SNP MSP Chic Brodie begins his speech in French, reiterating the call "Je Suis Charlie".

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Mr Brodie says the pen is mightier than the sword and the ink of satirists must continue to flow.  

Labour MSP Elaine Murray says the vast majority of this parliament hope that Donald Trump gets nowhere near the White House, following his comments on Muslims.

A petition started by Suzanne Kelly calling for the US presidential hopeful to be refused entry has been signed by more than 570,000 people.

Ms Kelly started the petition, which is to be debated by MPs in the House of Commons later this month, in the wake of Mr Trump calling for a temporary ban on Muslims travelling to the US.

Ms Murray says cartoons in Europe have been, for centuries, a medium for political satire.

One year ago today, Islamist gunmen burst into the offices of the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, and killed 11 people, before shooting dead a policeman in the streets outside. 

Over the next two days, another five people would be killed in co-ordinated attacks, four of them during a siege at a Jewish supermarket in the east of Paris.

If there's one message the cover of Charlie Hebdo's anniversary edition seems to convey, it's that nothing has changed.

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"The killer is still out there" says the caption, while the cartoon shows the bearded figure of God, a Kalashnikov slung across his back, his robes splattered with blood.

The message: Charlie Hebdo is still alive, still printing, still breaking taboos and the main target of its satire is still organised religion.

Mr Allard details all the victims in the Charlie Hebdo office that day.

The North East MSP says he would like to strongly state that this attack had nothing to do with religion, it was about power.

He says Charlie Hebdo had the best response to the attack, by "continuing to show no respect to anyone because none of us are respectable".

The SNP MSP says freedom of speech does not mean we have to like Charlie Hebdo but must defend its right to publish.

Mr Allard ends by saying: "Let's celebrate today cartoonists across the world."

The French born MSP says there are many terrorist attacks that do not get the coverage of the attack on Charlie Hebdo.

However French communities across the world and in Scotland responded in solidarity to the attacks in a way never seen before, says Mr Allard.

He says cartoonists are celebrated in France and today must be about them across the world.

Mr Allard says one of the most famous victims was Cabu and he celebrates his work. 

SNP MSP Christian Allard remembers the journalists, the police officer and others who fell victim to the attack. 

The French born MSP says the tragedy was an attack on the right of free speech and remembers the coming together of French communities in France, across the world and Scotland in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. 

Mr Allard says he considers that the people in Scotland joined them and that all MSPs stood shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the people of France in their time of need at First Minister's Questions.  

SNP MSP Christian Allard uses his motion to reflect on the events that took place in Paris on 7 January 2015 at the Charlie Hebdo offices.

That ends first minister's questions and we now move to a debate marking the Charlie Hebdo tragedy in Paris.

The first minister says the policy is hugely successful.

Ms Sturgeon says 129,000 pupils in P1 to P3 are benefiting from free school meals.

The presiding officer mistakenly promotes Mr Adam to first minister to much amusement.

SNP MSP George Adam asks how many children receive free school meals. 

Ms Boyack says a review of the flood protections would be hugely welcomed.

She asks for a fresh look at the resilience in the face of flooding.

The first minister says any lessons from this flooding will be learned.

She says a long running review is not a good idea as there are plans for flood protections that need to be got on with.

Ms Sturgeon says the government will take a decision very soon about a further allocation of funds to help those devastated by the flooding. 

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The recent storms that have battered Scotland have cost the economy up to £700m, according to a report by PwC.

The business services provider also estimated insured losses at between £175m and £350m.

The figures compared with an estimated total UK economic loss of up to £2.8bn and insured UK losses of between £1bn and £1.4bn.

PwC said storms Frank and Eva had hit Scotland particularly hard, with flooding in many parts of the country.

However, it added it remained difficult to ascertain the full financial impact of the storms and the rainfall.

Ms Sturgeon says she has already commented on the exceptional scale of the flooding and its devastating impact.

The response by everyone has been heroic, but there is a long recovery road ahead.

The Scottish government provides £42m a year for flood protection schemes.

Labour MSP Sarah Boyack asks the First Minister whether the Scottish government will conduct a review of flood defences in conjunction with local authorities in light of this winter's flooding incidents.   

David Cameron has made a fresh appeal for German support over changes he is seeking to the European Union, saying they are key to the UK's membership. 

The UK prime minister, who is on a visit to Germany, argued that his desired changes would benefit Europe's largest economy as well as the UK. 

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Curbing migrants' benefits and other moves would make a "big difference" to whether the UK stayed, he suggested. 

Mr Cameron is pushing for an EU-wide agreement at a summit next month. 

He is seeking a "better deal" from the EU as a prelude to holding an in-out referendum on the UK's continued membership by the end of 2017 at the latest. 

SNP MSP Kevin Stewart asks what discussions the Scottish government has had with the UK government regarding the proposed referendum on EU membership.

Ms Sturgeon says the Scottish government is proactively engaging with the UK government on the EU referendum to protect the interests of Scotland.

The first minister says she is concerned the referendum may lead to the country leaving the EU.

SNP MSP Kevin Stewart asks what can be done to ensure Scotland is not hauled out of Europe.

Ms Sturgeon says the Scottish Tories have a complete free for all on Europe.

She says if Scotland votes to stay in but the vote across the UK was to leave that would be a "democratic outrage".

Labour MSP Jackie Baillie agrees the real living wage, £8.25 an hour, must be paid in retail and elsewhere.

Ms Sturgeon agrees with her saying the real living wage will increase the quality of work and address inequalities.

Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser says 500,000 workers will benefit from the UK government's national living wage by 2020 and calls for more welcoming and less carping from the first minister.

Ms Sturgeon says some people will benefit but it does not go far enough and it should be the real living wage, calculated by the real cost of living. 

Ms Sturgeon says the UK government approach to pay has caused concerns as "it is not a real living wage".

The real living wage is what the Scottish government will continue to focus its efforts on.

Mr Harvie says the UK government is risking deeper exploitation of young workers under 25 years old.

The first minister says she wants the fair work agenda to be real and meaningful.

She says outside the South East of England Scotland has the highest proportion of people being paid the real living wage.