The Public Petitions Committee takes evidence on a petition calling for the review of section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
MSPs quiz ministers during general questions on issues including ScotRail, the Scottish Growth Scheme and policing in Edinburgh
Opposition party leaders quiz Nicola Sturgeon during first minister's questions
Lib Dem MSP Tavish Scott will then lead a debate celebrating the Island Games
Finance Secretary Derek Mackay will then give a ministerial statement on the Provisional Outturn 2016-17
MSPs will then debate the Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill for the final time
Tory MSP Gordon Lindhurst asks what is being done to teach school pupils about money management.
Mr Hepburn says this will be taken account of in education plans.
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Employability Minister Jamie Hepburn says creditors are fully informed at every stage of a debt arrangement scheme.
Ms McGuire asks what further steps could be taken to make sure debt companies are aware of their responsibilities.
Mr Hepburn says it won't be beyond the competence of the Scottish government to enforce training on finance companies.
SNP MSP Ruth Maguire asks what action it can take to ensure that creditors operating in Scotland are fully briefed on their legal obligations when dealing with clients on a Debt Arrangement Scheme.
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John Finnie says there should be a clear understanding of who does what when.
Ms Lamont asks if the committee should write to the Scottish government to get clarity on where they stand.
Tory MSP Edward Mountain says that the Scottish government must take a position on papers that are submitted and he can't think of any other organisation where that would happen.
SNP MSP Angus MacDonald says the government has taken a decision on this in the past but not in this case.
Ms Lamont says the committee will remain open.
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Green MSP John Finnie says he wants to be able to refer any constituent to a very clear series of events on this issue.
Mr Finnie: "It is not helpful for the Scottish government to go this is nothing to do with us."
SNP MSP Angus MacDonald says he has successfully campaigned against a ship-to-ship oil transfer in the past.
Mr MacDonald says that he is at a bit of a loss as to where the Scottish government stand on this at the moment.
He says many of the port trusts seem to be a "law into themselves".
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Tory MSP Edward Mountain calls on the Scottish government to be clear on this issue.
SNP MSP says the Scottish government do not have regulatory power over ship-to-ship oil transfer.
Mr Mountain says they have a view on a lot of issues they do not have control over.
Image source, bbcProposals for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth were debated in the Scottish Parliament in March
Port of Cromarty Firth has proposed the transfers of oil at sea. It has said the work could be done safely and without risk to the environment.
However, campaign group Cromarty Rising has gathered more than 100,000 names on a petition opposing the plans.
Green MSP John Finnie secured the debate in the parliament next Wednesday.
Green MSP John Finnie says the focus has to be on process rather than any live claim and he does not think there is a public understanding of the process,
Mr Finnie says there was significant inadequacies about the original application and there are big question marks around accountability.
MSPs consider PE1637, external by Greg Fullarton on behalf of Cromarty Rising on Ship-to-ship oil transfers and trust port accountability.
The petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish government to ensure that environmental legislation in Scotland is sufficient to prevent ship-to-ship transfers of crude oil in environmentally sensitive locations, such as the Inner Moray Firth, and to enhance the accountability of trust port boards to their stakeholders.
Image source, PAMr Justice Wilkie said Mrs Cox had a generosity of spirit that was apparent even when faced with death
Communities have come together to celebrate the life of the murdered MP Jo Cox.
The 41-year-old was shot and stabbed in Birstall, in her Yorkshire constituency of Batley and Spen, on 16 June 2016.
To mark the first anniversary of her death her family and friends have urged people to hold events that celebrate her life.
The Great Get Together, involving picnics, street parties and concerts, runs across the weekend.
Organised by the Jo Cox Foundation, it aims to reinforce the message in Mrs Cox's maiden speech in the House of Commons that "we have more in common than that which divides us".
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Image source, bbcMs Lamont says emergency workers legislation has shown a desire to show workers at risk of assault.
The Labour MSP says there was also a conversation about other workers like shopworkers and this feels like an extension about that.
She says: "We will all have had experience particularly of threats to our staff."
The committee convener says the views of certain organisations should be sought out on this.
She cites the terrible things that have happened like the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox.
The committee looks at the PE1656, external by Rob McDowall on Threats or assaults on sitting members of parliament, their staff and families.
It calls for the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish government to bring forward specific legislation, which would introduce a statutory aggravation for assault or threats against the safety or the life of elected members of the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the National Assembly for Wales or the Parliament of the United Kingdom and their staff or families.
The Public Petions Committee agrees to write to the government about the forestry petition and the various industry bodies.
Image source, ThinstockScotland's "dramatic open views and vistas" could be threatened by plans to increase woodland cover, according to mountaineers and gamekeepers.
Mountaineering Scotland and the Scottish Gamekeepers Association have jointly written to Scotland's environment secretary.
The Scottish government wants woodland cover to go from 17% to 25% by 2050.
It said there would be "appropriate consideration of Scotland's distinctive upland landscapes."
Image source, ReutersMs Lamont begins by asking the committee to look at the PE1654 , externalby Ian Munn on forestry regulation.
It calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish government to develop a statutory code on stakeholder engagement for the forestry industry based on the CONFOR guidance and provide a role for a Scottish government body to oversee the implementation of and compliance with the code.
The committee will then consider:
Finally MSPs will consider a continued petition:
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Committee convener Johann Lamont thanks the petitioner Wendy Stephen for raising this issue and suspends briefly.