First up this morning we hear from Professor Anand Menon, who is the director of The UK in a Changing Europe.
The tourism committee takes evidence on the tourism tax from the Scottish Tourism Alliance who have called for more engagement on the issue.
Nicola Sturgeon faces questions to the first minister for the last time before the October recess
Health Secretary Jeanne Freeman delivers a statement on health and care
The government leads a debate on Women and Girls in Sport Week
Image source, bbcLabour MSP Lewis Macdonald says MSPs were pleased when the sport minister agreed to engage on the issue of the League Cup semi-finals being on the same day at Hampden, and were more pleased when the plans were dropped.
Ms Sturgeon says these are decisions for the football authorities but welcomes the change of mind.
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Tory MSP Oliver Mundell says Churchplace GP surgery in Moffat has closed its door for good due to staffing issues.
The first minister replies that investment in primary practice is rising.
Image source, bbcSNP MSP Joan McAlpine highlights tenant farmers being forced off a farm by Buccleuch Estates so the land can be sold to make way for trees.
Ms Sturgeon confirms she is aware of the case and says she shares Ms McAlpine's concerns.
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Image source, Pentland StudiosThe studio was to be built on farmland at Straiton
Green MSP Andy Wightman raises the issue of the Scottish Land Court refusing an application to evict his constituent Jim Telfer to allow his land to be used for a Scottish Film Studio in the Pentlands.
Ms Sturgeon says the judgement by the court is a legal matter and she understands there is going to be an appeal.
She says the government backs the expansion of the film sector.
The court ruled that the tenant farmer cannot be removed from land which has been earmarked as the site of Scotland's new film and TV studio.
The £250m studio, which was to feature six huge sound stages, was planned for about 100 acres of greenbelt land in the Pentland hills outside Edinburgh.
Image source, bbcMr Leonard says a £5 top-up would lift 30,000 out of poverty.
"Many of the tools to tackle poverty and its causes lie in the hands of this parliament," he argues.
The Scottish Labour leader adds: "What we have instead is a childcare policy that fits on an SNP leaflet but not around the lives of working people."
The first minister says free childcare is being doubled and we are mid-way through the biggest housebuilding project in the history of this parliament.
She goes on the read praise for the Scottish government's policies from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report.
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Image source, Getty ImagesChild poverty in Scotland can only be eradicated if there is a change in attitudes towards flexible work, according to a leading charity.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has estimated one in four Scots children - almost 250,000 - are living in poverty.
It has called for action from the Scottish and UK governments.
It said a shift in attitudes and policy was needed on childcare, flexible work and benefits to ensure parents were not "locked out" of the jobs market.
Image source, bbcScottish Labour leader Richard Leonard highlights the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's annual poverty report, which states that one in four children in Scotland live in poverty.
Ms Sturgeon says Scotland is the only part of the UK that has binding child poverty targets.
She argues Mr Leonard should be arguing for welfare to be devolved given what the author of the report told Good Morning Scotland.
Mr Leonard says the first minister has a child poverty target for 12 years time but not one for 12 months time.
He calls for an increase in child benefit and asks how many children would be lifted out of poverty by a £5 top up.
Ms Sturgeon says the policy would lift 20,000 children out of poverty, a drop in child poverty of just 2%.
She warns that some of the cash would end up going to children not in poverty.
Image source, bbcMs Davidson says transparency in government is a serious issue that is worth highlighting.
The issue is not just about resources, but also workforce planning, failure to listen to people and failure to implementing policy properly, she adds.
We need an openness in government in Scotland that welcomes transparency and scrutiny, and one that asks teachers to tell them what is happen Ms Davidson argues.
The first minister again urges anyone to come and tell the government how they feel about their job and public services.
It is unacceptable for any local authority to say to any teacher they will be disciplined for doing so, she adds.
Image source, bbcMs Davidson says it is Ms Sturgeon's government that is decreeing to local authorities.
This teacher is not point scoring, Ms Davidson says, pointing out that the letter states she is an SNP supporter and feels she has to speak out in anonymity to avoid being "stamped on".
The first minister replies that, having read the letter, there are many serious issues the government is working to deal with.
She argues again it was the local authority that advised against the meeting with Mr Swinney taking place and not the Scottish goverrnment.
Any teacher, anywhere in the country is free to meet with the government, Ms Sturgeon states.
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A Scottish primary school teacher has written a letter to Education Secretary John Swinney expressing concern that the government is not "tackling the real underlying issues in education".
The letter, published in The Scottish Sun, external, goes on to state: "I am not sure of the extent to which you are aware of how bad things are.
"When you visit schools, people are most likely to tell you what you want to hear, through fear of repercussions.
"If you were able canvas teachers directly perhaps through an anonymous survey, then that would show you the real struggles that teachers are having."
Image source, bbcScottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson begins by saying when you visit schools people are most likely to tell you what they want to hear, because of the fear of repercussions.
Ms Davidson says she is quoting a primary school teacher who wrote anonymously to Education Secretary John Swinney.
The first minister says nobody should feel they cannot come to the education secretary or herself with concerns.
Ms Davidson returns to the letter where the teacher says the "Scottish government are putting a plaster over a gaping wound".
She calls for the "culture of fear" to be ended now.
The deputy first minister agreed to meet with the teacher, insists Ms Sturgeon.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWelfare payments are turning the clock back to the 1950s and allowing abusers to control family finances, MPs say.
Under Universal Credit, payments are made to one person per household, often leaving abuse victims and their children dependent,a report, external by the Work and Pensions Committee said.
One abuse survivor said she feared the new system could leave her and her children with "nothing for weeks".
The government said abuse support teams are on hand in every Jobcentre.
The Universal Credit system, which has been rolling out across the UK since 2015, aims to simplify the benefits and tax credits system with a single monthly payment.
Claimants typically provide details of one bank account for payments. The committee heard that they can request split payments, but Jobcentres are advised to only offer them in "very exceptional circumstances".