If you're just joining us, here's a recap of the key moments during FMQs.

• Nicola Sturgeon was not in the chamber for FMQs today
• Both Douglas Ross and Anas Sarwar referred to the police investigation into SNP finances
• Ross questioned the first minister on the delayed and over-budget contract to build two new CalMac ferries and lambasted the bonuses paid by the Ferguson Marine shipyard
• Yousaf said it was "unacceptable" that the ferries' costs had increased so much but that, contractually, the bonuses had to be paid
• Sarwar asked about the increased cost of the project to replace Barlinnie Prison, with the FM insisting the cost overrurns were being looked at
• Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton raised the issue of "19 Olympic-size swimming pools" of sewage being dumped in Scotland's rivers
• Yousaf pledged to raise the issue directly with Scottish Water

That's all from our live coverage of FMQs this week, thank you for joining us. The page was edited by Paul McLaren. The writers were Andrew Picken and Craig Hutchison.

Scottish Labour’s health spokesperson Jackie Baillie asks what it is being done to ensure published waiting times for NHS treatment are accurate.

She says senior clinicians have claimed some of the published NHS waiting times are “inaccurate and misleading” and suggests this was supported by the UK statistics authority, which last year asked the Scottish government to make changes.

The first minister says the NHS did “review and address the key points made” by the statistics body.

Tory MSP Jamie Greene raises the issue of new Police Scotland statistics showing that the number of recorded rapes has increased to its highest level in six years.

Greene says the entire system from end to end is letting victims down and he calls for the FM to undertake a root and branch review of how rape cases are processed and handled.

The first minister replies it is abhorrent that women continue to face violence and rape and his government will continue to take tough action to tackle it.

Yousaf agrees the rise in cases cannot simply be put down to increased reporting.

The FM says many of the issues raised will be tackled by the sweeping reforms to the country's justice system , externalwhich the government introduced at Holyrood yesterday.

You can read more about the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill here.

Lib Dem MSP Willie Rennie points out that the 50p rate for alcohol minimum unit pricing was set over a decade ago and “inflation has been raging since”.

Mr Rennie wants a review of the rate brought forward and for the unit price to be formally tied to inflation rates in order “to save lives in the future”.

First minister Humza Yousaf says a review of the minimum unit pricing will be completed later this year but he is committed to see if there is any scope to bring that forward.

Stephanie Callaghan, SNP MSP for Uddingston and Bellshill, asks what is being done to reduce alcohol deaths.

She argues the “alcohol emergency requires a public health-led response”, before Humza Yousaf says that hundreds of lives have been saved by his government’s policies to date.

The first minister highlights the role of “alcohol brief interventions” which give short one-on-one counselling sessions to people who drink in ways that are harmful or abusive.

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Sarwar sticks with his call for changepublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 27 April 2023

12:39 BST 27 April 2023

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Questions with a financial theme are becoming a trademark of FMQs in the current climate.

Anas Sarwar also found some rather unsubtle excuses to make some cracks about treasurers and fiscal management.

There’s a bigger theme at play too - his approach every week wraps up on the idea of it being time for change.

Mr Yousaf leaned on one of his favourite themes too, accusing Labour of backing a hard Brexit.

These are two leaders already sizing each other up for an election showdown - three years out from the next Holyrood contest.

The first minister replies that Scotland's beaches are world class tourist destinations and he does not want to see a single sewage dump in their vicinity.

Yousaf says he will take up the issue directly with Scottish Water.

Image source, River Almond Action Group

Alex Cole-Hamilton says the amount of sewage dumped into Scotland's rivers last year was "enough to fill 19 Olympic-size swimming pools".

The Scottish Lib Dem leader tells the chamber new research shows over 400 sewage dumps in the vicinity of some of the best of Scotland's beaches.

"Like so many other things on the first minister's desk right now, this absolutely stinks."

"How many swimming pools of poo is he content to see put on our best loved beaches?"

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Sarwar points out that it is not just the Barlinnie Prison project that is over budget in the justice portfolio.

The Scottish Labour leader says the “prison estate is in a dire condition” and adds that this “mismanagement” also extends to NHS capital projects and calls for Audit Scotland to look at what has gone wrong.

The first minister says Sarwar was “right to question the cost of the infrastructure projects” but adds that the Scottish government was facing “really challenging financial conditions” created in part by Brexit and the Ukraine conflict.

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar leads with the increased cost of the project to replace Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow.

Sarwar tells Holyrood that the estimated cost has jumped from £100m to £400m.

He asks if the project is still on schedule to be completed by 2026.

First minister Humza Yousaf says: “We are looking at the cost overruns and what can be done to mitigate them.”

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Nicola Sturgeon has described the crisis that has engulfed the SNP in recent weeks as her "worst nightmare".

But the former party leader said the police investigation into the party's finances did not influence her decision to stand down as first minister.

Ms Sturgeon said she "could not have anticipated" what happened in the weeks since she resigned.

She also said she had not been spoken to by police, and intended to stay on as MSP for Glasgow Southside.

Her husband, Peter Murrell, was arrested earlier this month as officers spent two days searching their Glasgow home as part of the ongoing investigation.

• Read more here
• Former SNP treasurer 'didn't know' about motorhome
• SNP MPs at loggerheads over auditor assurances

Ross goes fishing... and gets a bitepublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 27 April 2023

12:23 BST 27 April 2023

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Douglas Ross went with a very fresh line of questioning, picking up on a committee hearing about shipbuilding which took place just a few hours ago.

It was ostensibly about management bonuses in the ferries project, but the bonus for him was that he could drop in some digs about the finances of the SNP too.

The presiding officer’s ears may have pricked up, but Mr Ross managed to build in a link to government business by billing the party’s troubles as a “distraction” from the day job.

Mr Yousaf got in a pop of his own in return, pointing out that the Tories are the party of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss.

But Mr Ross did get a rise out of him, with the first minister accusing him of “pathetic schoolboy tactics” by brandishing a picture of him at the Ferguson shipyard.

Never mind ferries, Mr Ross was engaging in a spot of fishing - and he got a bite from Mr Yousaf.

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The SNP's former treasurer has clarified when he found out that the party had bought a luxury motorhome.

Colin Beattie, who was in the role for a total of nearly 20 years, was initially asked by journalists whether he knew about and had signed off the purchase.

"No, I didn't know about that," he said.

He later said although he did not know about the transaction at the time of purchase, and that he found out about it in the 2021 annual accounts.

Mr Beattie quit as treasurer the day after he was arrested by police as part of an ongoing investigation into the party's finances.

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The first minister replies: "There are things that we should apologise for and we will apologise for."

Yousaf insists his government will not apologise for saving hundreds of jobs at Ferguson Marine.

He points out Ross has not published the Scottish Tory party's membership figures despite raising the issue about the SNP's own member numbers.

"On every front the SNP is engulfed in scandal, secrecy and a shameful waste of money," continues Ross.

He points to the former SNP treasurer Colin Beattie's change of mind about when he knew about the party's purchase of a motorhome and he says Humza Yousaf is not sure if ministers are "using burner phones".

Ross insists Yousaf has been involved in the ferry scandal for years. He holds up a picture of the first minister visiting the yard.

"How is the first minister, who got us into this mess, going to fix it?"

The Scottish Tory leader tells the chamber that the bonus system at Ferguson Marine is still in place and islanders continue to be left without vital lifeline services.

"What on earth could these bonuses possibly be for?", he asks.

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Humza Yousaf says he does not disagree with Douglas Ross or the auditor general that these bonuses should not have been paid.

The first minister explains the bonuses already paid are part of a contractual obligation but he has made clear that future bonuses should not be paid in relation to vessels 801 and 802.

Ross says the SNP "really struggle with finances" and he asks how much higher the real cost of the ferries to tax payers will be.

Yousaf says he's not sure he'll take too many financial lessons from the party of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss.

The first minister reiterates the island communities are rightly frustrated and angry.

No sign of Sturgeon at FMQspublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 27 April 2023

12:09 BST 27 April 2023

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Nicola Sturgeon made her return to Holyrood yesterday, but is notably absent from the chamber for FMQs today.

That is perhaps because she has done more than enough of these sessions; it might also be because she would face questions of her own while heading to the chamber, or even be the subject of barbs from opposition leaders.

But it is more likely that she knows the cameras would be trained on her throughout, and that her every reaction to Humza Yousaf’s pronouncements would be scrutinised.

Ms Sturgeon wants her successor to have some space to settle in as first minister, without her presence proving a distraction.

The first minister says he was listening to Stephen Boyle give evidence this morning and insists the progress of due diligence is due to be completed in the next couple of weeks.

The cost overruns at government-owned Ferguson Marine shipyard are unacceptable as are the delays, says Yousaf.

Ross says Auditor General Stephen Boyle told MSPs this morning that the estimate of £300m for the construction of two ferries is not a reliable figure and to treat it as such would be a "folly".

The Scottish Tory leader asks if Humza Yousaf agrees it would be a folly to do so.

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