Meeting of the Parliament (Accessible)

Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Portfolio Questions Social Justice and Housing 1. Collette Stevenson S7O-00144 [Not Lodged] 2. Alex Kerr S7O-00145 To ask the Scottish Government how many people have received support from the First Homes Fund since its establishment. 3. Craig Hoy S7O-00146 To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to recover £36 million of social security payments, which were reportedly made due to fraud and error, and how much has been recovered since 31 March 2026. 4. David Linden (S7O-00147) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with local authorities and registered social landlords regarding the proportion of properties let through referrals made under section 5 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001. 5. Liam McArthur S7O-00148 To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the development of affordable housing in island communities. 6. Lloyd Melville S7O-00149 To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Angus Council regarding the presence of RAAC in council and privately-owned homes in Monifieth. 7. Fulton MacGregor S7O-00150 To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the waiting times faced by applicants awaiting an enhanced award of the Adult Disability Payment, in light of reports that some can wait up to six months for a decision. 8. Kim Schmulian S7O-00151 To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to make it easier for developers to increase development of housing, by rejuvenating brownfield sites across Glasgow. 9. Jack Middleton S7O-00152 To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support and sustain successful homelessness prevention projects in the north east of Scotland. 10. Finlay Carson S7O-00153 To ask the Scottish Government what further action it will take to increase house building, particularly in rural areas. Economy, Tourism and Transport 1. Thomas Kerr S7O-00154 To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the night-time economy in Glasgow, including any assessment it has made of the increasing impact of tax, business costs and regulation. 2. Michelle Campbell S7O-00155 To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support communities by improving public transport connections, to enable more inclusive travel and encourage patronage of bus services. 3. Donald MacKinnon S7O-00156 To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that air services in the Highlands and Islands meet the needs of communities. 4. Liam Kerr S7O-00157 To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the introduction of Air Departure Tax on Aberdeen International Airport and the wider North East Scotland economy. 5. Laura Moodie S7O-00158 To ask the Scottish Government whether it will explore options for increasing the number of rail services calling at ScotRail operated stations in the South Scotland region such as Lockerbie. 6. Patricia Gibson S7O-00159 To ask the Scottish Government what contribution the life sciences industry in North Ayrshire makes to the Scottish economy in terms of employment and gross value added. 7. Marie McNair S7O-00160 To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the Strathclyde Concessionary Travel Scheme and the benefits to those in Clydebank and Milngavie. 8. Zen Ghani S7O-00161 [Not Lodged] 9. Pauline McNeill S7O-00162 To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the designs for the replacement option for the M8 Woodside Viaducts. 10. Jenni Minto S7O-00163 To ask the Scottish Government when the review of business rates will be published and whether any changes are being considered for hospitality businesses. followed by Ministerial Statement: Raising Standards and Delivering Excellence for Every Child followed by Scottish Government Debate: Programme for Government - Improving Lives Through Delivering for Scotland Angela Constance S7M-01003 That the Parliament notes the publication of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government, Ambitious for Scotland, which commits to renewing Scotland’s public services through prevention, integration and reform; recognises the Programme for Government’s focus on public service reform and commitment to ensuring that decision-making and service delivery sit at the level best placed to improve people's lives; agrees with the need to empower communities and regions to make the decisions that improve delivery; further agrees with the need to reduce NHS waiting times, support the shift of care from hospitals into communities through strengthened primary care, digital innovation and expanded community services; welcomes the need for action to tackle health inequalities, improve population health, and treat substance misuse as a public health priority, and agrees that public service reform must be shaped by and with the workforce, while delivering better outcomes for people and communities across Scotland. Further details available for S7M-01003 Helen McDade S7M-01003.5 As an amendment to motion S7M-01003 in the name of Angela Constance (Improving Lives Through Delivering for Scotland), leave out from ",which commits" to end and insert "; is disappointed that the only tool that the Scottish Government is using to reform public services is centralisation; believes that the proposals to create only two health boards for the east and west further marginalises rural communities in the north and south; further believes that it is hypocritical for the Scottish Government to talk about making services local, when the proposed actions would remove locality by further centralising health services; notes that the Parliament has been told many times during the last 19 years by the SNP administration that it will empower communities, reduce NHS waiting times, support the shift of care from hospitals into communities, roll out digital innovation and expanded community services, tackle health inequalities, improve population health and treat substance misuse as a priority; believes that, over nearly two decades, the actions taken to address these priorities have been ineffective to such an extent that the current administration is still seeking agreement to take action on them; calls on the Scottish Government to set out in detail the capital and revenue budgets required to deliver healthcare reform and establishes an independent scrutiny body to oversee these reforms, and is opposed to a simple expansion of the existing governance structures, which it considers could be likened to the Scottish Government marking its own homework." Further details available for S7M-01003.5 Jackie Baillie S7M-01003.1 As an amendment to motion S7M-01003 in the name of Angela Constance (Improving Lives Through Delivering for Scotland), leave out from "welcomes" and insert "recognises that a properly funded social care sector, with a fairly rewarded workforce, will be necessary to achieve these aims; further recognises that mental health services require urgent attention; welcomes the need for action to tackle health inequalities, including in women’s experience of healthcare, to improve population health, and to treat substance misuse as a public health priority; agrees that public service reform must be shaped by and with the workforce, while delivering better outcomes for people and communities across Scotland; regrets that the Scottish Government has had 19 years to transform public services but has failed to deliver, and believes that, if Scottish Ministers are committed to deliver, they must engage in cross-party working, especially in health and social care." Further details available for S7M-01003.1 Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill S7M-01003.2 As an amendment to motion S7M-01003 in the name of Angela Constance (Improving Lives Through Delivering for Scotland), insert at end "; notes the reported concerns raised by workers, patients and communities regarding the proposed centralisation of NHS services; calls for assurances that there will be no compulsory redundancies or loss of frontline services as a result of the scrapping of regional health boards, and further calls on the Scottish Government to urgently publish further information on Integration Joint Board reform, the responsibilities of the proposed two strategic health boards and how responsibility for local service delivery will be managed". Further details available for S7M-01003.2 Miles Briggs S7M-01003.4 As an amendment to motion S7M-01003 in the name of Angela Constance (Improving Lives Through Delivering for Scotland), insert at end “; notes the projected £5 billion gap in public service funding after 19 years of an SNP-led Scottish Government; further notes the First Minister’s recognition that underperforming areas must change, but notes that Scottish Ministers have failed to outline how social security spending will be reformed in response to estimates that the Scottish Government will be spending more than £9.2 billion a year on benefits by 2030-31; welcomes the debate around public sector reform, which guarantees the delivery of local accountability for services and equity of access to services as close to or in people's homes, and agrees with the principle of creating a state that spends Scottish taxpayers’ money more wisely.” Further details available for S7M-01003.4 Adam Harley S7M-01003.3 As an amendment to motion S7M-01003 in the name of Angela Constance (Improving Lives Through Delivering for Scotland), insert at end “; believes that there is no way to fix the NHS without fixing care, and that removing the care bottleneck would tackle the number of patients remaining in hospital due to delayed discharge, reduce waits in departments such as A&E, and reduce instances of corridor care; agrees that where public service reform seeks to improve lives and end practices that may cause harm, there should be mechanisms in place to evaluate proposals and properly measure outcomes, and calls, therefore, on the Scottish Government to set out how it will measure, monitor and report on the volume and frequency of corridor care as part of the work required to eradicate it.” Further details available for S7M-01003.3 followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Decision Time followed by Members’ Business: Driving Test Delays and the Impact on Learners in Scotland Keith Brown S7M-00832 Driving Test Delays and the Impact on Learners in Scotland That the Parliament notes with concern the experiences of learners and families across the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency regarding continuing difficulties in accessing practical driving tests through the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA); believes that these experiences are reflected across communities in Scotland, where what was initially presented as a temporary backlog has become a longstanding problem affecting learner drivers; understands that many learners report logging on before 6.00am only to find themselves behind tens of thousands of others in online booking queues, often waiting hours without securing a test appointment; further understands that some learners have incurred significant additional costs through extended periods of driving lessons and, in some cases, the expiry of theory test certificates before they have been able to obtain a practical driving test, requiring them to pay to sit the theory test again through no fault of their own; recognises the importance of access to driving as a means of supporting employment, apprenticeships, education, caring responsibilities and social mobility, particularly in rural and semi-rural communities where public transport options may be limited; believes that urgent measures are needed to reduce waiting times, improve access to driving tests and extend the validity of theory test certificates for learners affected by excessive delays; is concerned that recent reforms to the booking system have failed to deliver their intended objectives; and concludes that, should the UK Government prove unable to deliver a driving test system that meets Scotland's needs, serious consideration should be given to devolving responsibility for driver testing to the Scottish Parliament. Further details available for S7M-00832