 A wnaeth i dim ymddag cofod o fwy digonau dechrau ddisgyrchu ar gyfer hwnser, Gwyrddon Brynwyll, gyda Gwyrddon Brynwyll ar y cael eu cywyrddon Brynwyll, Cymreig, Cyfrifiadau Cyfrifiadau Cyfrifiadau a'r cyfatrwyth isoedd. Mae yna sefydliadau presidenwyr. Efallai mae'r iconio ar gael gyflym yma, mae'n gwathio y gynhyrchu ar gyfer cyfrifiadau yn cyffraeg o bleachau wathgorau sy'n awch y gyfer cyfrifiadau. felly iawn o'r ffordd. Felly, mor g Segd mewn dweud o chi, cysylltu idd yn ymddillodauedd Cymru yn lawer o'r dangos cyd-gredig yma gan newid y bydd, oherwydd gan yr petrinte a leidio'r cyd-d 리ers y bydd y bydd yn iradol ar oedud yr ysgoed ynghylch gyda'i panfyrdd yma yn yr ymddillodau eich cyd-gredig a leaddio'r cyd-gredig? Ildw i'ch edrych i ni i gwneud eu cael hwnnw, John Mason, The demonstrations of solidarity with the people of Ukraine across Scotland and across the rest of the UK are important and they show that we support their struggle. The corporate body recognises that the Scottish Parliament does wish to play their part. In response to the events in Ukraine, the Presiding Officer instructed officials of the Parliament to fly the Ukrainian flag and this started on Monday 28 February. Of course, the Parliament itself marked a debate in the chamber and showed our solidarity. Unfortunately, in response to the question, the Parliament does not have the technical infrastructure to eliminate the building at this point in time. I thank the member for the answer. However, I do think that there might be other occasions when we wanted to make a statement by Parliament and I think that nowadays lighting up in the colours of a particular organisation or country is the expected way to do things. The Queen Elizabeth hospital in Glasgow, for example, has that. I would ask the corporate body if it would reconsider that and look at what the cost might be. I thank the member for the question. It is the case that we have had a relationship with Poppy Scotland—that is the one organisation that we work closely with—and the Parliament has been illuminated. We have had to hire an equipment, which takes—we want to make sure that any displays that we do are respectful to the organisation. We are happy to go away and look at this again. There are some technical difficulties of lighting this building, but the external construction and design of the building makes it difficult to project things on to. However, we are happy to look at it. The costs have previously seemed prohibitive, but I take on board the many comments about the need for Parliament to show connection with certain organisations. That is an effective way to do it. To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action it is taking to advance and support the use of the Scottish language across the Scottish Parliament campus. I thank the member for the question. For historical and for bi-cultural reasons, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body lead policy tax 10 of the use of Scots. For historical and cultural reasons, the SPCB language policy recognises the use of Scots. We support MSPs in using Scots in a number of ways in the chamber, committees with constituents, and when taking their oath or affirmation some examples, other ones are MSPs can use Scots in the chamber in committees, but if just a few words and a meaning can be readily understood or the MSP immediately translates, that can readily be accommodated. However, for more lengthy speeches, the prior agreement of the Presiding Officer or convener is required. Michael, thanks to Christine Grahame for the rip-on. The Parliamentary Committee reports that other works are available already by request in Gaelic and BSL or other accessible formats, which is welcome. As work has gone on to support folk to yeasery and leeds that is greed and its yine or three national leads, could the SPCB commit to exploring whether the executive summaries or committee reports could be published in Scots as we put a refreshed focus on Scots in our own national parliament? If you want me to translate it in English, Presiding Officer, I will. I think that's fine, Christine Grahame. Do you want the translation? Are you okay? I should cope, I think. We'll find out. Reflected in our language policy, all bills, delegated legislation and their accompanying documents are in English. When an MSP or committee considers that there are good reasons for translation into a language other than English, it can be requested through the clerks. However, I'm not clear whether that covers executive summaries of reports, but I will confirm that and discuss it with my colleagues and return to the member when I'm clear. Presiding Officer, would the corporate body hear a thought to the idea that if a motion is put in in the middartwang with a member or the subject—for example, the Doric—that it's flipped to Oer, so a middartwang motion is first and near the Englishine, as is practised anew? Christine Grahame. Well, I'm afraid at the moment that they are published first in English and then in another language, but Scots continues Scots, which includes the Doric, which is that there are a range of languages that come under this, because we have not just Doric, we have Lallan, Scots and more locals such as Bucking, Dundon and Glesketer, Shetland, so it's more complicated. However, Scots, which includes the Doric, continues to be recognised by the SPCB with a language, but with a languages bill expected from the Scottish Government, will have to allow that political process to progress, and the SPCB will of course reflect any legislative or policy changes, including with official report on the business bulletin in its own operations. Thank you, and as Neil Gray would confirm, it would be available in Arcadian as well. Question number three, Miles Briggs. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many members have been unable to establish a constituency or regional office? Jackson Carlaw, and in English. It goes without saying that all members who are entitled to a constituency office must be able to find a route to be able to access one. Currently, four members have yet to secure an office and are still looking. Most members have secured, or in the process of securing an office and or a second office, a small number have decided not to have an office. Miles Briggs, I thank the member for that answer. Is my understanding that Edinburgh and Lothian MSPs, both constituency and regional, have been the last to be able to source office spaces? In terms of individual members, that has also presented issues with regards to the need for additional access and additional security requirements, which the corporate body are now suggesting all MSPs take into account. If the corporate body will investigate a potential Edinburgh waiting to allowances and also look towards how we can utilise all our allowances, how we want to see so that we can best represent our constituents in this place. The corporate body actually has had some fairly extensive discussions around the whole area of office accommodation. We recognise that there are different regions and cities within Scotland where there are variable office accommodation costs. They are not equal. We also understand that, in Edinburgh and Lothian, there is a particular issue and those costs are particularly high. We recognise that fact. We have tried to build into the scheme additional funding, and we are prepared to look where it can be evidence to find reasonable premises to seek to identify the additional funding that can be allocated to assist members in this process. There actually have been no such applications so far this session. There were two such applications considered in previous sessions, but we understand the nature of the issue. Officials I know are keen to work with members who are still unable to find or who are struggling to find appropriate accommodation to identify and secure that at the earliest possible date. There is no doubt and no debate that that should be possible and that that should be an issue that is resolved. To ask the parliamentary corporate body what progress has been made on reopening the Scottish Parliament crest. The Scottish Parliament originally established a crest to improve public access and engagement for those with young children, and later in session 2 that service was extended to parliamentary pass holders. The crest would close in March 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions and October 2020 due to the on-going pandemic that the corporate body agreed to temporarily discontinue the crest contract. I am pleased to say that at a recent SPCB meeting, we have agreed that as the building reopens to the public and the easing of working-from-home measures at introduced, we will immediately procure a new crest contract. I would like to thank Claire Baker for the answer. As the corporate body is aware, the Parliament has in the past celebrated provision of a high quality crest service in this building, which allowed parents and carers to access parliamentary business and meet their MSPs more easily. In October 2020, the SPCB committed to having a new contract in place as soon as possible at the start of the new session. What steps are being taken to speed this process up, including consulting with not just members but also constituents in the interest of supporting wider engagement with the Parliament? I recognise the value of the crest that I used at myself when my daughter was preschool and I recognise how important it is for visitors and constituents. We have consulted with the past holders within the Parliament and I thank everybody who responded to the survey. The procurement process will take around 12 months, but anything we can do to shorten that process and get the crest open as soon as possible, we will do. Thank you to our Scottish Parliament corporate body for providing an update on whether it will support MSPs to install ventilation solutions in their constituency officers with funding it with the office cost provision. The SPCB staff have held a drop-in session on ventilation guidance and offered a one-to-one consultation to look at each local office's circumstances and provide recommendations to improve ventilation where it is needed. So far, 12 officers have been provided with recommendations and a simple specification to help them to discuss ventilation with their landlord, who may well also be an appropriate route to seek to underwrite the funding of any alterations, but also if required to seek two quotes for the work. Three offices have so far provided quotes to officials. A deadline has been set for return of quotations from local offices by 31 March. The SPCB will then consider whether additional support is needed for ventilation solutions in local offices or whether such costs can be met within the current office cost provision limits of the member's expenses scheme, but we would quite like to see what the scope of the particular requirement is going to be before finally deciding on that point. Thank Jackson Carlaw for that reply. I am one of the three who actually has the quotes and sent them back in. I know that every single office and every set of requirements will be different also, but I can ask the corporate body when they are taking the decision on this at some point post 31 March to be as timuous as possible, so that when any installations can take place and need to take place, they can happen as quickly as possible to help protect staff and also any constituents that come into the offices. Jackson Carlaw. Yes, I can give that assurance. I mean, we understand that there are many MSPs who have got constituency offices that are in fact shop units and it is normally regarded as ventilation if the door can open and shut because it is a shop. Obviously, when it is being used as a constituency office, the door is not opening and closing in that way, so we appreciate that there are ventilation issues that accrue. If members who are pursuing those opportunities can ensure that they have two quotations will have an idea of the scale of the demand, we will be responding as quickly as we can to facilitate the introduction of ventilation measures that are appropriate. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. To ask the SPCB whether it will consider amending its policy on party identity or affiliation, appeal and unpublications paid for by the SPCB. Publications funded from parliamentary resources must be factual and relate to the members' work as a parliamentarian and must not be party political in nature. As such, the SPCB's policy and members' publications and the policy on the use of the Scottish Parliament corporate identity by MSPs do not permit the use of political party logos or emblems on parliamentary funded publications. This helps to ensure that parliamentary funded publications remain non-party political in nature and are not confused in any way with party-funded political publications. However, under the policy, members can include their party affiliation in the form that is laid out in the policy, i.e. members of the Scottish Parliament for X constituency or Y region, followed by their party in brackets. There are no plans to review the policy at this time. This is not a dispensation that is granted to MPs, for example, and I think that in order to retain public confidence and trust in what is, for many, an essential means of communication, certainly in my own case it is, in the absence of any local newspaper, the one opportunity there is to communicate with all constituents. I think that if it were to be seen to be compromised in a party political way, that would undermine public confidence in it, and I think that there would then be calls much more difficult to withstand for us to end the ability of MSPs to send out annual reports. Jeremy Balfour, I agree with him completely. There does seem to be some confusion suddenly when I put my report in this time and had the name Conservative, it was taken out and was not allowed to go through by the officials within, so I was wondering whether this could be looked at again and just absolute clarity could be given, because certainly for original MSPs I think I had about 40 or 50 people respond back to me saying which political party are you, and it would be helpful for them to know whether it is coming from the seven reasons. If that could just be clarified and perhaps some information sent to original MSPs, I would be grateful. Jackson Carlaw, and I'll certainly take that issue back. I mean, some members are particularly canny in identifying their party political affiliation because the leaflet is bright yellow blue or red or green, and that kind of gives it away slightly, but notwithstanding that, it is absolutely the case that all MSPs should be able within the context of the annual report to identify the region or constituency that they represent followed by the party affiliation in brackets, so I don't quite know why that would not have been allowed in this instance, and I'm certainly happy to take that experience back to officials to get some understanding as to what may have happened. Thank you, Mr Carlaw. With apologies to those, I wasn't able to call it, it concludes SPCB Questions, and there will be a slight pause as the front benches change.