Meeting of the Parliament

Time for Reflection Rev Sheila Moir, Minister, Dryburgh District Churches, Scottish Borders followed by Topical Questions Neil Bibby S6T-00630 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that decisions about the procurement of vessels 801 and 802 were rushed "for political purposes". Alex Cole-Hamilton S6T-00628 2. To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it will undertake to resolve waiting time delays in A&E following recent reported estimates from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine that the delays have contributed to 240 avoidable deaths this year. followed by Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Debate: Perinatal Mental Health followed by Stage 1 Debate: Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill. followed by Members' Business — S6M-03278 Sarah Boyack: Commonwealth Day 2022 on 14 March 2022 That the Parliament celebrates Commonwealth Day 2022 on 14 March 2022, which has the theme, Delivering a Common Future, and aims to highlight how the member countries in the Commonwealth family are "innovating, connecting and transforming" to help achieve goals such as tackling climate change, promoting good governance and boosting trade; recognises the work of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association over the last 12 months, mainly through virtual meetings, in discussing a range of issues, including the response to COVID-19, encouraging greater diversity in parliaments and the climate emergency; considers that these will be key themes across 2022, as will the work of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians and the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities networks, and believes that the Scottish Parliament, in its relations with Commonwealth legislatures this session, will continue to share ideas, thoughts, experiences and best practice on how to make parliaments work effectively in holding governments to account on behalf of the people that they serve.