Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

The big set piece of the day at Holyrood is a pair of statements about the prison system – one from Angela Constance on the rising prison population, and another from the Lord Advocate around prosecution guidelines.

Government projections suggest the prison population could rise above 9,000 by the end of the year, far in excess of the target capacity of 8,007.

There was surprise in some quarters that Russell Findlay didn’t raise this last week, perhaps preferring not to be pigeonholed into his “home turf” of justice policy.

But it seems fairly certain to come up this week, even if John Swinney will ultimately tell members to “wait for the statement”.

In terms of other topics, there have been further machinations on the future of the National Care Service – the centre of most of last week’s questioning.

Labour usually find a way of asking about the NHS, and there have been some reports about winter planning in the health services which might provide a hook.

And the Lib Dems have a question in a week where one of their favourite topics, mental health, has been in the headlines due to a reported shortfall of psychiatrists.

It will also be interesting to see if the Greens can get a backbench question in at some point, just to see the tone employed – relations with the SNP seem to be thawing somewhat, with the government clearly making overtures ahead of budget talks later in the year.

There has been a lot going on during a week which marked the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Scottish parliament building.

Here's a quick summing up...

Ministers completed an initial round of budget talks with all five opposition parties two months ahead of the draft budget.

Hundreds of prisoners serving long-term sentences are waiting to hear whether they could be released early to ease an overcrowding crisis. This follows the release of around 500 inmates serving shorter sentences while the prison population is once again heading towards record levels.

Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced a public consultation on reducing speed limits, with road fatalities this year are 26% higher than at the same time last year.

And Scotland's largest trade union body, the STUC, withdrew its support for the proposed National Care Service, citing concerns over the lack of funding for social care workers. Council body Cosla withdrew its support for the proposals last month.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of this week's session of First Minister's Questions.

When things get under way at 12:00, John Swinney will firstly be challenged by the leader of the Scottish Tories, Russell Findlay, before Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar steps in.

Backbench MSPs will also get to pitch their national and local constituency questions.

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