The Justice Committee takes evidence on the move to restrict jail sentences of less than 12 months
Topical questions on GP out-of-hours and prisoners being transported in family cars
The Scottish Tories lead debates on life prison sentences and then the economy
An SNP MSP hosts a debate on dementia care
Justice Committee convener Margaret Mitchell introduces:
The Justice Committee will begin shortly, taking evidence on new legislation to extend the presumption against short sentences.
Currently the presumption is against jail terms of less than three months.
The Scottish government is proposing to increase this to sentences of less than one year.
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The Justice Committee is taking evidence on legislation to extend the presumption against short sentencing to jail terms of under a year.
After lunch, topical questions focus on out-of-hours GP services in Glasgow and reports that prisoners are being transported in family cars.
Then the Scottish Conservatives lead a debate calling for judges to have the power to hand down whole life sentences.
And the party also hold a debate on the economy, calling for a new policy framework to respond to what it calls "structural challenges".
Ending the day, SNP MSP Richard Lyle is lead a member's debate on dementia care.