Kate Nevens: “This is a welcome move from the SNP, backing a comprehensive ban on LGBT+ conversion practices.”

The parliament stands in solidarity with members of the University and College Union (UCU) Scotland at the University of Edinburgh following their announcement of five weeks of strike action from 28 September; understands that this action…

[The parliament] condemns the university’s decision to close 90 programmes in its College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS); notes with sadness the proposed closure of a number of courses within the school of education…

Disabled learners must not be left paying the price for cuts made years before they enter a classroom.

Offord was a Tory peer and government minister while his party imposed austerity, slashed public services, and damaged communities across Scotland.