First Minister's Questions - 16/01/2025

Join us for First Minister's Questions, live from the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, starting with General Questions to Ministers.
11:40am General Questions
Paul O'Kane S6O-04201
1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of the Changing Places Toilet Fund.
Jackie Dunbar S6O-04202
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update regarding the steps that it is taking to tackle child poverty.
Neil Bibby S6O-04203
3. To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of children and young people leaving school unable to swim.
Audrey Nicoll S6O-04204
4. To ask the Scottish Government how its draft Budget 2025-26 will support the delivery of drug and alcohol services across Scotland.
Colin Smyth S6O-04205
5. To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed plans to reduce delayed discharge with NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
Kenneth Gibson S6O-04206
6. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on farmers giving the methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer to their cattle.
Ariane Burgess S6O-04207
7. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with NHS boards and patient transport providers to ensure that access to healthcare is fair, equitable and efficient for island residents.
Ben Macpherson S6O-04208
8. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the planned opening of the safer drug consumption facility in Glasgow, whether consideration has been given to opening a similar facility in Edinburgh.
12:00 pm First Minister's Questions
Russell Findlay S6F-03694
1. Question to be taken in Chamber.
Anas Sarwar S6F-03695
2. Question to be taken in Chamber.
Lorna Slater S6F-03696
3. Question to be taken in Chamber.
Jackie Dunbar S6F-03720
4. To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential economic impact of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' reported £800 million investment in battery energy storage sites in Scotland.
Edward Mountain S6F-03699
5. To ask the First Minister, in light of the rise in the number of people under 50 being diagnosed with bowel cancer, what proposals the Scottish Government has to extend the national bowel screening programme to those under 50 years old.
Claire Baker S6F-03721
6. To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is responding to reports that 182 sexual assaults, including rapes, have taken place in hospitals in the last five years.
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