First Minister To Set Out Programme For Government Today Live

4th September 2024

The First Minister John Swinney will set out his programme for government following question time.

Todays Schedule.

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Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy and Gaelic

Alex Cole-Hamilton S6O-03653
1. To ask the Scottish Government whether its decision not to make survivors of abuse at Fornethy House eligible for Scotland's Redress Scheme was due to budgetary pressures.

Willie Coffey S6O-03654
2. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with UK Government counterparts regarding future plans for the Shared Prosperity and Levelling Up Funds.

Fergus Ewing S6O-03655
3. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding support for any businesses impacted by the ban on wood burning stoves in new build homes.

Patrick Harvie S6O-03656
4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to implement the policy announced in March 2022 in regard to companies maintaining trade links with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

Ruth Maguire S6O-03657
5. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the contribution that housebuilding makes to the Scottish economy.

David Torrance S6O-03658
6. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Harland & Wolff regarding any potential job losses at its yards in Methil in the Kirkcaldy constituency and Arnish on the Isle of Lewis.

Sue Webber S6O-03659
7. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it decided that survivors of abuse at Fornethy House should not be eligible to access Scotland's Redress Scheme.

Liam McArthur S6O-03660
8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of its Green Industrial Strategy and its commitment to leverage up to £500 million over the next five years for Scotland's offshore wind supply chain.

Finance and Local Government

Clare Adamson S6O-03661
1. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met North Lanarkshire Council and what was discussed.

Liam Kerr S6O-03662
2. To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to local authorities whose housing stock and former housing stock requires demolition and rebuilding due to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

Michael Marra S6O-03663
3. To ask the Scottish Government, in line with the agreed procedure, whether it will provide the Scottish Fiscal Commission with a public sector pay policy ahead of its Budget for 2025-26.

Murdo Fraser S6O-03664
4. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published government expenditure and revenue figures, which reportedly show a £2,400 dividend in the last year for every person in Scotland as a result of its continued membership of the UK.

Maurice Golden S6O-03665
5. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to fund any pay increases for local government employees.

Bill Kidd
6. [Not Lodged]

Collette Stevenson S6O-03667
7. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the finance secretary has had with the UK Government regarding public spending, in light of the Prime Minister's remarks that the Labour administration's first Budget is "going to be painful".

Ariane Burgess S6O-03668
8. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its reported decision to instruct local authorities to divert money from the Nature Restoration Fund towards local government pay settlements, what discussions the finance secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding action that can be taken to mitigate any impact of this decision on projects aimed at reversing nature loss.

followed by

First Minister’s Statement: Programme for Government 2024-25

followed by

Scottish Government Debate: Programme for Government 2024-25

followed by

Decision Time

followed by

Members' Business — S6M-13189 Bob Doris: Tackling the Misuse of Off-road Vehicles

That the Parliament acknowledges what it sees as the significant public safety issues regarding the misuse of off-road vehicles, including quad bikes, being used dangerously, inappropriately and often illegally on roads, footpaths and various open spaces, which, it believes, poses a serious risk of injury and risk to life for those driving such vehicles, as well as others within the community; considers that their misuse can also have a detrimental impact on a community due to nuisance, antisocial behaviour and damage caused; notes the belief that registration of off-road vehicles, which is a reserved power, may assist Police Scotland with what it considers to be the often hazardous and unenviable tasks regarding policing, identification and enforcement; further notes that the Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill is being progressed by Anne McLaughlin MP within the UK Parliament, and that the UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport has agreed to establish a task force to look at the wider issues caused by off-road vehicles, and notes the belief that such a working group in Scotland should include the Scottish Government, local authorities, Police Scotland and others to consider what more can be done to keep the public safe and nuisance-free from the misuse of off-road vehicles across Scotland, including in the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency.

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