First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "On a basic matter of democracy, I believe it is for the people of Scotland to choose their own future. I'll argue that case in a democratic election." #FMQs
NS: "People will have the ability to decide in the way that they vote. If they endorse my view that there should be a referendum on independence, people will then have the right to choose Scotland's future." #FMQs
NS: "Fundamentally, I believe in democracy. I think we now know that Ruth Davidson doesn't." #FMQs
NS: "Can I say to Ruth Davidson, not only am I perfectly willing and happy to have questions asked of me about my record, my policies, and my plans, I'm happy to allow the Scottish people to judge that in an election." #FMQs
NS: "Instead, we have Ruth Davidson, who wants to continue to be a politician, but without the consent of a single person across this country." #FMQs
NS: "She's heading to an unelected parliament, but has the brass neck to lecture the rest of us on scrutiny and accountability. There is no ermine cloak in the world will cover up that hypocrisy." #FMQs
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First Minister @HumzaYousaf at #FMQs: "Douglas Ross says we all have a zero tolerance approach to hate crime. I'm not entirely convinced, when you take money from a racist misogynist and then refuse to give it back, that is a zero tolerance approach whatsoever."
HY: "Those stirring-up offences for racial hatred have existed since 1986. We are simply extending those offences to other marginalised groups." #FMQs
HY: "I think it's important for Douglas Ross to be honest, to tell people, who is it he thinks is not deserving of those protections, in the same way I've been protected because of my race since 1986?" #FMQs
.@MhairiBlack: "For two reasons I think we should scrap the Rwanda policy all together.
First of all, from a moral compass. I think it is a barbaric system, there is no such thing as an illegal human being - especially not those who are fleeing war and persecution." #bbcqt
.@MhairiBlack: "Even if you just look at it from a financial argument. The UK Gov'ts own figures show that the taxpayer will pay £169,000 per migrant - that's to send one person to Rwanda.
It's going to cost £1.8bn to deport all 11,000 people that have arrived this year." #bbcqt
@MhairiBlack .@MhairiBlack: "If the Tories are serious about spending money in good places, it would have been a good idea over the last decade not to keep implementing austerity, not to hand out COVID contracts out to their pals for PPE that wasn't fit." #bbcqt
.@MhairiBlack: "The DPM said it was his duty to furnish people with 'the facts that are available' in regards to Brexit.
Brexit Britain faces higher food prices, a lack of workers, a shrinking economy & a decline in living standards. Why is he happy to ignore those facts?" #PMQs
.@MhairiBlack: "The only thing more deluded than that defence of Brexit, is Labour's support for it.
Just today, the world's fourth largest car manufacturer said Brexit was 'a threat to our export business and the sustainability of our of UK manufacturing options'." #PMQs
.@MhairiBlack: "Even Nigel Farage can admit Brexit has failed, so Mr Speaker, why can't the Deputy Prime Minister?" #PMQs
🤝 We've introduced the Scottish Child Payment, which the Child Poverty Action group called a "game-changer" in our fight against child poverty.
📈 Last year, we've raised by 150%, to £25 per child per week, and extended the payment to all eligible under 16s.
🏴 The Scottish Child Payment is the most ambitious anti-poverty measure in the UK, and Scotland is the only part of the UK where this additional support payment is available.
👇 It's a tale of two governments on two fundamentally different paths.
.@StephenFlynnSNP: "Can I ask the Prime Minister to outline the safe and legal route available to a child refugee seeking to flee Sudan and come to the United Kingdom?" #PMQs
.@StephenFlynnSNP: "To be clear, Mr Speaker, children in Sudan are already dying.
Now whether it's a Tory slogan to "Stop the Boats" or a Labour slogan to 'Stop Small Boats' - we need some more humanity in this debate. Rather than a race to the bottom." #PMQs
.@StephenFlynnSNP: "So can I ask the Prime Minister, now that he has confirmed that there is no safe and legal route.
Will he therefore confirm that it would be his government's intention to detain and deport a child refugee who flees Sudan and comes to the UK?" #PMQs