Thread by @theSNP

First Minister @NicolaSturgeon: "While I do welcome the award of this contract, I'm duty-bound to note that the original proposal, back in 2010, was not for five new vessels - it was actually for 13 new vessels." #FMQs

NS: "It was said then that all of that work would be undertaken on the Clyde. So yes, let's welcome it, but let's not rewrite history in the process." #FMQs

NS: "If Douglas Ross wants to have a debate about the benefits or, as he would see it, otherwise, of independence, then I would welcome that. Let's have that debate, and then let the people of Scotland decide the outcome in a referendum." #FMQs

NS: "I do believe that the expertise and the skills of our shipbuilders on the River Clyde are world class, and I believe they would compete successfully for work across the world, regardless of the constitutional future of Scotland." #FMQs

NS: "Before Douglas Ross tries to argue against that, some of the work that was announced this week - for Harland & Wolff, for example - the UK Government intended at one point to hand all of that overseas and compete the contract internationally." #FMQs

NS: "The difference between me and Douglas Ross is, I have confidence in our industry in all circumstances. Douglas Ross, clearly, does not." #FMQs

NS: "The vessels he is lauding today, in 2013, the UK Government said the first of these vessels would come into service around 2020. Earlier this month it was reported that the first Type 26 wouldn't come into service until October 2028 - 8 years after the proposed date." #FMQs

NS: "I don't like the budget situation that the Scottish Government faces, but the hard reality is that, this year, our budget has been eroded to the tune of £1.7bn because of inflation. It's effectively a fixed budget." #FMQs

NS: "We have no levers to increase the revenue available to us within this financial year, so we have to make very difficult decisions." #FMQs

NS: "What they can't do is magic up more money for this financial year. That's a reality that Anas Sarwar's colleagues in Wales openly recognise." #FMQs

NS: "They're facing tough decisions as well, and they're making clear that, without additional funding from the UK Government, those tough decisions are inescapable." #FMQs

NS: "That's the reality we face - none of us like it, but we cannot escape it. In terms of GPs, we have more GPs per head of population than the other parts of the UK, but we want to grow our GP workforce, which is why the target I've spoken about is so important..." #FMQs

NS: "..but so too is the redesign and reform work we're doing in terms of the wider primary care teams." #FMQs

NS: "Let me quote Labour's Health Minister in Wales:

'the fact is, our hands are tied by the amount of money we get from the UK Government. That's the situation we are in.'

How is it that Labour in Wales can recognise that?" #FMQs

NS: "Austerity, which the UK Gov't appear to be reintroducing, does not work, and will have significant consequences for people, for businesses, and for public services.' #FMQs

NS: "These plans are likely to worsen the extreme pressures already being faced as a result of inflation and rising interest rates. We've called for an alternate approach that avoids prolonging a recession that the OBR has confirmed we are currently in." #FMQs

NS: "The UK is almost unique amongst wealthier countries in reintroducing austerity. It's the wrong approach and it will have a significant adverse impact on people and public services across Scotland." #FMQs

NS: "What we are hearing from the Chancellor today are tax rises and spending cuts.

More than half of the black hole, according to the Chancellor, is going to filled by spending cuts that will have a significant impact on our public services, including the NHS." #FMQs

NS: "Much of this is caused by UK-specific factors.

Brexit is a long-term and permanent drag on the UK. The effects of that are catastrophic. Tory mismanagement through the mini-budget - that Scottish Tories like to pretend never happened - are exacerbating that impact." #FMQs

NS: "There is an alternative to Tory mismanagement of our economy.

It's self-management of our economy - otherwise known as independence." #FMQs