Meeting of the Parliament

General Questions Oliver Mundell S6O-03174 1. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support rural NHS boards. Sandesh Gulhane S6O-03175 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it has intervened to direct NHS Fife and the relevant education authorities to permit schools to issue basic medication, such as paracetamol and ibuprofen, without the need for a GP prescription, in light of reports that primary care is struggling in NHS Fife. Maurice Golden S6O-03176 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the number of assaults by pupils in schools. Martin Whitfield S6O-03177 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the EIS and other teacher unions to discuss school-based violence. Ben Macpherson S6O-03178 5. To ask the Scottish Government how it is taking forward the work and priorities of its Ministerial Population Taskforce. Gillian Mackay S6O-03179 6. To ask the Scottish Government what public health measures are being taken to minimise harm from vaping, prior to the introduction of the proposed ban on single-use vapes. Colin Smyth S6O-03180 7. To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed NHS Dumfries and Galloway’s funding deficit with the NHS board. Pauline McNeill S6O-03181 8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to stop image-based abuse of girls. followed by First Minister's Questions Douglas Ross S6F-02884 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-02885 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Brian Whittle S6F-02891 3. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government can take to help encourage children into sport and cultivate future world class athletes, in light of the recent victories of Josh Kerr and Jemma Reekie at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow. Kenneth Gibson S6F-02887 4. To ask the First Minister what impact the Spring Statement will have on Scotland. Sharon Dowey S6F-02896 5. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to promote community deer management on publicly owned land. Rona Mackay S6F-02905 6. To ask the First Minister, in light of International Women's Day on 8 March, what steps the Scottish Government is taking to tackle gender-based violence. Colin Smyth S6F-02904 7. To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to reduce waiting times for children referred for a neurodevelopmental assessment. followed by Members' Business — S6M-11697 Mark Ruskell: Site-specific Just Transition for Mossmorran That the Parliament understands that the Mossmorran petrochemical site, in the Mid Scotland and Fife region, which comprises of Shell’s Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) Plant and ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant, is responsible for nearly 10% of Scotland’s industrial emissions; notes the view that limiting global temperature increases to 1.5°C and well below 2°C, in line with the Paris Agreement, will require rapid and sustained reductions in emissions across all sectors; understands that industry is the second-highest emitting sector in Scotland, and notes the view that a worker-led just transition for the sector is essential for reaching Scotland’s ambition to achieve net zero by 2045; notes the view that industrial decarbonisation plans cannot omit emissions from Mossmorran, and that a decarbonisation pathway for the site needs to be identified collaboratively with operators, workers, unions, and local and national governments at the earliest opportunity; understands that the two Mossmorran plants directly employ approximately 250 workers, and periodically many more through short-term maintenance contracts, and notes the belief that the process of just transition for Scotland’s industrial sites needs to be worker-led and delivered in a way that leaves nobody behind.