Meeting of the Parliament

General Questions Lorna Slater S6O-03997 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Edinburgh City Council plans to move up to 700 residents living in unlicensed temporary accommodation this winter without suitable alternative accommodation being available. Martin Whitfield S6O-03998 2. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce waiting times for dental extractions in rural NHS board areas. Willie Coffey S6O-03999 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it can make communities safer from the use and impact of fireworks. Ross Greer S6O-04000 4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with East Dunbartonshire Council regarding the condition of Milngavie Primary School. Miles Briggs S6O-04001 5. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of people who are not aware of a Do Not Resuscitate order being placed on their medical notes , including in relation to next of kin and power of attorney holders. Elena Whitham S6O-04002 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to improve access to audiology services. James Dornan S6O-04003 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the annual performance of Social Security Scotland in 2023-24. Mark Ruskell S6O-04004 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland’s latest report on road policing. followed by First Minister's Questions Russell Findlay S6F-03539 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-03540 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Lorna Slater S6F-03541 3. Question to be taken in Chamber. Michelle Thomson S6F-03558 4. To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government last met with Ineos or Petroineos to discuss the refinery at Grangemouth. Jamie Greene S6F-03550 5. To ask the First Minister, in light of reported figures that over 2,000 people were killed or seriously injured on Scotland's roads last year, what the Scottish Government’s position is on whether 2024 could see the highest number of road accidents and fatalities on record. Colin Smyth S6F-03553 6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reported calls to widen access to Scotland’s Redress Scheme to allow survivors of abuse at Fornethy House to seek redress. followed by Members' Business — S6M-15065 Roz McCall: Increasing Stroke Awareness That the Parliament notes reports that nearly 11,000 people in Scotland have a stroke every year, including in the Mid Scotland and Fife region; further notes the belief that raising public awareness of stroke signs and the need for immediate action is essential to improving health outcomes for stroke survivors; understands that the FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) stroke awareness campaign undertaken by Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland, which launched on World Stroke Day on 29 October 2024, is aimed at increasing awareness among the public of the need for urgent medical attention for stroke; further understands the importance of repetition in any public health campaign; regrets that there has been no sustained government-backed campaign in Scotland, it understands, since before the COVID-19 pandemic; notes the calls from campaign groups to review public health messaging surrounding awareness of stroke symptoms, including the work of the BE-FAST (Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, Time) campaign, which some academic research suggests detects 95.6% of strokes and is the acronym currently favoured by Harvard Medical School and Yale School of Medicine; notes the calls on the Scottish Government to work with Public Health Scotland and NHS boards to trial BE-FAST, in order to assess its effectiveness using data, which, it considers, would allow for informed decisions to be taken regarding the efficacy of current public health messaging, and further notes the hope that all stroke awareness campaigns can continue to increase awareness of the need for urgent medical attention should a patient present with any symptoms associated with stroke.