First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says there is a real risk the UK could be facing a "lost decade" after Brexit
Environment, climate change and land reform ministers are quizzed during Portfolio Questions
The government leads a debate on the implications of the EU referendum debate
SNP MSP Ivan McKee leads this evening's members debate entitled 'Reusable Nappies and the Scottish Baby Box'
Scottish Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone asks what progress the government is making in providing high-speed broadband to rural areas and town centres that are served by exchange only lines.
Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing says a number of meetings have taken place with Defra and and US officials.
Mr Ewing says he is delighted the US have started a consultation on lifting the ban.
He says he will be delighted again if haggis can be served in America.
SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth asks when the government last met the US Department of Agriculture regarding relaxing the import restrictions on Scottish beef and lamb.
Scottish Conservative MSP Miles Briggs asks the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the quality of urban broadband.
Mr Briggs says there is poor broadband in parts of Edinburgh and asks what the government is doing to address urban variations.
Connectivity Secretary Fergus Ewing says he has met with a number of the companies involved and the ambition is for everyone to have high broadband speed in Scotland.
The duty lies with the companies, not the public sector, he says.
The environment and climate change secretary says the Scottish government commissioned and energy modelling system to analyse how best to share the effort across sectors.
Mr Burnett says Scotland will not eradicate fuel poverty by November 2016 and calls for an EPC rating in all properties.
Ms Cunningham says the Warm Homes Bill will help to address this.
Greenhouse gas emissions fell further in Scotland than the rest of the UK in 2014, according to the latest report from the Committee on Climate Change.
This is the first year annual targets have been met, with net emissions falling by 13%.
Image source, bbcThe report praises Scotland's capacity for generating electricity from renewables
But the committee said the reductions were partly down to the relatively warm winter weather.
The Scottish government said the report highlighted the "excellent progress" made in reducing greenhouse emissions.
Scottish Conservative MSP Alexander Burnett asks whether the government's climate change plan will contain sectoral targets for waste, buildings, heat and transport.
Ms Harper calls for a public information campaign to disrupt puppy trading.
The cabinet secretary says some people choose to ignore the information available.
Ms Cunningham says the government has provided a code of practice on purchasing a puppy.
In May, the ferry operator Stena Line said it would crack down on illegal puppy dealers found to be using its Belfast to Cairnryan service.
News of the move follows a BBC investigation which highlighted how the route was being used to traffic puppy-farmed dogs into Scotland.
Dogs shipped from puppy farms in the Irish Republic are often sold as animals bred in Scotland
Britain's Puppy Dealers Exposed covertly-filmed handovers of puppies to a group of Scottish dog dealers.
The animals had been sourced from a puppy farm in Northern Ireland.
SNP MSP Emma Harper asks what action the government takes to control the trade in puppies.
Scottish Conservative MSP Liz Smith asks what action the government is taking to ensure that its land reform legislation does not have a negative impact on young people.
Ms Cunningham says there is supported assistance for new entrants to land owning.
Labour MSP David Stewart says the holy grail of land reform must be an open land register.
Ms Cunningham says she could hardly disagree with the member and calls for further devolution.
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The bill is concerned with the management of land and estates in Scotland
SNP MSP Gordon MacDonald asks what progress the government is making toward compiling an open, transparent and comprehensive land register.
SNP MSP Ivan McKee asks what the annual cost is to local authorities of sending disposable nappies to landfill.
Ms Cunningham says the disposable fees are £5.5m.
Environment Secretary Angela Constance says local development plans can identify green belts.
Mr Cole-Hamilton says there has been an eradication of the green belt in Western Edinburgh.
He calls for more to be done to protect the green belt.
Ms Cunningham says she will not be calling in applications as it is for her ministerial colleague Kevin Stewart.
She says the Scottish government prefers development on brown field sites not the green belt.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Alex Cole-Hamilton asks what action the government will take to protect greenbelt land from developers in order to achieve Outcome 3 of the 2020 challenge for Scotland’s biodiversity.
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham says the Scottish government of course supports sustainable deer management.
Ms Cunningham says lowland deer provide many benefits including venison and access to nature.
They do prove a risk for trees and motorists she says.
SNP MSP Linda Fabiani asks what the government's position is on the importance of deer control in urban settings.