The Health Committee will take evidence on the preventative agenda and then on NHS National Waiting Times Centre.
MSPs quiz ministers on topical questions
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson gives a ministerial statement on forensic examination
Education Secretary John Swinney gives a ministerial statement on literacy in Scottish education
MSPs debate the controversial Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill
Labour MSP Pauline McNeill leads a debate entitled ‘Food Banks, Scotland’s Hunger Crisis
Image source, bbcMs McNeil says when she visited a food bank she had her eyes opened that there were people starving in Scotland due to benefits cuts and low pay.
The Labour MSP says food banks should not be a permanent feature and food poverty must be eradicated.
She says zero hours contracts and low pay must be addressed.
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Ms McNeill says she wants to address three myths about food banks.
The Labour MSP says these are ignorant views which have no basis.
She says the six-week wait for people to receive any support through Universal Credit is "excessive" and must be reformed.
"The reason that people use food banks is that they are hungry and they need food. There is nothing complex about it," she says.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe number of emergency food parcels handed out by food banks in Scotland hit a record high last year, according to new statistics.
The Trussell Trust says its food banks provided more than 145,000 packages to people in crisis in 2016-17.
It marks a 9% increase on the previous year - a trend the charity blamed on benefit payment problems and low incomes.
The UK government said the reasons for food bank use were "complex".
Image source, bbcLabour MSP Pauline McNeill
Labour MSP Pauline McNeill says there are now 52 Trussell Trust food banks in Scotland.
Ms McNeill says this is even worse when you consider that there are other food banks run by different charities.
She says the fact they exist is a damning indictment, but they save lives.
The Labour MSP says UK government policy punishes ordinary people who had nothing to do with the financial crash.
Ms McNeill uses her motion to says the number of people in Scotland experiencing hunger is at crisis level.
The Labour MSP says figures from the Trussell Trust suggest more than 100,000 visited its food banks in the last year.
Image source, ThinkstockAs there are many charities and organisations providing such services, the number of families relying on these will be far higher says the Labour MSP.
Ms McNeill condemns the benefit cuts and "unfair sanctions that are being imposed by the UK government"
She calls for sustained and improved access to emergency financial support through the Scottish Welfare Fund.
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Image source, bbcLabour MSP Pauline McNeill will now lead a debate entitled 'Food Banks, Scotland's Hunger Crisis'.
MSPs vote to back the general principles of the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill.
66 MSPs backed it and 44 were against.
Image source, British Transport PoliceJustice Secretary Michael Matheson says only the integration of BTP into Police Scotland delivers the scrutiny and accountability required.
Mr Matheson says integration can deliver more effectiveness.
He says the bill will provide a single command structure for transport policing in Scotland.
The minister says specialist railway policing will continue to be provided, now under Police Scotland.
He says any terrorist attack in Scotland would have to be dealt with by Police Scotland at the moment.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson thanks the committee and witnesses.
Mr Matheson says anyone with an interest in the policing in railways could be in no doubt about how the government thinks this should be policed in the future.
The justice secretary says the government was clear in its proposal to the Smith Commission that railway policing should be devolved and merged with Police Scotland.
Mr Matheson says the government have been accused of "railroading this bill" through parliament but that is difficult being a minority government.
Conservative MSP Gordon Lindhurst says rail passengers in Scotland must not pay the cost of the SNP's approach to the UK.
Mr Lindhurst says the Samaritans have said that the BTP has expertise in the area of suicides and this must be retained.
The Tory MSP says the SNP government seeks to erect a border on the railways.
Tory MSP Gordon Lindhurst says much of the evidence was opposed to the one option given by the Scottish government.
Mr Lindhurst says operational changes to railways can often be a "bone of contention".
The Tory MSP says devolution offers the chance to keep the single BTP force.
He says the Scottish government has opted for the most difficult option because of its stubbornness and obsession with cutting ties with anything British.
Image source, BTPBTP officer with taser
Labour MSP Mary Fee says the risks of this merger have been warned off by the unions.
Ms Fee says these risks include the impact on safety and security.
The Labour MSP says the RMT have not ruled out the possibility of industrial action to keep BTP officers on the railways.
She says the government have not done their homework on costing in this bill.
Ms Fee says: "There is no case for this bill and it should be scrapped."
Labour MSP Mary Fee says her party do not support the general principles of the bill.
Ms Fee says there are "serious and justifiable reasons" for opposing this merger.
The Labour MSP says the Smith Commission recommended that the function of BTP in Scotland should be devolved.
She says it is wrong to suggest that merging it with Police Scotland was a condition of this.
Image source, bbcScottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur
Scottish Lib Dem MSP Liam McArthur says it is a myth that this bill discharges the will of the Smith Commission.
Mr McArthur says subhuming BTP into Police Scotland is just one of three options that could have been considered and he says it is the one with biggest risk.
He says the majority of respondents to the consultation opposed this option.
Mr McArthur says he believes the bill should be allowed to go to the next stage to allow ministers to address the concerns.
Image source, bbcScottish Green MSP John Finnie
Scottish Green MSP John Finnie says he gets that people are concerned about change.
Mr Finnie says the health and safety of police officers, staff and the public is paramount to him.
The Green MSP says he would like to see publically owned rail, but he goes on to say he believes the expertise of the BTP can be retained.
He says there has been ill-informed comment about terrorist risk and safety and he reassures the public that there will be an entirely coordinated system if the proposals go ahead.
SNP MSP Fulton MacGregor says he has never met someone in the chamber. as much as Tory MSP Douglas Ross. who would rather be someone else and that he has "played the flag card".
Deputy Convener Christine Grahame cautions the member for being too personal with his comments.
Tory MSP Douglas Ross intervenes to ask if the member will accept that the BTP put forward proposals before the Scottish government and that the Scottish government's approach is to disrupt those proposals.
Mr MacGregor says he recognises the Scottish government proposals and that he welcomes them. He points towards the 17,000 officers in Police Scotland.
Labour MSP Elaine Smith asks if all those officers will have safety certificates under government proposals.
Mr MacGregor says "no" he does not believe that they will have.
Police chiefs have warned that integrating railway policing into Police Scotland would be "massively complicated".
The Railway Policing Bill will push forward devolution of law enforcement powers.
This would include the functions of the British Transport Police being taken over by Police Scotland.
Police bosses told Holyrood's justice committee that a merger would be "complicated but not insurmountable".
Representatives from BTP, Police Scotland, the Scottish Police Authority, and the Scottish Institute for Policing Research took part in a round-table session with MSPs at the Scottish Parliament last November
Image source, bbcAbsorbing transport policing into Scotland's single force has been a long-running goal for Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.
The BTP itself wanted to continue providing the service, but with oversight from Holyrood instead of Westminster after devolution, and three railway unions came out against the plan.
But the Scottish government said integration would "ensure the most efficient and effective delivery of all policing in Scotland".
A Railway Policing Bill was announced in the latest Scottish programme for government, which would complete devolution of policing and put in place funding arrangements for integration.
Labour MSP Claire Baker says it is unclear as to what the costs will be.
Ms Baker says the BTP model works in Scotland and she thanks those who ensure railways run "safely and smoothly".
The Labour MSP says the government are moving to fix something that isn't broken and it is an expensive option.
She says other models were not given consideration during the public consultation.