First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "I'm going to try and engage with these points in substance because I think they are important. I would ask that Douglas Ross does similar. Repeatedly, he stands up here and puts words into my mouth that I haven't said." #FMQs
NS: "That's OK for politics, but if we're genuinely as I sincerely am, trying to find consensus of matters of seriousness such as this, then I do think all of us have a duty to put the politics to one side." #FMQs
NS: "There are people working across the country delivering, I think, excellent services for people with problems with drugs misuse. People at grassroots, I see that in my own constituency." #FMQs
NS: "That's why I don't think it's fair for me to say that the system is broken, because that does a disservice to the work they are doing. But that is not me denying that the Government has much, much more to do." #FMQs
NS: "This is difficult work. There are no easy solutions. We accept that. Change will not be delivered overnight, but we are determined to make the change that is required. That's why Angela Constance is the Drugs Policy Minister. She reports directly to me." #FMQs
NS: "This is one of the key priorities of Government over the next period and we are absolutely determined to make the change that people deserve to see." #FMQs
NS: "I'll quote the Auditor General:
'Our report found the NHS and @scotgov worked well in extremely challenging circumstances to set up new arrangements for the supply and distribution of PPE across the country.'" #FMQs
NS: "At no point did we not have PPE. At no point did we run out of PPE. Central stocks, at times, were very low, as they would have been in many countries given the intense global demand." #FMQs
NS: "But in terms of supply, we worked hard, again reflected in this report, to make sure, often on same-day turnaround, that health boards across the country had supplies of PPE." #FMQs
NS: "Of course, there's a lot of learning already been done, and we now have domestic supply chains for PPE that are much better than before the pandemic." #FMQs
NS: "Before the pandemic, round about 100% of our PPE was imported. Now, the majority of it is manufactured here in Scotland." #FMQs
NS: "Lessons to learn, but I want to pay tribute to everybody in National Services Scotland and in Health Boards across the country who worked so hard to make sure that, at no point, Scotland ran out of PPE." #FMQs
NS: "This is from the report: 'There were always incoming orders to help manage supply, with stock arriving and being shipped out to boards on the same day at some points.'" #FMQs
NS: "That is down to the work of National Services Scotland and people around the country." #FMQs
NS: "Mutual aid arrangements were in place across the UK. At no point did Scotland have to make use of those mutual aid arrangements - but we did provide mutual aid requests to both England and Wales." #FMQs
NS: "We didn't have to ask anybody else for mutual aid - because we did not run out of PPE." #FMQs
NS: "Anas Sarwar says today we should be thinking about those on the front line of our service. I agree with that, but there's not a single day when I don't think hard about those working on the front line of our health service." #FMQs
NS: "The detail of this Australian deal should be published in full, it should be put to a vote, and I would suggest it should be put to a vote not just in the Commons but in this house as well, so we can represent the interests of the farming community across Scotland." #FMQs
NS: "I am deeply concerned about the implications of this trade deal and future trade deals on our farming sector in Scotland. I noted, as I'm sure others have done, the words of the Australian Deputy Prime Minister just last night." #FMQs
NS: "He said, and I'm quoting, the big winners are Australian producers and Australian farmers. Indeed, Australia, full stop. Asked about Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish beef producers, he said, 'I'm not so worried about those.'" #FMQs
NS: "I should say, it's not his job to worry about those, but the fact he's not worried suggests that the UK Government is not standing up for their interests in these talks either." #FMQs
NS: "So open this up to scrutiny, and open it up to scrutiny in the National Parliament of Scotland as well." #FMQs
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📣 @Ianblackford_MP: "In Scotland, actually 100% of care workers have had the vaccine.
One of the key factors for the past 15 months has been our First Minister giving press conferences and facing the public, seeking to take people with us." #bbcqt
📣 @Ianblackford_MP: "We've had 128,000 in the UK, there's the phrase that the Prime Minister has allegedly made - 'let the bodies pile high'.
If Mark [Harper] and his Tory colleagues got their way, the death rate in this country would increase." #bbcqt
.@Ianblackford_MP: "This morning, the details of the disastrous trade deal with Australia are slowly seeping out.
It tells you everything you need to know that those details are being celebrated in Canberra but are busy being concealed in London." #PMQs
.@Ianblackford_MP: "For all the spin, it’s clear this Tory government has thrown Scottish farmers and crofters under the Brexit bus, just as they sold out our fishing communities." #PMQs
.@Ianblackford_MP: "So today, those with most to lose from this deal, don’t need to hear the Prime Minister’s usual waffle.
Their very livelihoods are at stake. Just this once, they deserve honest answers from this Tory government." #PMQs
First Minister @NicolaSturgeon is updating @ScotParl on Covid-19: "In my statement today, I will update Parliament on the Scottish Government’s assessment of the course of the pandemic..."
NS: "..and on the decisions that flow from that in relation to the levels of protection that will apply to each local authority area from Saturday."
NS: "In addition, I indicated at the end of last week that I would give an update on the situation in Glasgow by no later than Wednesday - and I can confirm that I will also do that today."
📣 After being re-elected as First Minister, @NicolaSturgeon has appointed the new, gender-balanced Scottish Cabinet.
🏴 We are ready to deliver the bold policies to drive Scotland's recovery.
👇 Scroll down on this thread to see who's in the Cabinet.
📣 Deputy First Minister @JohnSwinney is also appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery to build back a better Scotland after the pandemic.
💷 @_KateForbes takes on an expanded brief as Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, driving forward our plans to build a thriving, more prosperous nation.
📢 @Ianblackford_MP: “Thank you, Mr Speaker and can I thank the Prime Minister for his comments on the Ballymurphy inquest.” #PMQs
📢 @Ianblackford_MP: "Mr Speaker, as a member of Scotland’s crofting community, I understand just how disastrous a Brexit trade deal with Australia, as proposed by this Tory government, would be for Scotland’s farming and crofting sectors." #PMQs
📢 @Ianblackford_MP: "If reports of this Tory deal are true, farmers will lose their livelihoods, rural businesses will collapse, and ultimately, families will be driven off the land.
And let’s be very clear. If that happens, this UK Tory government will be solely responsible."