First Minister's Questions - 09/10/2025

Описание: Join us for First Minister's Questions, live from the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, starting with General Questions to Ministers.

11:40am General Questions

Katy Clark S6O-05042
1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the decision by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to progress with proposals for bus franchising.

Ariane Burgess S6O-05043
2. To ask the Scottish Government what scoping work it has undertaken regarding dualling and electrifying the Highland Main Line.

Mark Griffin S6O-05044
3. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Housing Statistics for Scotland Quarterly Update: New Housebuilding and Affordable Housing Supply to end June 2025 .

Liz Smith S6O-05045
4. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of it being Scottish Women and Girls in Sport Week, what financial progress has been made against its 2021-22 Programme for Government commitment to double its investment in sport to £100 million by the end of the current parliamentary session.

Alex Rowley S6O-05046
5. To ask the Scottish Government what rights patients have when their local medical centre has been deemed unfit for purpose by their NHS board.

Jackson Carlaw S6O-05047
6. To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with Glasgow City Council regarding its proposals for an "at-city-boundary congestion charge" and a toll on the Clyde Tunnel.

Mark Ruskell S6O-05048
7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the proposed ferry route between Rosyth and Dunkirk.

Willie Coffey S6O-05049
8. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the energy price cap increase on fuel poverty in Scotland.


12:00 pm First Minister's Questions

Russell Findlay S6F-04366
1. Question to be taken in Chamber.

Anas Sarwar S6F-04367
2. Question to be taken in Chamber.

Alex Cole-Hamilton S6F-04368
3. Question to be taken in Chamber.

Clare Adamson S6F-04378
4. To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of any implications for its work to mitigate the two-child benefit cap of the UK Government's reported proposals to replace the cap with a tapered system.

Brian Whittle S6F-04374
5. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to reports that the mental health budget has been reduced in the 2025-26 Autumn Budget Revision.

Michael Matheson S6F-04377
6. To ask the First Minister, following Scotland’s Global Investment Summit 2025, whether he will provide an update on the Scottish Government’s work to attract international investment into Scotland’s economy.


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