Thread by @theSNP

FM: "I want the people of Scotland to be able to escape a Tory Brexit that will damage our economy, damage our society, damage the prospects of future generations. I want Scotland to be able to escape years and years of further Tory wrangling on Brexit..." #FMQs

FM: "..and, yes, I want the people of Scotland to have the opportunity to choose their own future. I'll seek to persuade the people of Scotland to choose independence, so we can build the more prosperous, fairer, more equal Scotland I believe we are capable of being." #FMQs

FM: "My priority is to give the people of Scotland the opportunity to choose independence next year." #FMQs

FM: "In the 2016 Brexit referendum, I campaigned for Remain. Memory tells me, so did Jackson Carlaw. And Scotland voted to remain in the EU by 62%. The question for Jackson Carlaw is why he's so willing to ignore what people voted." #FMQs

🗳 This is the most important general election in our lifetimes.

✍️ Read @NicolaSturgeon on why we must take Scotland's future into Scotland's hands.

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@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Scottish Tories have never stood up for Scotland in their puff." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "I believe Scotland will vote for independence when it comes to #indyref2 so he won't have to worry about any further occasions. Let me be absolutely candid, because I can't believe Jackson Carlaw is in any doubt about this - I support independence for Scotland!" #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "I want Scotland to escape a position where we're having our futures imposed on us by Boris Johnson - who is now having his strings pulled by Nigel Farage. The Tory Party is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon 📚 The SNP @Scotgov are determined to ensure everyone gets the best start in life.

👇 Here's how we're creating a smarter Scotland.

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@NicolaSturgeon @scotgov FM: "We have given teachers the best pay deal of any of the UK countries. As part of that pay deal we've taken steps to address issues relating workload, wellbeing and teacher empowerment." #FMQs

FM: "We are putting more money into education and we are rewarding teachers for the job that they do." #FMQs

FM: "We are doing all of this in the face of continued Tory austerity. Which begs the question of why Richard Leonard wants to keep Scotland's future in the hands of Tory governments at Westminster rather than allow Scotland to take these decisions ourselves." #FMQs

FM: "You can always tell when Scottish Labour is desperate when they take themselves right back to 1979. I'll never put the Tories in power or support the Tories in power, unlike Labour who actually prefer Tory Government at Westminster to self-government for Scotland." #FMQs

FM: "Conservatives and Labour get a bit upset when we compare the performance of the Scottish NHS to England and Wales. The reason we do that is because both of them claim if they were in government in Scotland, the NHS would be performing better." #FMQs

FM: "So it's reasonable to look at where the Tories are in government in England, and the NHS is doing worse, and where Labour are in government in Wales, and the NHS is also doing worse. Scottish NHS is the best performing in A&E in the whole of the UK." #FMQs

FM: "If lock-change evictions are legal - and of course the Human Rights Act is reserved to Westminster - but if they are legal, they are not moral." #FMQs

FM: "Let's be clear about this - we've ended up in this situation because of an inhumane and degrading UK Government asylum system leaving people destitute and homeless in the country where they've sought refuge." #FMQs

🚔 Since taking office, recorded crime is down 42% in Scotland.

👇 Here's how we're making Scotland safer.

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FM: "These are important issues and that's why we're investing in our police service, and mental health support workers over a range of different settings." #FMQs

FM: "We have a higher number of police officers than when we came into government. We're investing in policing resources. We're making sure our police service is rewarded and we're also investing heavily in improving mental health services." #FMQs

FM: "People have repeatedly told the UK Government that their welfare programme causes stress and anxiety." #FMQs

FM: "In March, we launched a gender pay gap action plan, the first of its kind in the UK, it has over 50 actions to tackle the root causes of the gender pay gap." #FMQs

🙌 Here's how the SNP @scotgov are working to break down barriers with the Gender Pay Gap Action Plan.

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@scotgov FM: "It is positive that the median gender pay gap has reduced by more than half over the 20 years of the life of this Parliament, it's at 7% in Scotland which is lower than the UK level, but there should be no gender pay gap at all." #FMQs