Meeting of the Parliament

Portfolio Questions Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Liam Kerr S6O-03685 1. To ask the Scottish Government what the return has been on any anticipated community, biodiversity and environmental outcomes resulting from the £17.6 million public purchase of Glen Prosen by Forestry and Land Scotland. Clare Haughey S6O-03686 2. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support animal welfare. Bob Doris S6O-03687 3. To ask the Scottish Government what interaction and correspondence it has had, regarding matters related to Scotland’s rural economy, with the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, including relevant officials, since their appointment in July. Graham Simpson S6O-03688 4. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason rainforests were excluded from the deer management incentive scheme pilots. Finlay Carson S6O-03689 5. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that any future Galloway National Park will work in the best interests of local communities. Jamie Halcro Johnston S6O-03690 6. To ask the Scottish Government what impact its recently announced budget reductions will have on investment in infrastructure that supports agriculture in remote and island communities. Pam Duncan-Glancy S6O-03691 7. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding how its procurement powers can encourage the availability of healthy, local food. Murdo Fraser S6O-03692 8. To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing for new entrants to farming. NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care Keith Brown 1. [Withdrawn] Sue Webber S6O-03694 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Dr Stephen Smith’s evaluation of the Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD) Residential Rehabilitation Service in Edinburgh. Fulton MacGregor S6O-03695 3. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Lanarkshire regarding the progress of the Monklands Replacement Project. Humza Yousaf S6O-03696 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on funding allocations to ensure the best possible cancer care for patients, particularly within their local communities. Audrey Nicoll S6O-03697 5. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent outbreak of mpox in Africa, which was declared by the World Health Organization on 14 August to be a public health emergency of international concern, what plans it has put in place for any potential outbreak of mpox in Scotland. Richard Leonard S6O-03698 6. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support specialist neonatal intensive care units across Scotland. Meghan Gallacher S6O-03699 7. To ask the Scottish Government what impact reductions to mental health budgets will have on child and adult mental health services. Edward Mountain S6O-03700 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide any additional funding to NHS Highland, in light of the reported overspend in excess of £50 million by the NHS board in its 2023-24 revenue budget. followed by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Debate: Free School Meals for all Primary Pupils Liam Kerr S6M-14406 That the Parliament believes that free school lunches should be provided for all primary school children, including provision in the school holidays, in this parliamentary session, as promised by the Scottish Government. Jenny Gilruth S6M-14406.3 As an amendment to motion S6M-14406 in the name of Liam Kerr (Free School Meals for all Primary Pupils), insert at end "; notes, however, that the impact of the austerity agenda pursued by the previous Conservative and current Labour UK administrations has reduced the value of Scotland’s budget, meaning that the required combined capital and revenue funding of £256 million is not available to deliver fully during the current parliamentary session; recommits the Scottish Government to full universal delivery for all primary pupils when the budgetary position allows; recognises the progress that has already been made with the delivery of free school meals to all children in P1 to P5, special schools, as well as eligible pupils in P6 to S6; welcomes that the Scottish Government will now make further progress with expansion to P6 and P7 pupils in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment, which will see an additional 26,000 children benefit, and calls on the UK Government to change its fiscal rules to end austerity and allow increased investment in public services to eradicate child poverty." Pam Duncan-Glancy S6M-14406.2 As an amendment to motion S6M-14406 in the name of Liam Kerr (Free School Meals for all Primary Pupils), insert at end “, and regrets the Scottish National Party administration’s repeated broken promises to Scotland’s children and young people.” followed by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Debate: Ending Peak Rail Fares on ScotRail Trains Graham Simpson S6M-14405 That the Parliament calls on the Scottish Government to reverse its decision to reintroduce peak fares on Scotland's railway. Fiona Hyslop S6M-14405.3 As an amendment to motion S6M-14405 in the name of Graham Simpson (Ending Peak Rail Fares on ScotRail Trains), leave out from "calls" to end and insert "notes that the pioneering Scottish Government 12-month trial removal of peak rail fares has not been introduced anywhere else in Britain; regrets that the trial, which cost up to £40 million of Scottish Government support, was only a partial success in encouraging rail use; notes the reluctant decision by the Scottish Government to end the trial due to the fiscal constraints chosen by successive UK administrations; encourages rail passengers to take advantage of the new range of reduced season, flexi and super off-peak tickets, and calls on the Scottish Government to make use of the valuable data from the trial in further developing its rail fare policy." Alex Rowley S6M-14405.2 As an amendment to motion S6M-14405 in the name of Graham Simpson (Ending Peak Rail Fares on ScotRail Trains), insert at end ", and agrees that making public transport more accessible, affordable and reliable is key to supporting more people to use public transport." followed by Decision Time followed by Members' Business — S6M-14024 Graham Simpson: Retrofitting and Tenement Maintenance That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the report, Meeting Scotland’s Retrofit Challenge: solutions from the industry, jointly published by 14 leading built environment sector organisations; recognises that this paper follows a "Retrofit Roundtable" meeting convened at the Scottish Parliament in May 2023; notes the support for the report’s key policy recommendations to establish a Ministerial Oversight Group on Retrofit and to develop a long-term Retrofit Delivery Plan with a joined-up approach to funding, regulating and incentivising retrofit work across Scotland, including in the Central Scotland region; further notes the calls on the Scottish Government to significantly increase the pace and scale of retrofit projects being undertaken across the country; welcomes the publication of the Scottish Law Commission’s discussion paper on the proposed scheme for owners’ associations; recognises that this discussion paper follows the work of the Tenement Maintenance Working Group, convened at the Scottish Parliament in March 2018, which was established to explore actions that could be taken to improve the condition of Scotland’s tenements; acknowledges that the Scottish Law Commission’s discussion project responds to the Tenement Maintenance Working Group’s recommendation that every tenement building in Scotland should have an owners’ association to coordinate work to the building and a corresponding reference received from the Scottish Government to that effect in January 2022, and notes the discussion paper’s proposals concerning the functions, powers and duties of a tenement owners’ association, including the role of an association manager, decision-making procedures, liability of owners for costs and the implementation of an annual budgeting system.