On twitterpublished at 13:23 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Ian Begg Dick:, external The Scottish Police Chief must be responsible to Holyrood and reverse present stop and search malpractice. He is overbearing: he should go.
On twitterpublished at 13:23 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Postpublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Marc Ellison
Data journalist, BBC ScotlandHouse: stop-search has made Scotland a safer place
Trustpublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Sir Stephen says he does not accept Ms McInnes's premise that confidence and trust in Police Scotland is ebbing fast.
'Exceptional service'published at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
"The service has gone through massive change and has delivered an exceptional service during that change," Callum Steele, of the Scottish Police Federation, tells the MSPs.
Training needspublished at 13:15 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Kevin Stewart asks about systems and training. Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Mawson says "positive steps" have been made in training needs.
Postpublished at 13:14 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Marc Ellison
Data journalist, BBC ScotlandMcInnes to CC House: is this incompetence or a disregard for the SPA (police watchdog)?
Trust 'ebbing fast'published at 13:13 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Lib Dem MSP Alison McInnes says the level of trust in Police Scotland is "ebbing fast".
Serious dutypublished at 13:13 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Image caption, Chief Constable Sir Stephen House
Sir Stephen House says he takes "very seriously" his duty to account to the SPA and the parliament, which is why he met with the authority last Friday and why he is answering questions and explaining a "complicated situation".
On twitterpublished at 13:12 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Jim Robertson:, external Police Scotland on the rack, I think. This will not end well for them.
Paddy Toner:, external The SNP has made a rod for its own back with the creation of Police Scotland and all that has came with it. Massive grey mark against them.
Public commitmentpublished at 13:10 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Lib Dem MSP Alison McInnes says a very public commitment was made and then repeated to the Scottish Police Authority and asks for an explanation to the failure to meet that commitment.
Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Mawson from Police Scotland says that the information given to the BBC was given with a caveat, but in hindsight "we should have been more explicit".
Errorspublished at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Image caption, Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Mawson from Police Scotland
Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Mawson from Police Scotland is giving evidence on the errors in stop-and-search statistics.
Postpublished at 13:05 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Marc Ellison
Data journalist, BBC ScotlandAlison McInnes kicks things off by talking about "a broken promise" made by police on under-12 consensual stop-searches
BBC FOIpublished at 12:58 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Sir Stephen House admitted to the police watchdog that statistics his force released on stop-and-search were "not 100% accurate" and were "not fit for public consumption".
He also claimed that he had been forced to release the data by the Information Commissioner.
Emails between the commissioner and the police contradict this claim.
The figures had been released to the BBC under Freedom of Information legislation.
The BBC reported that the police were still stop-searching hundreds of children under 12, despite a commitment to end the tactic.
Justice Sub-Committee on Policingpublished at 12:53 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
The Justice Sub-Committee on Policing, external will shortly take evidence on stop-and-searches from Chief Constable Sir Stephen House.
Assistant Chief Constable Wayne Mawson from Police Scotland, Calum Steele, from the Scottish Police Federation and Vic Emery and John Foley from the Scottish Police Authority will also give evidence.
The session comes after Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said confidence in Police Scotland was shattered, following its handling of data on stop-and-search.
His colleague Lib Dem MSP Alison McInnnes said the facts on stop-and-search did not match the claims of Chief Constable Sir Stephen House.
Labour's Hugh Henry said Sir Stephen had "some serious questions to answer".
Sir Stephen's appearance comes days after he admitted to the police watchdog that statistics his force released on stop-and-search were "not 100% accurate" and were "not fit for public consumption".
He also claimed that he had been forced to release the data by the Information Commissioner.
Emails between the commissioner and the police contradict this claim.
Time to switchpublished at 12:49 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
You can continue watching Green MSP Patrick Harvie's member's debate on young voters and school debates .
Image caption, Green MSP Patrick Harvie
Coming uppublished at 12:45 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Coming up we will be bringing you extra coverage, with the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing, external taking evidence on stop-and-search from Chief Constable Sir Stephen House.
Image source, PAImage caption, Sir Stephen House
Sir Stephen's appearance comes days after he admitted to the police watchdog that statistics his force released on stop-and-search were "not 100% accurate" and were "not fit for public consumption".
If you prefer, you can continue watching Green MSP Patrick Harvie's member's debate on young voters and school debates here.
Image caption, Young voter
Turnoutpublished at 12:43 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Mr Harvie says hopefully we can see turnout rise across the board year after year if these young people continue voting.
There is now broad support for reducing the age of voting to 16 for elections as well.
Motionpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Mr Harvie welcomes the broad cross-party consensus that has built up for a reduction in the voting age to 16 for Scottish Parliament elections and believes that high quality voter education and participation events in schools have great potential for harnessing young people's interest in politics and establishing patterns of high voter turnout at an early age.
He says that lessons must be learned from the best examples of this work during the referendum to ensure that engaging, creative and politically balanced debates become the norm in schools during future elections.
The Green MSP welcomes the work of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee in examining this area, and notes calls for all relevant parties and agencies to work together to maximise the democratic participation of young people.
Postpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Mr Harvie says he hopes members will recall with excitement and passion the involvement of young people in the independence referendum.
Image caption, Green MSP Patrick Harvie
Young voters and school debates member's debatepublished at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 19 February 2015
Green MSP Patrick Harvie is leading a debate on young voters and school debates.
Image source, Getty ImagesIn his motion Mr Harvie celebrates the many school debates that took place across Scotland during the independence referendum campaign, allowing young voters to engage with the issues and hear the arguments from campaigners on both sides.