Order!

Our last item of business today is questions to the Social Justice, Housing and Communities Portfolio.

The Social Justice, Housing and Communities portfolio will now take questions from the Scottish Parliament. The Cabinet Secretary, /u/realbassist and Ministers within the department are entitled to respond to questions.

As the Social Justice, Housing and Communities spokesperson for the largest opposition grouping, /u/LightningMinion is entitled to ask six initial questions and six follow-up questions (12 questions total). Every other person may ask up to four initial questions and four follow-up questions (8 questions total).

Initial questions should be made as their own top-level comment, and each question comment only contain one questions. Members are reminded that this is a questions session and should not attempt to continue to debate by making statements once they have exhausted their question allowance.

This session of Portfolio Questions will end with the close of business at 10pm GMT on the 2nd of November 2023. Initial questions may not be asked after 10pm GMT on the 1st of November 2023.