Meeting of the Parliament, Continued

Portfolio Questions Social Justice and Housing Bob Doris S6O-05411 1. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports local authorities to investigate short-term lets that are operating without planning permission or registration. Stephen Kerr S6O-05412 2. To ask the Scottish Government how many people in 2024-25 no longer received the Scottish Child Payment because they moved off benefits. Annabelle Ewing S6O-05413 3. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to respond to the housing emergency in Fife. Tim Eagle S6O-05414 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how many new homes have been delivered as a result of the Rural Affordable Homes for Key Workers Fund. Maurice Golden S6O-05415 5. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has taken to address household food insecurity. Clare Adamson S6O-05416 6. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to coordinate housing support services more effectively with health, social care and justice services, so that housing is fully integrated within wider public services, and no one is left behind when accessing support. Marie McNair S6O-05417 7. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the take-up of Pension Age Disability Payment. Rachael Hamilton S6O-05418 8. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the draft Scottish Budget 2026-27 will have on social security in Scotland. followed by Stage 1 Debate: Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill Sarah Boyack S6M-20414 That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill. Further details available for S6M-20414 followed by Stage 1 Debate: Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill Richard Lochhead S6M-20485 That the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill. Further details available for S6M-20485 followed by Decision Time followed by Members’ Business: Liam McArthur: Future Farming Investment Scheme Liam McArthur S6M-20387 That the Parliament acknowledges that the Future Farming Investment Scheme sought to provide farmers and crofters with funding to help them buy new machinery, improve efficiency or reduce emissions, and was targeted towards islanders, new entrants, young farmers and tenant farmers; understands that Orkney businesses initially received only 3.48% of total funding, and Shetland 1.88%; notes with concern reports that fewer than one in 10 small farms and crofters across Scotland received funding, with many small farms from the Highlands and Islands to Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute and the south of Scotland also missing out; believes that much of the communication around this scheme has caused confusion, and indeed anger, among those in the agricultural sector; expresses deep regret that, while demand for the scheme was high, so few small, island and young farmers were successful, despite seemingly being from priority groups, and notes the calls on the Scottish Government to provide further clarity on how the funding for the scheme was allocated, as well as to publish its review on the Future Farming Investment Scheme, as committed by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands on 10 December 2025. Further details available for S6M-20387