If you're just joining us here's a recap of today's FMQs headlines:

• The row over Michael Matheson's iPad holiday usage rumbles on with Douglas Ross accusing the health secretary of "trying to dupe the taxpayer out of £11,000"
• Humza Yousaf hit back pointing out Matheson had accepted he had made mistakes and was trying to protect his sons
• Just before FMQs we learned the SPCB will investigate the issue
• Anas Sarwar claimed the Scottish government "has a problem with the truth" and he questions the FM's truthfullness
• Yousaf again defends his health secretary and agrees any minister must correct the record if any inaccurate statement has been made
• The FM said yesterday's Autumn Statement was "dismal" and was the "worst case scenario" for Scotland
• He also gives an "absolute assurance" the government will do everything it can to "ensure a sustainable future for Grangemeouth refinery"

That's all from the live page coverage of FMQs today. Calum Watson was the editor. Megan Bonar and Craig Hutchison were the writers.

Humza Yousaf says the government will engage with the owners of the Grangemouth site, trade unions and the UK government.

“In my conversations with Petroineos it was very, very clear that there are a whole range of factors that have to be addressed," he said.

The first minister says these factors will include domestic and global issues.

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Scotland's only oil refinery could cease operations as soon as 2025 under plans announced by owners Petroineos.

The company said Grangemouth had been facing significant challenges because of global market pressures.

Petroineos intends to turn the site into a fuels import terminal which would result in the loss of at least 400 jobs.

Work to transform the site is expected to take 18 months.

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Michelle Thomson asks the first minister if he will do “all in his power” to protect jobs at the Grangemouth refinery.

The SNP MSP says her constituents are “fearful” after an announcement that the site could stop production, raising questions about hundreds of jobs.

The first minister says he can give an “absolute assurance” the government will do everything it can.

“We will do everything we possibly can to ensure a sustainable future for Grangemouth refinery,” he says

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the UK government's Autumn Statement in the House of Commons yesterday.

While many of the areas covered fall under areas controlled by the Scottish government, several headline policies will affect Scots.

The Treasury said the Scottish government would receive £545m in additional funding through the Barnett formula over this financial year and the next.

Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison, however, said the announcement made Holyrood's budget challenges even more severe.

Here's how some of the key announcements will affect Scotland.

SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson asks for the Scottish government’s response is to the chancellor's Autumn Statement.

The first minister says Tory MSPs are embarrassed by the statement - as they should be on "such a dismal Autumn Statement".

The funding needed by devolved governments has not been provided and the Conservatives who have failed to help "struggling households" and "hard-working people", he claims.

Gibson argues the £25bn in "election bribes" is less than half the £55bn of tax increases and spending cuts the Tories imposed last year and says the £11m for the NHS is "shockingly low"

"I absolutely agree with Kenny Gibson," replies the FM, who adds the statement was the "worst case scenario" for Scotland.

SNP MSP Alasdair Allan says energy costs are a particular worry for islands communities who experience “disproportionately high levels of fuel poverty”.

He asks what the Scottish government is doing to help his constituents who are being “evidently ignored” by Westminster.

Humza Yousaf says £1m has been provided to help islanders facing high food, fuel and energy costs through the islands cost crisis emergency fund.

He says it is “unacceptable” the autumn statement failed to address this issue.

He adds: “The powers to make a real difference do unfortunately remain with the UK government”.

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Household energy prices will rise in January putting more financial pressure on billpayers at the coldest time of year.

Energy regulator Ofgem said the typical annual household bill would go up from £1,834 to £1,928, a rise of £94 or 5%.

It said the rise in bills would be "worrying" at a difficult time for many people, but was the result of higher wholesale costs faced by suppliers.

Analysts have predicted that prices will fall back in March.

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SNP MSP Alasdair Allan ask the first minister what support the Scottish government is giving to Scottish households who are struggling with energy bills.

Humza Yousaf says bills remain higher due to a volatile energy market and the UK’s government's “complete and utter failure” to act.

He says he has called on the UK government to introduce measures like a “social tariff” to target those who need help the most.

SNP MSP Fergus Ewing warns the FM the heat pump targets have led to fewer homes being built.

The former minister asks if Humza Yousaf if he will "consign the Green Party half-baked pie-in-the sky policy in the bin where it belongs".

"Will he consign his Green ministers to the backbenches where they belong," he continues.

Humza Yousaf replies that Fergus Ewing's proposals are not the most sensible and says sky-rocketing inflation must be tackled.

"History will judge very poorly those who are climate sceptics or indeed climate deniers."

Green MSP Mark Ruskell says: "Here in Scotland we're realising our ambitions on heat transition."

Ruskell adds the upcoming budget must address fuel poverty and receives agreement from the FM.

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The Scottish government is launching a consultation on plans to downgrade the energy efficiency ratings of homes with gas boilers.

It is part of a strategy aimed at removing fossil fuels from heating in more than one million homes by 2030, a key milestone on the journey to reach a headline net-zero target by 2045.

Zero Carbon Buildings Minister Patrick Harvie argues the change would accelerate the uptake of more environmentally-friendly central heating systems such as heat pumps.

But others question their suitability for many Scottish properties, and warn that homeowners could be landed with huge costs.

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Tory MSP Edward Mountain asks whether the Scottish government's policy to require households to replace their fossil fuel boilers with heat pumps or other green energy systems in off-gas properties from 2025 and in on-gas areas from 2030 is still going ahead.

The first minister replies the government's 2021 Heat and Building Strategy committed to legislation on the renewal or replacement of fossil fuel boilers.

There's a Heat and Buildings Bill in the pipeline, Yousaf adds.

Mountain responds he's not sure about the targets and he criticises the Scottish Green's net-zero policies in this area.

The FM hits back saying "we are in the face of a climate crisis" and the Tories oppose every single measure the Scottish government brings forward to tackle it.

'Drain the swamp'published at 12:36 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2023

12:36 GMT 23 November 2023

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

The Labour leader’s wide-ranging attack effectively boiled down to a call to “drain the swamp”, although he would surely shy away from the comparison.

It is becoming clear that there will not be a decisive conclusion to the Matheson roaming affair, and Mr Sarwar is hoping to weave it into a broader argument – that “trust and faith in institutions has been lost”.

Humza Yousaf took a similarly scattergun approach to his response, insisting that people must trust the SNP because they keep electing them.

And he closed with what was essentially a stump speech attacking Sir Keir Starmer – which is perhaps an acknowledgement that that electoral record is going to be tested at the ballot box before very long.

Humza Yousaf says it is important any MSP, whether it be a government minister or backbencher, should correct the record if any inaccurate statement has been made.

“I take that responsibility very seriously,” he says.

The first minister says he will continue to “talk up” Scotland’s energy potential while, he claims, the Labour leader is happy to talk it down.

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Humza Yousaf has rejected calls to refer himself to a parliamentary watchdog over claims he misled parliament about Scotland's renewable energy capacity.

The first minister dismissed suggestions that civil servants retrospectively created statistics to justify an incorrect statement to MSPs.

Mr Yousaf said the matter was "closed".

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton described the response as "extremely disappointing".

He had urged the first minister to refer himself to the independent advisers of the ministerial code in September.

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Humza Yousaf defends Michael Matheson, who he says is getting “on with the job” as health secretary.

Anas Sarwar says he is pleased the first minister says politicians should be telling the truth but questions if he does so himself.

Since Humza Yousaf has become first minister, the record of the Scottish Parliament has been corrected three times due to the wrong information being given, according to Sarwar.

The Scottish Labour says: “If these are the lengths you’ll go to hide the truth on a simple mistake. Should anyone be surprised you won’t sack Mr Matheson for knowingly misleading the public?”

Anas Sarwar is up next and asks the first minister if it an “official government position” to be dishonest.

This comes after a BBC Radio Scotland Good Morning Scotland interview, in which Deputy First Minister Shona Robison failed to answer if members of the government always tell the truth.

The Scottish Labour leader added: “Honesty and integrity is essential for faith in public life to be restored”.

Anas Sarwar continues: “People have known for a long time that this government has a problem with the truth”

Humza Yousaf replies: “We should all be telling the truth in our interactions.”

Will the iPad row be 'kicked into the long grass'?published at 12:22 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2023

12:22 GMT 23 November 2023

Philip Sim
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Another outing for Michael Matheson’s iPad at FMQs, in light of the parliament’s corporate body announcing an investigation into it.

It’s notable that Douglas Ross centred his questioning on the health secretary’s responses to the row – the things that he said in the media in subsequent days.

He threw in some links to Humza Yousaf’s responses too, and those of his deputy Shona Robison.

But those responses are not what the SPCB is investigating. Its probe will be limited narrowly to his interactions with parliament, which he has laid out extensively already.

That may well kick the matter into the long grass.

Humza Yousaf repeated Mr Matheson’s own defence – that he had made mistakes, but was motivated by protecting his family.

He is standing squarely behind his minister, and as long as there are inquiries ongoing that the government can point to there is little that can happen to change that position.

"If government ministers need to be honest why is Michael Matheson still in a job?" asks Ross.

Yousaf again defends his health secretary, saying he has made mistakes.

The FM says it is right to let the SPCB get on with its job.

Was the claim for £11,000 legitimate or not, persists the Scottish Tory leader.

Ross adds: "Michael Matheson is taking the public for fools."

He points out Matheson was asked directly asked if anyone else used the iPad and replied no. Was that the truth?

The FM says for the third time that Matheson made mistakes in the handling of this issue to protect his teenage boys.

Yousaf says Ross does not want to talk about the "savage cuts unleashed by the UK government on the health service through yesterday's Autumn Statement".