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Liam McArthur from the Liberal Democrats asks if the first minister will ask the health secretary to see what can be done to reopen self referral breast cancer screening for the over 70s - particularly in island and rural communities that rely on mobile screening units.

Ms Sturgeon says generally screenings did resume in August last year in line with "expert clinical advice".

She adds services do need to reopen but this must be done safely and again, generally, "it is getting back to normal" - she quotes that since the pandemic 120,000 women have attended screenings while before the pandemic the figure was 135,000.

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SNP MSP Jim Fairlie points out NFU Scotland has said the trade agreement with Australia "sets a dangerous precedent".

The new trade deal between the UK and Australia has been defended by the UK government and will not harm British farmers' livelihoods according to Trade Secretary Liz Truss.

Ms Truss has denied that imports of Australian beef would flood the UK and said British export markets would grow.

The first minister says the detail of the Australia deal should be published in full and put to a vote at Westminster and Holyrood.

"I am deeply concerned about the implications of this trade deal and future trade deals on our farming sector in Scotland," Ms Sturgeon adds.

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Two of Scotland's education authorities are to be reformed amid criticism of the plans put in place to replace school exams.

The Scottish government said the role, remit and purpose of Education Scotland and the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) would be examined.

The announcement was made by Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville.

She had earlier said she would take "full responsibility" for the new system.

The SQA is responsible for delivering the exam diet for older pupils in Scottish schools every year, while Education Scotland is tasked with improving the quality of the country's education system.

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Labour's Michael Marra questions the FM about claims in The Scotsman that young people not deemed to have performed well enough in subjects are being withdrawn from courses and not presented to the Scottish Qualification's Authority.

He says this is resulting in young people losing their ability to appeal against how they are being judged.

The first minister responds by saying she is not aware of any evidence that the system is being used in a way that is less appropriate than it was last year.

However, she says if there is any evidence that this is being done inappropriately then the government will look at that.

Carol Mochan asks what action the government is taking in response to reports that some patients have waited three years to be discharged from psychiatric hospitals.

Ms Sturgeon says that when significant packages of care are needed - which sometimes involve specialist accommodation being built for patients awaiting discharge - this can take "considerable time" to organise.

She says the government has dedicated £20m to a community living change fund.

Ms Mochan says the figures are still "stark and unacceptable" and asks whether there will be a commitment by the government to include a duty on health boards to provide direct care in the community in its legislation for the national care service.

Ms Sturgeon says the whole Parliament has to debate the detail of the legislation but it is obvious there is a "real obligation" on everyone involved to speed up the process of psychiatric discharges as much as possible.

Scottish Labour MSP Carol Mochan asks what action the Scottish government is taking in response to reports that some patients are having to wait over three years to be discharged from psychiatric hospitals.

Tory MSP Russell Findlay calls for an update on the commitment to hold an inquiry into the malicious prosecutions concerningRangers FC.

Earlier this year it was announced that a judge-led inquiry was to be held into why two men were wrongfully prosecuted during a fraud probe relating to the sale of Rangers.

SNP MSP Michelle Thomson asks what engagement the Scottish government has had with the UK government regarding COVID-19 business support, in light of the rise of the Delta variant.

Our ;political correspondent, Philip Sim, points out the call from the presiding officer for shorter questions and answers has gone unheeded.

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The Scottish government has again missed its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Figures for 2019, external show they fell 51.5% against the baseline, well short of the 55% target.

The statistics reveal Scotland's land is no longer regarded as a "carbon sink" to soak up some carbon dioxide.

Although year-on-year emissions fell, figures for all years have been revised up significantly, meaning more gases were released than previously thought.

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Patrick Harvie says the government has missed three climate change targets in a row and "Scotland is falling ever further behind".

The figures released this week relate to 2019 and pre-date the updated climate change plan, explains the first minister.

She says she does not think it is about what Scotland is doing wrong, as none of us are doing enough right on climate change.

Ms Sturgeon concedes that there is a need to accelerate climate change progress and and adds "we of course want to hit those targets".

"Rapid" Covid testing kits have been made available to everyone in Scotland - even if they do not have symptoms.

They can be picked up without an appointment from many local walk-in or drive-through test sites from 15:30 each afternoon. You can order one at NHS Inform here, external.

People without symptoms are being urged to take two lateral flow tests a week to help beat the virus.

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Mr Sarwar raises the issue that only 27 deaths of workers are being investigated when it is known that 49 health and social care staff died from Covid. He asks will the FM commit to having all 49 deaths reported to the Crown office?

Ms Sturgeon says she wants to make sure "every relevant aspect" of the pandemic handling is "properly and robustly" scrutinised.

However she points out there have been many "misguided allegations" of governments politicising the role of prosecutors.

She concludes saying it is "not wrong" to say Scotland did not run out of PPE when the competition was "so intense".

Anas Sarwar argues that while stocks of PPE did not run out, according to Nicola Sturgeon's "spreadsheet", they did run out in hospitals and there were issues with expiry dates.

He asks if Ms Sturgeon takes responsibility for PPE issues being the reason behind the deaths of 21 health care staff and 28 social care staff from Covid.

She says she does not, adding that when PPE stock is taken out of stock pile, expiry dates have to be revalidated.

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Central stocks of some items of personal protective equipment (PPE) came within eight hours of running out in April 2020, a report has found.

Audit Scotland said a stockpile of key items such as long-sleeved gowns had run "very low" early in the pandemic.

Its report examines how the Scottish government and NHS Scotland managed PPE arrangements.

The Scottish government welcomed the report and said Scotland had never run out of PPE.

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Anas Sarwar asks the first minister why the Scottish government did not act on the recommendations of three planning exercises for pandemics.

Ms Sturgeon responds that they acted on all the reports, though accepts the government "did not get everything right". She repeats her argument that the "legitimate" criticism was that many countries, including Scotland, relied too much on planning for a flu pandemic.

"At no point did we not have PPE," she says, adding that central stocks at times were very low however the turnaround for orders was very fast and now domestic supply chains are better than before the pandemic.

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Mr Ross raises a case where a man, who has PTSD having been abused as a child, but has been told he is not "appropriate" for rehabilitation.

The Tory MSP says the man has been waiting for two years and is having to seek private treatment funded by a charity.

"This man is at death's door."

The first minister pledges to look into the details of the case, but says not everybody is deemed to benefit from residential rehab.

"I think we have failed in some aspects of drugs policy," she admits.

The first minister says she has been open that the government has "not yet brought forward a package of policies that are sufficient to tackle the severity of the challenge we face".

Ms Sturgeon insists she is determined that her government will bring them forward.

However Douglas Ross points out that "without teeth these new standards won't make a dent on the crisis".

He highlights his party's proposal to a "Right to Recovery Bill", but Ms Sturgeon hits back saying there are people working across the country delivering excellent services.

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Douglas Ross get's FMQs under way by asking about "Scotland's drug deaths crisis".

The Scottish Conservative leader asks if Nicola Sturgeon accepts people in Scotland today are still being denied access to rehab and her "government's addictions treatment system is fundamentally broken".

The first minister accepts that "we are not yet at the place where we want to be".

Ms Sturgeon says the Drugs Policy Minister Angela Constance will set out the funding being committed and the steps being taken to address that.