Yousaf faces questions over CalMac ferry contracts

1. Humza Yousaf is facing questions from opposition party leaders in the weekly Q&A of first minister's questions
2. Douglas Ross pushed the first minister on the delayed and over budget contract to build two new CalMac ferries
3. Mr Ross said "only a party that bought a campervan for £100,000" could think that spending hundreds of millions of pounds on building two ferries is a good deal
4. The first minister said it was "unacceptable" that costs had increased so much and that the project was so far behind schedule
5. His predecessor, Nicola Sturgeon, was not in the Holyrood chamber for the session
6. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar asked about the increased cost of the project to replace Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow
7. The session is being held as police continue their investigation into the SNP's finances

FMQs gets under way...

Humza Yousaf is sitting poised and ready for the fray and Douglas Ross gets to his feet to ask the first of his questions.

BBC

What can we expect from today's FMQs?

Philip Sim

BBC Scotland political correspondent

Humza Yousaf’s third Holyrood question session is the latest step on his learning curve as first minister.

It’s a week without a really obvious stand-out topic dominating the news agenda. That means Mr Yousaf needs to prepare for a huge range of different potential topics.

The binder of facts and figures which the first minister carries into the chamber is apparently enormous this week, because so many issues have had to be packed in.

This can be even tricker than coming up with a solid reply to a really difficult story; Mr Yousaf has had to swot up on a series of different topics which might not even come up.

And inevitably, he will need to think on his feet when some unforeseen freedom of information request or case study comes up which he is completely unprepared for.

Will there be more protests in the gallery this week?

PA Media

Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone has introduced measures in an effort to address protests from the gallery

Protests have become a regular feature of FMQs in recent months, but Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone has introduced plans to try to crack down on this:

• The use of mobile phones in the chamber has been banned
• Anyone booking a ticket for FMQs now has to give their name and address
• Group bookings require names and addresses for everyone in the group
• All individuals collecting a ticket for FMQs have to show identification
• Anyone disrupting business will face a six-month ban from the public gallery

• Protests repeatedly halt first minister's questions
• Humza Yousaf's first FMQs hit by a series of disruptions

Welcome

PA Media

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

This is the third FMQs for Humza Yousaf and you can watch it live here with us by clicking on the play icon at the top of the page.

We'll bring you reports and analysis throughout.