SNP MSP Stewart Stevenson asks what action the government is taking to support and encourage young people to engage in sport.

Housing Minister Kevin Stewart points to two formal consultation exercises and a number of stakeholder working groups.

Ms Maguire highlights that Our Dear peninsular is subject to the 1983 order and the minister offers to work with the member on the matter.

The Scottish Government introduced the Planning (Scotland) Bill , external on 4 December 2017.

The Bill aims to update aspects of the Scottish town planning system, by amending the legislation that governs the operation of the system - the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

Click her for the SPICe briefing, external which describes the major changes to the planning system proposed in the Bill, outlining the reasons for these changes and provides background information to help understand these proposals.

SNP MSP Ruth Maguire ask how the government is involving stakeholders with the development and implementation of its Planning Bill.

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A new publicity drive is aiming to encourage higher take-up of shared parental leave.

Around 285,000 couples are eligible every year for shared parental leave, but take-up "could be as low as 2%", the Department for Business said.

Around half of the general public are still unaware the option exists, nearly three years after it was introduced, the government said.

It now plans to spend £1.5m to better inform parents about the policy.

Experts say that as well as a lack of understanding of what is on offer, cultural barriers and financial penalties are deterring some parents from sharing parental leave.s.

Employability Minister Jamie Hepburn says the Family Friendly Working Scotland partnership is being funded by the Scottish government.

He urges firms to work with the partnership and their workforce to help offer enhanced paternity leave.

The minister says a discussion paper is also forthcoming.

MPs have called for working dads to get 12 weeks paternity leave in the first year of their new babies lives.

Victoria Derbyshire spoke to young parents about how it would help.

SNP MSP Fulton Macgregor asks what the government's position is on increasing the legal entitlement to paternity leave, and what discussions it has had with the UK government regarding this.

And with that, the committee finishes.

Grab a wee ten minute break and we'll be back with general questions and then first minister's questions.

An energy innovation fund is available for technologies that are not ready for the market yet but can be, Mr Clark says.

This includes marine energy technology he adds.

Tory MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston welcomes this and suggests the secretary visit Orkney.

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Labour MSP Jackie Baillie moves on to procurement and says SMEs face barriers to procurement.

Greg Clark says changes have been made to make access easeir for SMEs.

Contracting should be opened up and made as simple as possible says the business secretary.

Ms Baillie asks if the £1bn shipping contract should only be up for tender in the UK rather than globally.

Green MSP Andy Wightman says renewable energy is one of the strengths of Scotland's economy but some systems have no route to market.

He calls for the UK government to "revisit" its decision.

We took a strategic decision to concentrate avialable funds on offshore wind, explains Mr Clark.

This sends a signal that investors can "invest with confidence" over the long term and this has been a success, he claims.

The business secretary says he "wouldn't want to move away from what has been a very successful approach".

However, he adds he has had "fruitful discussions" with the Scottish government and an application for state aid clearance to harness potential from the Scottish islands has been made.

SNP MSP Tom Arthur wonders what impact changes to immigration will have on productivity.

Mr Clark says it is important to take stock of whether low productivity sectors are "inevitably" low productivity.

In terms of migration, he says the Migration Advisory Committee has been asked to make an assessment of the economy.

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Food and drink will take a much higher prominence than it has had in recent years, says Mr Clark.

It's our biggest manufacturing industry, he opines.

SNP MSP Gillian Martin expresses concerns about food products coming into the UK, from example the US, with lower standards hitting home grown performance in the domestic market.

Tory MSP Dean Lockhart returns to the industrial strategy and how it will apply to Scotland.

Mr Lockhart asks about access to industrial markets and the export strategy.

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Mr Clark agrees there is a clear orientation to be more international in the industrial strategy.

The risks are that if you don't internationalise, other countries will come in a competitive way into your markets, he warns.

Jenny Bates, the director of EU Exit and Economic Partnerships with the UK Government, says the focus is on engagement around SMEs in the UK.