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Meeting of the Parliament

Thursday 31 October 2024 11:40 AM

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General Questions Fulton MacGregor S6O-03869 1. To ask the Scottish Government what support is in place for people in North Lanarkshire with Huntington's disease. Clare Haughey S6O-03870 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it is doing to support those affected by historic forced adoption. Neil Bibby S6O-03871 3. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and what issues were discussed. Sue Webber S6O-03872 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether the £12.5 million of funding that it plans to provide for education in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia was set out in the Budget for 2024-25. Elena Whitham S6O-03873 5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it has been undertaking with disabled people’s organisations regarding the delivery of its Disability Equality Plan. Alexander Burnett S6O-03874 6. To ask the Scottish Government when the health secretary last met the Scottish Ambulance Service to discuss rural ambulance provision. Liam Kerr S6O-03875 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Police Scotland’s extension across Scotland of the north east pilot of not investigating "low-level" crime. Rachael Hamilton S6O-03876 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how many genders there are. followed by First Minister's Questions Russell Findlay S6F-03462 1. Question to be taken in Chamber. Anas Sarwar S6F-03463 2. Question to be taken in Chamber. Lorna Slater S6F-03464 3. Question to be taken in Chamber. Keith Brown S6F-03477 4. To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has undertaken of the impact of the UK Government Budget on Scotland. Liz Smith S6F-03468 5. To ask the First Minister what engagement the Scottish Government has had with Police Scotland officials who are responsible for investigating whether the actions of Professor Eljamel amounted to criminal conduct. Pauline McNeill S6F-03488 6. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the reported rise in sex crimes. followed by Members' Business — S6M-13402 Audrey Nicoll: Invasive Non-native Species in Scotland That the Parliament notes the publication of the Scottish Environment LINK report, Invasive Non-native Species in Scotland: A Plan for Effective Action, which collates the thinking of Scotland’s environmental non-governmental organisations regarding invasive non-native species; understands that invasive non-native species constitute one of the five principal direct drivers of global biodiversity loss and that invasive non-native species are among the most significant pressures on Scotland’s biodiversity; recognises the reported significant negative impacts that invasive non-native species have for Scotland’s marine, terrestrial and freshwater environments, including in the Aberdeen South and North Kincardine constituency; highlights reports of the financial impact of invasive non-native and non-native species on Scotland’s economy; notes the view that it is necessary to effectively tackle invasive non-native species as a prerequisite to successful nature restoration in Scotland; believes that the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund is providing critical funds to initiate and develop projects, working with communities and volunteers to prevent the establishment, and control the spread, of invasive non-native species, and considers that this is allowing the recovery of biodiversity across Scotland, including river restoration projects addressing invasive non-native plants, controlling invasive rhododendron in Scotland’s rainforest and safeguarding internationally important seabird islands from non-native mammals through island biosecurity action.

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