Summary

  • The final First Minister's Questions of this parliamentary session has taken place

  • Ahead of questions from opposition leaders and backbenchers Nicola Sturgeon reported 692 new Covid positive cases, which is 3.1% of all tests

  • There are 321 patients who have tested positive (down 20) and of those 31 are in ICU, which is three more than yesterday

  • During FMQs, the first minister faced a number of questions about the Scottish government's 14-year record on education

  • Ms Sturgeon survived a no confidence vote yesterday which had been brought by the Scottish Conservatives

  • The motion was debated on the day a Holyrood committee report into the Scottish government's handling of allegations made against former first minister Alex Salmond was published

  • It found that Ms Sturgeon gave an inaccurate and misleading written account of a meeting she had had with her predecessor

  • A separate probe, by Irish barrister James Hamilton, concluded that Ms Sturgeon had not broken the ministerial code

  • The current Holyrood term, which began in 2016, comes to an end and an election for the new parliament takes place on 6 May

Live Reporting

BBC Scotland News

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  2. Welcome

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    Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of First Minister's Questions from the Scottish Parliament.

    Nicola Sturgeon will begin the session at 12:30 by outlining the latest developments around the coronavirus crisis.

    She will then take questions from MSPs at Holyrood for the last time before the election campaign begins.

    You can follow the session right here and watch or listen live by clicking on one of the tabs above - for coverage on BBC One Scotland, the BBC Scotland channel or BBC Radio Scotland.