 Y dyfodol yn bwysigol i gydag gweithio gwybr o ff eviden sydd yn 7629 yn gweithio George Adam yng Nghymru a'i greenwyr womenlygaid y bwysig yma? Roedd y byddai ngyminydd sy'n cyfrifoedd sydd wedi gweithio gweithio gwybr? The motion must press the request to speak button now. I call on George Adam to move the motion. Ydw i eich cynluniynau am i gydag gweithio gweithio gwybr? Thank you minister. No member has asked to speak against the motion therefore the question is that motion 7629 be agreed. Are we all agreed. Yes. The motion is therefore agreed. The next item of business is topical questions. At question number one, I call Brian Whittle. Thank you, Presiding Officer, to ask the Scottish Government what its responses to the reported comments by the Auditor General for Scotland suggesting that Prescott Airport will continue to require millions of pounds in continued public funding while it remains in public ownership. Minister Ivan McKee. No loan funding has been provided to Prescott Airport since 2019 and the budget makes no provision for additional loan funding as we do not envisage any being required in 2023-24. Brian Whittle. I thank the minister for that answer but when the Scottish Government bought Prescott Airport in 2013 it was right to do so. It was a necessary step to protect this valuable national asset and helped to sustain thousands of jobs in the local economy. Since then the airport has received over £43 million in loans of which £30 million has already been written off. Last week the Auditor General gave evidence to the Public Audit Committee saying that he expected that millions of pounds being spent every year to sustain the airport would continue for as long as it remains in public hands. Does the minister believe that this is sustainable either for the airport or the public finances? Minister. To be honest, I am not sure on what basis the Auditor General made that statement because for the last three years the business at Preswick Airport has been profitable. As I have indicated, we have no indication that there will be any further additional funding required in this financial year and we expect that profitable position to continue into the future. Brian Whittle. I appreciate the minister's answer. Preswick Airport has got immense potential. I think that we agree on that. It is a base for Scotland's growing space sector, as a cargo hub, as a research space even as an aircraft recycling facility. To achieve those goals requires investment far beyond what the Scottish Government can possibly commit. The airport needs and deserves substantial private sector investment that secure its future, create jobs and grow the local economy. Given the Scottish Government's unenviable record of over-promising and under-levering with other public sector buy-outs, does the minister accept that the greatest value for taxpayers and Scotland's economy from Preswick Airport can be achieved for returning it to the private sector and not leave it relying on public sector-funded life support indefinitely? I agree that the airport should return to the private sector when we have a buy-out. It is able to purchase the airport with a solid business plan and is able to fund the investment that is required. I am glad that the member acknowledges that we were corrected by the airport back in 2013. He will know that, at that time, the airport was losing money and, of course, a matter of record, the Scottish Government put in funds up to 2018. Since 2019, as I have indicated, the business has been profitable and the Government has not put any more funds and we expect that to be the situation going forward now that the business is back being profitable with a significant increase in turnover over that period of time. As I said, we are interested here from anybody, any prospective buyers, who would come forward and have a conversation about the future of the airport because, as the member rightly identifies, the future of the airport will be in private sector hands. It is also worth noting that the Auditor General made the comment on his appearance on the committee recently that, to quote, we have not formed an overall FOI for money judgment on Presswick specifically. I know that there was an overarching comment that he made about public sector interventions, but that is what we had to say on our intervention on Presswick airport specifically. I am grateful that the Scottish Government saved Presswick airport in 2013 and, over the past decade, we have seen the surrounding areas support over 4,000 jobs and attract global companies to base themselves as one of the leading aerospace hubs. Presswick airport was also a really integral part of the £80 million Airshire growth deal and, although the Scottish Government still seeks a buyer for the airport, does the minister agree that it is really important that any such buyer of the airport supports the long-term economic vision for the area? I think that the member is absolutely right. She correctly identifies, as all members that represent the area, recognise the value of the space and space cluster around the airport. The value of the Mangata inward investment that was recently announced is testament to that with almost 600 high-paying jobs in the space sector and other investments from private sector businesses that are taking place around that cluster. We think that that is hugely important and it is important that the future of the airport is considered in the round with our aspirations and for Scotland as a whole in the aerospace sector and in the space sector going forward. Willie Rennie I am a bit puzzled about what the minister is saying about the Auditor General. He seems to be in conflict with what the Auditor General has said so could he clear up what discussions he has had with the Auditor General to resolve that difference of opinion and can he explain why that has come about? Minister. I haven't had any conversation with the committee appearance just before I came down and I've looked at the numbers on press week airport and I can state the facts and the facts are that no money has been put in since 2019. The business has been profitable for the last three years and it continues to be profitable and with no expectation that that will change this year. As I said, the basis on which the Auditor General made the comment is still being used to support the airport on an annual basis. I'm not clear where that's come from. Question 2, Katie Clark. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure teachers are equipped to discuss and address the issue of extremist online misogyny with pupils. Cabinet Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville. We are committed to ensuring all pupils receive high quality education on relationships, sexual health and parenthood, which includes the recognition and rejection of misogyny. Through Curriculum for Excellence young people should experience factual and objective learning that enables them to make informed decisions and choices that promote and protect their own and others' wellbeing. Learning is supported through provision of updated resources including RSHP online resources and will be further supported through our established work on personal and social education and gender-based violence in schools. This work contributes to the delivery of equally safe Scotland strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls. Katie Clark. The EIS union has issued guidance to teachers looking to tackle the harmful effects of online misogyny on young people as some misogynists continue to gain popularity on online platforms. Will the Government make further resources available to ensure that all teachers have access to equality and diversity training, which explicitly includes content on gender equality, tackling misogyny and addresses violence against women and girls? Cabinet Secretary. I welcome the on-going commitment and work by the EIS and, indeed, other unions on this important issue, but I hope I can reassure Katie Clark in as much as we already have resources available to assist teachers. One resource, for example, rshp.scot contains lesson plans, activity resources and information for parents and carers to help them to reinforce the messages at home, as the member would expect. That is available in an age-appropriate fashion going through a child's education. We are, of course, again looking to see what more needs to be done in this area. There has been the review of personal and social education, which had recommendations about what more could be done and good progress is being made on delivering those recommendations. I agree with the member that there is absolutely no room for complacency on that. Misogyny is a societal problem that we have. As schools being part of our society it is important that they play a role in that to ensure that both young women and men receive the type of support and learning that they should have to allow them, as I said, to make informed and educated decisions. Katie Clark. The cabinet secretary will be aware of the specific problems in schools and I am sure will agree that teachers have an important role in addressing those issues. The EIS is calling for the development of more specific anti-sexism learning in the curriculum and for issues like misogyny through existing subjects. Will the cabinet secretary look at updating the curriculum for excellence so that it includes specific aims around tackling misogyny and promoting gender equality in schools across all subjects? I am happy to look at any and all suggestions directly from Katie Clark or from the EIS and indeed other members and stakeholders on this issue. Clearly in Scotland we do not have a national curriculum so it is up to schools about what resources they use but we do all have to work together to ensure that staff are supported to ensure that they have the best possible resources in front of them. The most up-to-date resources as this clearly is, given it is an online space in particular that we are talking about today, a real obligation on us to keep up-to-date with developments on that. I am happy to look with that obviously I already chair a task force looking at what can be done around some of those areas many more beside but particularly on this area and the unions are involved in that particularly the EIS. I am happy to look at further suggestions on what could be done to see if there are any gaps in provision or indeed any updates that need to be done on that. Brian Whittle Social media means that any abusive this kind can follow pupils home. One of the cabinet secretary agrees with me that mental health support is crucial in tackling the effects of this kind of abuse and if so, what are the Scottish Government doing to ensure that support is available for all? Cabinet secretary Brian Whittle raises another really important aspect of this which has changed markedly since any of us were at school and that is the ability for bullying and harassment sexual harassment misogyny to follow a person home, a young girl home from school. When it comes to particular to mental health you will be aware of the councillors that we have provided funding for for local government in our secondary schools and those are in place and play an important part. Obviously there is wider support around CAMHS but it is very important that we have an environment not just supporting mental health but also overall wellbeing and a provision within schools that ensures that young women and girls feel supported and able to come forward to be able to report any issues that they are having in schools and for them to absolutely have the belief that action will be taken upon that. But again, as I said to Katie Cark, I'm more than happy particularly on this issue. I hope it's something that we can come together on if there's suggestions around this that Brian Whittle would have. Again, I'm very happy to work cross-party on this. Thank you, that concludes topical questions. The next item of business is consideration of business motion 7608 in the name of George Adam on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau setting out a timetable for the stage the consideration of the hunting with dogs Scotland Bill and I ask any member who wishes to speak against the motion to press their request to speak button. I call on George Adam to move the motion. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I'm moved. Thank you. No member has asked to speak against the motion. Therefore, the question is that motion 7608 be agreed. Are we all agreed? Yes. The motion is therefore agreed. We're just going to pause briefly as we wait for those involved in the debate to take their places.