Meeting of the Parliament

General Questions Stuart McMillan S6O-02348 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that local authorities have encountered difficulties in engaging electric vehicle charger contractors to repair EV charge points. Gillian Mackay S6O-02349 2. To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to the Forth Bike scheme and its partners, in the light of the scheme ceasing to operate. Emma Harper S6O-02350 3. To ask the Scottish Government through which means rural communities can object to any of its proposed policies that would have a direct impact on their local sources of employment, culture or natural environment. Neil Bibby S6O-02351 4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to prevent recent cuts to bus services in Renfrewshire. Carol Mochan S6O-02352 5. To ask the Scottish Government what value it places on resourcing community sport as part of efforts to eradicate health inequalities. Karen Adam S6O-02353 6. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Pride Month, what it is doing to tackle any discrimination against LGBT+ people. Sandesh Gulhane S6O-02354 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the economic impact on businesses of the changes to the Deposit Return Scheme that it announced on 18 April 2023. Oliver Mundell S6O-02355 8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address reported financial and staffing pressures in NHS Dumfries and Galloway. followed by First Minister's Questions Douglas Ross S6F-02203 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-02204 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Alex Cole-Hamilton S6F-02214 3. To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet. Karen Adam S6F-02205 4. To ask the First Minister, in light of it being Carers Week, what the Scottish Government is doing to support carers across Scotland. Edward Mountain S6F-02211 5. To ask the First Minister whether extra resources will be made available to local authorities for additional rangers to help with the reported upcoming tourist influx in rural Scotland. Claire Baker S6F-02208 6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the position set out by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its Concluding Observations on the combined sixth and seventh reports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , regarding the legal minimum age of marriage in Scotland. followed by Members' Business — S6M-08219 Jeremy Balfour: Ensuring that Lothian Late-diagnosed Deaf Children Get the Support That They Need That the Parliament notes the belief that every child affected by the failings identified in the 2021 audit of NHS Lothian’s paediatric audiology service, carried out by the British Academy of Audiology (BAA), must get the support that they need to thrive and to overcome any additional barriers that they face due to the failings identified in the report; understands that the audit did not include children seen later than 2018, which, it considers, means that there were further years until any failings were addressed by an action plan, and that there may be many more children who were not diagnosed in a timely manner; recognises that the key stages for fluent first language development are birth to three years old; understands that the BAA report found that the average age of identification of deafness was 4.5 years for children in the NHS Lothian area, which, it understands, is far longer than comparable figures in the rest of the UK; considers that the failings identified in NHS Lothian’s paediatric audiology service will mean that many of the affected children were diagnosed after this critical period and are therefore likely to experience a significant adverse impact on their language and communications development, potentially leaving such children with more complex needs that may need to be addressed though co-ordinated support from health, education, social work and other agencies; understands that the families of affected children have come together to form Families Failed by Lothian Audiology Action Group (FLAAG); further understands that the parents involved in FLAAG have identified a number of areas where their children are not getting the support that they need; understands that the families involved in FLAAG report that they have experienced a lack of access to BSL tutors, speech and language therapy and appropriately qualified professionals to support their deaf children and help remediate any damage caused by the failures of the audiology service, and notes the calls on all public and voluntary sector bodies that are supporting the late-diagnosed deaf children in the Lothians and beyond to work together to ensure that they always get the support that they need. followed by Portfolio Questions Education and Skills Jamie Halcro Johnston S6O-02340 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support it is providing for modern apprenticeships. Stephen Kerr S6O-02341 2. To ask the Scottish Government what it anticipates the outcomes will be of the proposed summit on tackling violence in schools, which was announced by the education secretary on 24 May. Jackie Dunbar S6O-02342 3. To ask the Scottish Government how secondary school pupils in Aberdeen will be supported through the launch of ABZ Campus. Russell Findlay S6O-02343 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any discussions it has had with Renfrewshire Council regarding Dargavel Primary School. Foysol Choudhury S6O-02344 5. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to fund traditional skills-based apprenticeships that lead to professional qualifications. Ben Macpherson S6O-02345 6. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting City of Edinburgh Council with the Trinity Academy redevelopment. Daniel Johnson S6O-02346 7. To ask the Scottish Government how many modern apprentices working in construction, from the 2017 and 2018 cohorts, are still in training. James Dornan S6O-02347 8. To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken to mitigate any damage caused by fires and floods in higher and further education campuses. followed by Scottish Government Debate: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill – UK Legislation Angus Robertson S6M-09375 That the Parliament agrees that the UK Government amendments to the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, tabled in the House of Lords on 10 May 2023, do nothing to alter the view expressed in the Scottish Parliament in its vote on 29 November 2022 calling for the Bill to be withdrawn, or its vote on 23 February 2023 that concluded that the Scottish Parliament should withhold consent for the Bill, and considers that no amendment to this Bill can be viewed in isolation from the risks of the overall Bill, or will be sufficient in removing the dangers attached to it. followed by Public Audit Committee Debate: New Vessels for the Clyde and the Hebrides – Arrangements to Deliver Vessels 801 and 802 Richard Leonard S6M-09327 Arrangements to Deliver Vessels 801 and 802 That the Parliament notes the conclusions and recommendations contained in the Public Audit Committee's 1st Report, 2023 (Session 6), New Vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802 (SP Paper 344). followed by Decision Time