Meeting of the Parliament (Continued)

Portfolio Questions Education and Skills Daniel Johnson 1. [Not Lodged] Alex Cole-Hamilton 2. [Not Lodged] Gordon MacDonald S6O-00880 3. To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of schools are being reported as in good or satisfactory condition. Sarah Boyack S6O-00881 4. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to offer home fee status to refugees and other people displaced from Ukraine who wish to study in Scotland. Richard Leonard S6O-00882 5. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Scotland's university principals. Katy Clark S6O-00883 6. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all apprentices are paid the real Living Wage. Jackie Baillie S6O-00884 7. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the model to reduce the number of headteachers that is reportedly being proposed by Argyll and Bute Council will improve educational attainment. Gillian Mackay S6O-00885 8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of reports of concerns regarding governance at South Lanarkshire College. followed by Scottish Government Debate: Subsidy Control Bill (UK Legislation) That the Parliament notes the legislative consent memorandum lodged by the Scottish Government on 25 October 2021; agrees not to give consent to the Subsidy Control Bill, as recommended in the report by the Economy and Fair Work Committee of 9 February 2022, and calls on the UK Government to amend the Subsidy Control Bill to remove agriculture from its scope, to provide equivalent powers to ministers in devolved administrations to those proposed for UK ministers, and to make it a requirement for it to seek the consent of the Scottish Ministers if it plans legislation that would impinge on devolved areas, to properly respect devolved responsibilities. followed by Scottish Government Debate: Delivering on Active Travel Commitments That the Parliament welcomes the Scottish Government’s record investment in active travel in 2022-23, which includes new funding for footpaths, significantly increased funding for local authorities and more than doubling the funding to the National Cycle Network; recognises the unprecedented ambition of the Co-operation Agreement commitment to invest at least £320 million, or 10% of the transport budget, for active travel by 2024-25 as a means of improving health and wellbeing, enhancing the quality of neighbourhoods, promoting social inclusion and tackling the climate emergency; further welcomes the commitment by Police Scotland to take forward the National Dashcam Safety Portal Initiative; agrees that prioritising walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport and reducing private car trips will be essential to cutting transport emissions and achieving Scotland’s climate targets; acknowledges the leadership shown to date by local and community partners, and hopes that all future local authority administrations will recommit to this leadership and achieve rapid delivery of active travel schemes on the ground. followed by Legislative Consent Motion: Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill (UK Legislation) That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Cultural Objects (Protection from Seizure) Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 18 June 2021, relating to culture and protection of cultural objects, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament. followed by Decision Time