The Justice Committee takes evidence on the role of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
Air pollution and the Scottish Ambulance Service are raised during topical questions
The government lead a debate on protecting Scotland's interests in negotiating our future relationship with Europe, following Theresa May's statement.
SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson leads this evening's member's debate entitled 'A Sea of Opportunity'
The Scottish government will now lead a debate entitled: 'Protecting Scotland’s Interests in Negotiating our Future Relationship with Europe'.
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The Scottish government has repeatedly raised the prospect of an independence referendum if Scotland's membership of the single market is threatened by a so-called hard Brexit.
It has set out proposals aimed at keeping Scotland in the trade bloc even if the rest of the UK leaves.
Image source, ThinkstockSpeaking in London as she outlined her 12 objectives for the Brexit negotiations, Mrs May said the Scottish government's proposals would be considered as part of the Brexit process.
And she made clear that she wanted a "customs agreement" with the other 27 member states of the EU as part of efforts to ensure Brexit leads to tariff-free trade and "the freest possible trade in goods and services between Britain and the EU's member states".
Image source, Getty ImagesTheresa May was setting out her 12 objectives for the Brexit negotiations
The prime minister has put herself on a collision course with the Scottish government after confirming that the UK will leave the European single market.
Theresa May said she wanted the "freest possible trade in goods and services" between the UK and EU after Brexit.
But she said that this "cannot mean membership of the single market".
The SNP's deputy leader, Angus Robertson, tweeted that ruling out single market membership was a "big problem", external.
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Nicola Sturgeon: 'Justifiable for UK to remain in single market'
The Scottish government proposals were published last month in full in a paper called Scotland's Place in Europe, external.
Unveiling the document at her official Bute House residence in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon said Brexit was a problem that was not of Scotland's making and called for a "flexible" approach that took into account the needs of different parts of the UK.
She said the referendum result had been a vote on leaving the EU rather than a vote to leave the single market, and argued it would therefore be democratically justifiable for the whole of the UK to remain in the single market.
Here is a summary of the 49-page long "Scotland's Place in Europe", external paper.
Image source, PA/Scottish Parliament/ Thinkstock/ BBCWe will now hear the Scottish government's reaction to Theresa May's confirmation the UK is to leave the Single Market.
External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop will lead the debate, as Brexit Minister Mike Russell is unwell.
Image source, bbcHealth Secretary Shona Robison
Health Secretary Shona Robison says on average the Scottish Ambulance Service are answering calls within 7.4 minutes
The health secretary says target times do not measure the quality of care patients are receiving.
She says the government allocated £11.4m to the Scottish Ambulance Service in 2016/17 for recruiting extra paramedics.
The Scottish Ambulance Service had a busier Hogmanay than last year.
Ambulance staff dealt with 2,184 calls between 19:00 on Hogmanay and 07:00 on New Year's Day.
Additional crews, call handlers and dispatchers were on duty. The busiest time was from 01:00 to 04:00, with 739 calls.
The new year total was 35 higher than the previous year. The Christmas period, from 23 to 27 December, saw a 10% increase on 2015.
Scottish Ambulance Service chief executive Pauline Howie said: "The overall level of demand for our service over the festive period has exceeded previous years and Hogmanay was one of our busiest nights of the year."
Scottish Conservative MSP Edward Mountain asks whether the Scottish Ambulance Service is meeting its response time targets in rural areas.
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham says the government is working closely with local authorities on air quality action plans.
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham
Mr Ruskell asks if the government will commit to funding for low emission zones.
Ms Cunningham says the debate about that is ongoing and a further £1m has been allocated in the 2017/18 budget.
The number of pollution zones in Scotland has risen, according to new figures from Friends of the Earth (FoE) Scotland.
The group found that there are now 38 zones where safety standards for air quality are regularly broken - five more than last year.
Image source, ThinkstockThe environmental campaigners warned the pollution levels were a "public health crisis".
The Scottish government said it was determined to improve air quality.
A spokeswoman said the government was working to ensure Scotland's first low emission zone was in place next year
Scottish Green MSP Mark Ruskell asks how the Scottish government plans to support local authority action to reduce air pollution.
MSPs will now ask this week's topical questions.