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FM: "I've been wondering if there was a reason other than naked hypocrisy for the Tory position on this. I wonder if it might be something to do with this - just at the end of last year the Tories on Angus Council introduced car parking charges at 33 public car parks.
FM: "On East Dunbartonshire last year, the Tories introduced car parking charges and they scrapped free parking. And in Argyll and Bute council, the Tories imposed an 800% increase in car parking.
FM: "Here we have it, Presiding Officer. The Tories don't want to give powers to councils because clearly the Tories don't trust Tory councils." #FMQs
FM: "It's up to local councils to do the assessment and make the case. That presumably is what you mean by decisions taken as locally as possibly and power lying with politicians elected as locally as possible."
FM: "The Tory position, as I understand it, is if the SNP Government devolve a tax to councils and councils decide to use that power, that becomes an SNP Government tax.
FM: "So can I ask Jackson Carlaw, given the Tory Government devolved income tax powers to the Scottish Government, is the Scottish Government's use of those powers a Tory tax? Because that sounds ridiculous, but that is the logic of the Tory position." #FMQs
FM: "We will propose a budget that increases the resources that councils have to spend. We will ensure councils have more resources in revenue terms, more resources in capital terms, more resources overall." #FMQs
FM: "The Budget that Parliament will vote on this afternoon increases local government day-to-day spending for local revenue services, including education, of £287.5m, an increase in capital spending of £207.6m and greater flexibility to raise revenue." #FMQs
FM: "If we wound the clock back to this time last year, Richard Leonard would be standing up claiming education budgets across the country were going to be cut. Here's what happened. Local authorities set education budgets this year 3.8% higher than the year before." #FMQs
FM: "The only Budget proposal that came from Labour benches was ruled out by Richard Leonard. He's got no credibility in asking for more money if he won't say where that money is going to come from." #FMQs
FM: "I'm aware that Michelle Ballantyne, the Tory Social Security Welfare spokesperson said at a committee this morning the Bedroom Tax does not exist. That will be news to the many people who would be subject to it but for the mitigation action this Government is taking." #FMQs
FM: "In the face of Brexit it's never been more important to demonstrate Scotland is an open, outward-looking country, and that we're open for business." #FMQs
FM: "It's always been important for First Ministers to represent the country abroad. In Edinburgh Airport, on my way to France, I ran into Jack McConnell, who reminded me how important it was when he was First Minister. I'll do everything I can to promote Scotland abroad." #FMQs
FM: "More than half of the delays on the network over the past year have been the responsibility of Network Rail. So if the opposition want us to be able to do more about this then they need to get behind our calls to devolve Network Rail to this parliament." #FMQs
FM: "The threat of climate change can sometimes seem overwhelming but I think we should all be optimistic both about Scotland's record in almost halving our emissions and the actions of young people last week." #FMQs
FM: "Given the impact climate change will have on young people, it is essential we listen to them carefully. I'd certainly be happy to meet with the students and have asked my officials to work with them to try to facilitate that." #FMQs
