Alastair Ross tweets, external: #FMQs has a different dynamic these days, but I do miss @AlexSalmond's traditionally terse response to Question 2 #noplansnearfuture

A group of parents fighting to save a Catholic primary school have launched an audacious bid to keep it open.

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There are plans are to amalgamated St Joseph's Primary School in Milngavie with another primary in nearby Bearsden.

A group of parents want to try to remove the school from council control so it would be funded directly by the Scottish government.

Conservative leader Ruth Davidson (RD) raises the case of a closure-threatened school, St Joseph's Primary in Milngavie, where parents want it to be run outside local authority control.

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KD says FM should look parents across Scotland (including in Glasgow) in the eye and tell them when she's delivering SNP childcare promises. FM says KD should look the people who run Glasgow City Council (Labour) in the eye.

FM says childcare expansion in Scotland under the SNP is a "massive success story", compared to the "derisory" situation it inherited from Labour in 2007. But KD says things are getting worse.

Mr Malky tweets, external: #fmqs Kezia is criticising her own party's Councils

FM says childcare has increased in Scotland under the SNP, but again says there is more to be done so that provision can be further extended.

KD says the government's taking years to fulfil its pledges to improve childcare and adds that the situation's better in England.

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FM says things are going well, but that more work needs to be done.

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Fewer than one in six councils in Scotland have enough childcare capacity to meet the needs of working parents, according to new research.

The study by the Family and Childcare Trust said 15% of local authorities in Scotland had enough childcare for parents who worked full-time. That was down from 23% when the survey was carried out in 2013.

Scottish councils have a statutory duty to provide 600 hours of free childcare for three and four-year-olds. This is provided by council nurseries and partnership funding for private nurseries.

And first minister's questions has begun. Scottish Labour deputy leader Kezia Dugdale (KD) tackles First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (FM) on childcare.

First minister's questions is underway.

Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Justice was first aware that Police Scotland intended to consult on a possible merger of A and B Divisions.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney says the Scottish government has an unequivocal commitment to protecting and respecting the privacy of individual.

The Scottish government is opposed to ID cards he says and doesn't propose to introduce and a new national database.

Green MSP Patrick Harvie asks what the Scottish government's position is on the privacy concerns raised by the Open Rights Group regarding the proposed amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead says the Scottish government, SEPA and the NFUS have produced guidelines to inform farmers how to remove silt from the river bed.

Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser asks the Scottish government how it assists farmers who wish to remove silt from river beds.

SNP MSP Mark McDonald asks what information the Scottish government has on the average length of time taken to process applications for Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme membership, external for people seeking employment in the care sector.