Meeting of the Parliament

General Questions Paul O'Kane S6O-04201 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of the Changing Places Toilet Fund. Jackie Dunbar S6O-04202 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed plans to reduce delayed discharge with NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Kenneth Gibson S6O-04206 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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. followed by First Minister's Questions Russell Findlay S6F-03694 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-03695 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Lorna Slater S6F-03696 3. Question to be taken in Chamber. Jackie Dunbar S6F-03720 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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. followed by Members' Business — S6M-15705 Rhoda Grant: Scottish Human Rights Commission’s Spotlight Project into Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Highlands and Islands 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.