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📺 Watch @NicolaSturgeon answer questions from MSPs at this week's #FMQs.

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@NicolaSturgeon 📣 @NicolaSturgeon to Douglas Ross:

"We introduced a series of balanced protective measures over the festive period. Coupled with the extraordinary response of the public and the booster programme, we're thankfully now in a better position - but we can't be complacent." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Douglas Ross is showing rather more political desperation than we even thought he might have been.

'At the moment, this cautious approach is the one we should be taking - that's my sentiment' - those are not even my words, but the words of Sandesh Gulhane on 7 Jan." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Professor Susan Michie, member of SAGE, said: "Scotland is doing something very good from a public health point of view."

And of course, the Scottish approach is in line with the Welsh Government's approach and the NI Government's approach." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "We're taking a sensible approach through this, which is why infection levels - although now dropping in all parts of the UK - are now lower in Scotland than in England, and proportionately over the festive period, the numbers of people in hospital were lower." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "We're not out of the woods yet, so I'm going to continue with a cautious approach - because frankly, the price of throwing caution to the wind is not paid by governments, it's paid by people across the country in terms of serious illness and sadly, death." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Douglas Ross has stood in his position at every key juncture of this pandemic, since he's been back at this chamber, and opposed the decisions the Scottish Government has taken - even at times when they were the same decisions taken by his colleagues at Westminster." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Douglas Ross has decided to take an entirely opportunistic approach to the handling of a global pandemic.

If we had listened to Douglas Ross over the past months, we wouldn't have sensible measures like mandatory face coverings, or mitigations in our schools." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Right now, on first doses, second doses, third doses and booster doses, Scotland is the most vaccinated part of the UK.

If Douglas Ross' proposition is that we left it too late, what on earth does it say about his colleagues at Westminster?" #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "It is entirely inconsistent in saying, as Douglas Ross' Health Spokesperson did, that the cautious approach is one we should be taking, and then opposing every cautious measure that we chose to take for opportunistic reasons." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon 📣 @NicolaSturgeon to Anas Sarwar:

"Crown Estates Scotland made the decisions on the companies, the consortiums, that would be awarded the status to develop offshore wind projects around our coast - and they have appropriate processes in place for due diligence." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "This is one of the most exciting things for Scotland in a long time - which is probably why Labour is so negative about it.

Not only does it give us the potential to meet our own energy needs from renewables, it positions with the ability to be a major exporter." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "It gives enormous potential for our supply chain - the estimate is, for every gigawatt of power generated through these projects, there'll be £1bn of investment in our supply chain.

Companies had to set out in statements what they'll do to support our supply chain." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "This is a thoroughly positive opportunity for Scotland.

Opportunity to meet our own energy needs from renewables - and to keep energy costs down.

Opportunity to export renewable energy, grow our supply chain and create thousands of jobs." #FMQs

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@NicolaSturgeon FM: "I'm sitting here reflecting, unbelievably, that Anas Sarwar just accused me of behaving like a Tory - a day after his party threw open the doors to a Tory MP.

There's now so little difference between them, that their MPs are interchangeable." #FMQs

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@NicolaSturgeon FM: "The energy crisis and the cost of living crisis is increasing on a daily basis at the moment - it's of deep concern to this government.

We're taking a range of measures, through our £41m winter fund, 7 new benefits and shortly we'll double the Scottish Child Payment." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "Of course, key powers remain reserved to Westminster and we've written to the UK government countless times about poverty - and just last week, set out further actions which they should take to tackle rising energy bills." #FMQs

@NicolaSturgeon FM: "But if a government, as is the case with the Westminster government, is so busy trying to deal with self-inflicted sleaze and scandal, the daily defections and deflections, their focus is not on the cost of living scandal - and this is deeply regrettable." #FMQs