Order!

Our only item of business today is questions to the Culture, Sport, and Languages Portfolio.

The Culture, Sport, and Languages Portfolio will now take questions from the Scottish Parliament. The Cabinet Secretary, /u/theverywetbanana and Ministers within the department are entitled to respond to questions.

As the Culture, Sport, and Languages spokesperson for the largest opposition grouping (Scottish Greens), /u/realbassist 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 28th of March 2024. Initial questions may not be asked after 10pm GMT on the 23rd of March 2024.