Meeting of the Parliament

First Minister’s Statement: COVID-19 Update followed by Portfolio Questions Health and Social Care Pam Duncan-Glancy S6O-00926 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to tackle the reported staffing shortages within the NHS. Liam McArthur S6O-00927 2. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the provision of community first responders in island communities. Graham Simpson S6O-00928 3. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce neurodevelopmental assessment waiting times in Lanarkshire. Claire Baker S6O-00929 4. To ask the Scottish Government how it is targeting investment to improve services for people with problem alcohol use. Murdo Fraser S6O-00930 5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to address reported workforce pressures in health and social care. Emma Harper 6. [Withdrawn] Stephen Kerr S6O-00932 7. To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it can provide regarding the support that is given to people who attend A&E between 5.30 pm and 9.00 am with suicidal intentions. Stephanie Callaghan S6O-00933 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 recently reaching the highest level since the pandemic began has impacted on its modelling and risk assessment regarding the ending of free testing for the general population from 30 April. Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Willie Rennie S6O-00934 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported ongoing shortage of social housing since 2007. Paul O'Kane S6O-00935 2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to support local authorities in providing adapted housing. Meghan Gallacher S6O-00936 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce the same proposals as the UK Government that will remove unsafe cladding from all medium- or high-rise buildings. Alex Cole-Hamilton S6O-00937 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what plans it has to tackle homelessness. Michael Marra S6O-00938 5. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve audit procedures for local authorities. Gillian Mackay S6O-00939 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government to ensure that refugees arriving in Scotland from Ukraine have access to the resources that they need. Craig Hoy S6O-00940 7. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to engage local authorities in programmes to tackle the gap between Scotland's most affluent and most deprived communities. Brian Whittle S6O-00941 8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that building standards on construction of new housing developments maximise energy efficiency and opportunities for renewable energy generation. followed by Ministerial Statement: Moray Maternity Services followed by Scottish Government Debate: Keeping The Promise Implementation Plan That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the Keeping The Promise Implementation Plan, published on 30 March 2022, recognising the additional challenges that have emerged since the Independent Care Review reported its conclusions in February 2020 and therefore the even greater importance in setting out actions that the Scottish Government must take to Keep The Promise to care-experienced children and young people and their families; believes that, to Keep The Promise, delivery must be undertaken in partnership with local government, The Promise Scotland, the third sector, NHS boards, and the care community across Scotland to enable progress towards keeping more families together through person-centred wraparound support at the right time and providing the right support to reduce the number of children in the care system where it is safe to do so; agrees that Scotland must shift the focus of its actions from reaction to prevention; recognises that where the care system is the right place to be, the experience of children and young people who do enter the care system must be based on love, relationships, compassion and consistency, and commits to work together across Scotland and on a cross-party basis to Keep The Promise to and with the care community, so that all children grow up loved, safe and respected so that they can realise their full potential. followed by Decision Time followed by Members' Business — S6M-03472 Marie McNair: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month That the Parliament acknowledges that March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month; understands that ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer faced by women in the UK, with over 600 new diagnoses in Scotland each year; notes that the symptoms of ovarian cancer are persistent and frequent, and that they usually happen more than 12 times a month; understands that key symptoms include persistent bloating, feeling full quickly or loss of appetite, pelvic or abdominal pain and urinary symptoms; further understands that there is currently no screening test available for ovarian cancer; highlights what it sees as the need for better public awareness; believes that a woman’s route to diagnosis is key to survival, and commends the organisations, campaigners and charities for their tireless efforts to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.