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Ms Dugdale says survivors of child abuse deserve justice and the delay has been too long.

The Scottish Labour leader says the inquiry excludes the vast majority of victims and she calls on Ms Sturgeon to think again.

The first minister says the government take this issue very, very seriously.

Ms Sturgeon say in-care abuse victims deserve swift justice and the inquiry cannot be allowed to become to unwieldy. 

A former chief executive of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) has called for an inquiry into historical sexual abuse.

Gordon Smith told the BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme it should look at how clubs and national bodies responded to allegations.

His comments came after Partick Thistle confirmed that a physiotherapist was dismissed from Firhill in 1992.

The club said it acted immediately after allegations of abuse were made.

It said it had now informed the police and the football authorities.

Scottish Labour MSP Kezia Dugdale says football has become enmeshed in the "UK's shame" - child abuse.

The first minister says the allegations of abuse "sicken all of us" and any victim must get the justice they deserve.

Ms Sturgeon says the NSPCC has established a helpline for any victim in football and all allegations will be investigated.

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Ms Dugdale says victims will not be included in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry as they were not in care.

Survivors' groups have called for the remit to be extended, says the Scottish Labour leader, and she asks Ms Sturgeon to think again on the remit.

The first minister says some survivor groups have called for the remit to be extended, while others do not wish it.

She says the child abuse inquiry is the most extensive ever.

Scottish Labour MSP Kezia Dugdale says this is a sombre day for parliament and expresses Labour's condolences to Alex Johnstone's family and friends.

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The Scottish Conservative leader says education standards have gone down, "backwards in reading, backwards in science and backwards in maths".

Ms Davidson says Scotland does not need another constitutional crisis and says which is more important, that, or sorting out education.

Ms Sturgeon says the constitutional crisis is being played out in the Supreme Court at the moment due to the Tory Brexiteers.

The first minister says the government must now focus on the OECD recommendations.

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Scotland is not a star pupil. The country's performance in the PISA assessments is distinctly average. A teacher writing a report card could easily say: "Disappointing performance. Could do better."

The Pisa figures are not the last word on education. They are not a definitive measure. There are many critics. But because they are the nearest thing there is to a fair way of comparing the education systems of different countries they have a huge influence on policy and political debate.

One reason they make for such uncomfortable reading for the Scottish government, is that it wants to be judged by its success on education. It makes much of its commitment to raise attainment and narrow the gap between how well youngsters from relatively rich and poor areas do at school.

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Ms Davidson says the first minister did not even attempt to defend her ministers.

The Scottish Conservative leader says the Curriculum for Excellence has led to a fall in standards.

She says the Tory backing for the C of E cannot be taken for granted.

Ms Sturgeon says the C of E is the right way forward and got the backing of the Scottish Conservative education spokeswoman just a couple of days ago.

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Ms Davidson says the government has had 10 years to sort out education.

She asks how the SNP has got on, "pass or fail?"

The first minister says there is a record number of exam passes in Scotland and a higher number of young people going into positive destinations.

Nicola Sturgeon says the government is taking hard tangible concrete actions.

Scotland's schools have recorded their worst ever performance in an international survey of pupils.

Scotland's scores for maths, reading and science all declined in the latest set of Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) figures.

It was the first time since the tests began in 2000 that all three subject areas were classed as "average", with none "above average".

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Education Secretary John Swinney said the results made uncomfortable reading.

He said they showed that "radical reform" was needed if Scotland's education system was to become world-class again.

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Scottish Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone has died aged 55.

Tributes have been paid to the North East MSP, who had served at the Scottish Parliament since 1999.

The Kincardineshire-born former dairy farmer passed away shortly after being diagnosed with cancer.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said Mr Johnstone was "a big man with a big heart" who "embodied politics at its best".

He was the longest-serving Scottish Conservative MSP at Holyrood, and the only one to have served continuously from the beginning of the parliament.

Hailing from Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, Mr Johnstone worked as a farmer before being elected to Holyrood in 1999.

Scottish Conservative MSP Ruth Davidson asks what engagements the first minister has planned for the rest of the day.

Ms Davidson thanks the Presiding Officer, the first minister and MSPs for their comments about Tory MSP Alex Johnstone, who has died after being diagnosed with cancer, but says he would have wanted her to get stuck into the government.

She does so by raising the Pisa figures and the state of education in Scotland.

Ms Sturgeon says in the passing of Alex Johnstone the parliament has lost a great character.

The first minister says everyone's thoughts are with his family.

On the Pisa figures she says they are not good enough and she is determined to move forward with reform of education.

Tory MSP Brian Whittle the Scottish government whether it will introduce personal physical literacy programmes, such as the STEP programme, in schools as part of its obesity strategy.

SNP MSP Rona Mackay ask whether the Scottish government will consider making Scottish history a priority subject on the school curriculum.