Bursariespublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Scottish Labour's deputy leader Kezia Dugdale says its time for the SNP to come clean about its "education failures".
Ms Dugdale asks about the level of bursaries in Scotland.
Summary
9.30am: Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
11.40am: General questions
12pm: First minister's questions
Next: Scottish Fire Sprinkler Coordination Group debate
2.30pm: An interim report on the Smith Commission and the UK government's proposals debate
Bursariespublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
And we're offpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Time to buckle up as Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick gets first minister's questions under way.
Final questionpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson asks the Scottish government what the current status is of the proposed Dalry bypass.
Studentspublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Labour MSP James Kelly asks the Scottish government what action it is taking to support college students.
First minister's questionspublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
We will shortly bring you extensive coverage of first minister's questions, including social media reaction.
BACKGROUND:published at 11:55 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
The European Commission has extended the deadline for basic payment scheme applications until 15 June.
In England a multi-million pound government IT system to process EU subsidy payments for farmers was largely abandoned after "performance problems".
The system will be re-launched next week with farmers asked to submit Basic Payment Scheme claims on paper forms.
Farmers say they have struggled with the £154m website for months.
Scotland has a separate Rural Payments Service.
In Scotland the window for submitting Single Application Forms (SAF) has been extended until June 15.
Rural paymentspublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Conservative MSP John Lamont asks the Scottish government how many single application forms for rural payments and services have been fully processed under the new information technology system.
Ministerial responsepublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Deputy First Minister John Swinney says the participation of young people in the referendum has been one of the great strength of the democratic process and the success of the referendum.
Image caption, Deputy First Minister John Swinney
BACKGROUND:published at 11:52 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
A House of Lords committee criticised the plan to transfer power from Westminster to Holyrood to enable 16 and 17-year-olds to vote.
The proposal has the backing of all the political parties involved in the Smith Commission.
Image caption, The Scottish referendum allowed 16 and 17-year-olds to vote for the first time
But the House of Lords Constitution Committee said it had concerns about the way the process was being handled and the impact in the rest of the UK.
The criticism was dismissed by both the UK and Scottish governments.
16 and 17 year old votingpublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
SNP MSP George Adam asks the Scottish government whether all 16 and 17-year-olds will be eligible to vote at the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Pubs and clubspublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Image source, ThinkstockConservative MSP Annabel Goldie asks the Scottish government whether it considers that the alcohol licensing regime for public houses and clubs is operating satisfactorily.
Ministerial responsepublished at 11:49 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Health Secretary Shona Robison says she is committed to supporting and sustaining Scottish general practice and the number of GPs in Scotland has risen by 7%.
Image caption, Health Secretary Shona Robison
Ms Robison highlights the GPs out of hours review which she hopes will address recruitment and retention issues.
BACKGROUND:published at 11:47 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Nine out of 10 GPs believe their workload has at times a damaging effect on patient care, a survey by doctors' leaders has found.
Three-quarters of family doctors in Scotland who took part said the amount they have to do "at times has a negative impact on quality of care".
Scotland has the highest proportion of concerned GPs, according to the British Medical Association national survey.
A quarter (25%) said their workload was "unmanageable".
GPspublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
SNP MSP Richard Lyle asks the Scottish government what steps it is taking to increase the number of doctors in training for general practice.
Ministerial responsepublished at 11:46 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Transport Minister Derek Mackay says the responsibility for the maintenance of the Forth Road Bridge lies with FETA.
Mr Mackay says on the 1st of June responsibility passes to the Scottish government.
Image caption, Transport Minister Derek Mackay
He says the condition of the bridge vindicates the government's decision on a replacement.
BACKGROUND:published at 11:44 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
A large rise in the number of broken cables on the Forth Road Bridge was "no cause for alarm", according to Transport Minister Derek Mackay in April.
Acoustic monitoring software installed in 2006 has recorded a total of 93 cable breaks - but 24 of these happened in the past three months.
Image source, PAImage caption, An acoustic monitoring system was installed in 2006 after the discovery of corrosion within the main cables
Mr Mackay told MSPs the cables "were perfectly fine in terms of carrying the bridge and the traffic on the bridge".
He said there would be a comprehensive investigation in May and June.
Forth Road Bridge questionpublished at 11:43 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
SNP MSP Colin Keir asks the Scottish government what assessment has been made of the recent safety checks on the Forth Road Bridge.
Ministerial responsepublished at 11:42 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing says the progressive restoration of active sites in East Ayrshire is underway.
Image caption, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing
Mr Ewing says he has spoken to the Treasury calling on the UK government to act, as the situation is urgent.
BACKGROUND:published at 11:40 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Last Summer East Ayrshire Council has sacked its head of planning over a £132m shortfall to restore former opencast mine sites.
The huge clean-up bill was left behind by the collapse last year of Scottish Coal and another firm, ATH Resources.
Image caption, The clean-up bill for opencast mine sites in East Ayrshire is well over £100m
Alan Neish was dismissed after a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.
The action came after an independent review of the council's planning authority role highlighted widespread failures among officials.
And we're offpublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
SNP MSP Adam Ingram asks the Scottish government what progress has been made with the restoration of abandoned opencast coal sites in East Ayrshire.