Meeting of the Parliament

General Questions Annabelle Ewing 1. [Withdrawn] Douglas Lumsden S6O-02417 2. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has in place to ensure that there is full transparency when it comes to the use of public money. Ash Regan S6O-02418 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the visual recorded interviews pilot, which involves Police Scotland recording the witness statements of adult and 16- and 17-year-old complainers involving allegations of rape and attempted rape, including any learning from the cases involved as they progressed through the courts. Martin Whitfield S6O-02419 4. To ask the Scottish Government what support it will give in the academic year 2023-24 for the Rights Respecting Schools Awards programme. Christine Grahame S6O-02420 5. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether childminding development officers have a significant role to play in supporting and assisting childminders in their professional development. Fiona Hyslop 6. [Not Lodged] Claire Baker S6O-02422 7. To ask the Scottish Government how it is promoting and encouraging an increase in employee-owned and co-operative models of businesses as part of the shift to a wellbeing economy. Maurice Golden S6O-02423 8. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether its target for a one third reduction in food waste by 2025 will be met. followed by First Minister's Questions Douglas Ross S6F-02256 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-02257 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Mark Ruskell S6F-02266 3. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government will recommit to the leadership needed to tackle the climate emergency. Clare Adamson S6F-02259 4. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to improve access to sexual health advice. Jamie Greene S6F-02273 5. To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on whether the Scottish Government is fully committed to improving the safety and condition of all of Scotland's major roads. Pam Duncan-Glancy S6F-02272 6. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is responding to the ongoing industrial disputes in further and higher education. followed by Members' Business — S6M-09174 Mercedes Villalba: Deconcentrating Land Ownership That the Parliament understands that, in 2013, just 432 landowners owned 50% of all Scotland’s privately-owned rural land; notes that feudal tenure in Scotland was only formally abolished through the Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Scotland) Act 2000; supports the expansion to community rights to buy under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015; understands that continuing concentration of ownership remains a significant barrier to communities exercising their rights; considers that land represents a huge reserve of unearned wealth in Scotland, including in the North East Scotland region; notes the view that there is a need for stronger action to disrupt the concentration of land ownership in Scotland; further notes the view that a clearly defined, legally enforced, public interest test is needed to ensure that land holdings work for the benefit of the people of Scotland, and notes the calls for Scotland’s land to be owned by, and managed for the benefit of, Scotland’s communities.