motion_title: Business Programme
motion_text: S6M-07120: That the Parliament agrees—
  (a) the following programme of business—
  Tuesday 13 December 2022
  2.00 pm Time for Reflection
  followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
  followed by Ministerial Statement: Medication Assisted Treatment and Workforce Update
  followed by Stage 1 Debate: Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
  followed by Financial Resolution: Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill
  followed by Committee Announcements
  followed by Business Motions
  followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  5.00 pm Decision Time
  followed by Members’ Business
  Wednesday 14 December 2022
  2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Covid Recovery and Parliamentary Business; Finance and Economy
  followed by Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Debate: Health Inequalities
  followed by Business Motions
  followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  followed by Approval of SSIs (if required)
  5.00 pm Decision Time
  followed by Members’ Business 
  Thursday 15 December 2022
  11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  11.40 am General Questions
  12.00 pm First Minister's Questions
  followed by Members’ Business
  2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Net Zero, Energy and Transport
  followed by Ministerial Statement: Scottish Budget 2023-24
  followed by Scottish Government Debate: Asset Transfers and Community Empowerment – Five Years On
  followed by Business Motions
  followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  5.00 pm Decision Time
  Tuesday 20 December 2022
  2.00 pm Time for Reflection
  followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  followed by Topical Questions (if selected)
  followed by Stage 3 Proceedings: Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
  followed by Committee Announcements
  followed by Business Motions
  followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  8.00 pm Decision Time
  Wednesday 21 December 2022
  2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Rural Affairs and Islands; Health and Social Care; Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
  followed by Stage 3 Debate: Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
  followed by Business Motions
  followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  followed by Approval of SSIs (if required)
  5.15 pm Decision Time
  followed by Members’ Business
  Thursday 22 December 2022
  11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions
  11.40 am General Questions
  12.00 pm First Minister's Questions
  12.45 pm Decision Time 
  (b) that, for the purposes of Portfolio Questions in the week beginning 12 December 2022, in rule 13.7.3, after the word “except” the words “to the extent to which the Presiding Officer considers that the questions are on the same or similar subject matter or” are inserted.