpetrators to have their entitlement to free travel under the scheme removed.