Ms Grahame uses her motion to say there is continued use of stink pits, which are also known as middens, as part of the predator control regime on shooting estates in Scotland.

She explains these are pits or piles of animal carcasses that are left to decompose so that the smell will attract foxes and other predators into snares placed around them.

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SNP MSP Christine Grahame leads a member's debate entitled 'Stink Pits Stink'.

That concludes first minister's questions.

SNP MSP Graeme Dey asks what further support young carers can hope for.

Ms Sturgeon says the Carers Act will enhance support from next April and increase Carers Allowance to the level of Job Seekers Allowance.

Ms Sturgeon says she wants to pay tribute to carers across Scotland.

The first minister adds that the government is working to increase awareness of Carers' Allowance.

SNP MSP Graeme Dey asks how the government is marking Carers Week.

Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald asks whether work by government officials on a second independence referendum will now cease.

Ms Sturgeon says last week the SNP won the general election

She says: "I will reflect carefully on the election result."

Mr Macdonald says Nicola Sturgeon is in as much denial as Theresa May and she can't expect to "be at the Brexit negotiation table while heading for the UK exit".

The MSPs get restless.

Ms Sturgeon says she would have thought that every MSP would want Scotland to be involved in the Brexit negotiations.

Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles says Mr Ewing has previously claimed that there will be no repeat of the IT problems farmers have faced.

Mr Rumbles asks if the first minister has faith in Mr Ewing.

Ms Sturgeon says Mr Ewing is focusing on making sure that the government delivers for farmers.

Mr Chapman says: "I am absolutely shocked by how complacent the first minister is here."

He adds that the IT system has created the worst farming crisis in a generation and says there is no back up system.

The Tory MSP says farmers face another year of this chaos and asks the first minister to take responsibility for the catastrophe.

Ms Sturgeon says she takes full responsibility and says she has apologised to farmers.

She says the government will continue to give the issue the maximum attention it deserves.

More needs to be spent fixing a problematic IT system paying subsidies to farmers, says Audit Scotland.

The £178m Business and Change Programme led to delayed and missed payments to hundreds of farmers.

Auditors warn the Scottish government could still be fined up to £60m over the fiasco.

The Rural Affairs Secretary, Fergus Ewing, said improvements had been been made and a new senior management team was now overseeing the system.

The Audit Scotland report said the IT programme still presented "significant risks and costs for the Scottish government."

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Tory MSP Peter Chapman asks what the government's response is to the Audit Scotland update on the CAP Futures programme.

The first minister says over the past year there have been significant changes to the programme - "clearly there is a lot more for us to do".

Green MSP John Finnie says the Scottish government previously received a letter from the DUP on same-sex marriage and asks if that letter can be published.

Ms Sturgeon says she is happy to consider that.

Ruth Davidson has been told by the prime minister that any Conservative deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will not affect LGBTI rights.

The Scottish Conservative leader, who is gay, plans to marry her partner in the near future.

The DUP opposes same-sex marriage, with Northern Ireland the only part of the UK where it is not legal.

Ms Davidson said she had been given an assurance that gay rights would not be eroded in return for DUP support.

In a tweet sent on Friday afternoon, Ms Davidson highlighted a speech she made in Belfast about the importance of equal marriage.

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SNP MSP James Dornan asks what the government is doing to support LGBT rights.

The first minister says she is very proud of the government's record on LGBTI rights.

She says Scotland is ranked as one of the most progressive countries in Europe on LGBTI issues.

Mr Dornan says LGBTI Pride celebrations are happening in Scotland this month and points out that the DUP has blocked same sex marriage five times.

He calls for complete transparency on the Tory-DUP deal before it is signed.

Ms Sturgeon says same sex marriage in Northern Ireland is for the politicians in Northern Ireland but she adds that it is regrettable loving couples of the same sex cannot marry there.

She expresses concerns about "some kind of grubby deal" between the DUP and the Tories.

The first minister says she is concerned about the UK government's complete disregard for the Good Friday Agreement.

A European Union (EU) law to abolish roaming charges for people using mobile phones abroad comes into force today.

The new rules mean that citizens travelling within the EU will be able to call, text and browse the internet on mobile devices at the same price they pay at home.

The European Commission said the end of roaming charges was one of the greatest successes of the EU, external.

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SNP MSP Maree Todd raises the issue about roaming charges in the EU being abolished, will this be preserved, she asks.

Ms Sturgeon says she is unaware of any assurances from the UK government on roaming charges in the EU.