Tory MSP Graham Simpson says the cabinet secretary is right to focus on high rise properties.

Mr Simpson says cladding has taken place in terraced properties and she asks if the working group will look at these.

Ms Constance says when she talks about ACP this is a generic type of material as opposed to a specific product.

She says in some cases it can be appropriately used in some buildings if installed correctly.

The minister says after the absolute focus on high rise buildings, the enquiries will be widened out to include schools and hospitals and may go further.

SNP MSP Bob Doris asks if sprinklers in areas such as tower block bin shelters may be something that is considered going forward.

Ms Constance says "there is an open door" to consider different measures going forward.

The communities secretary says the government will look at a range of fire safety measures.

She says there will be an evidence based approach.

Mr Stewart says almost a third of accidental deaths from fire are in the most deprived areas.

He calls for sprinkler systems to be targeted towards the most deprived, which is single men with addictions living alone.

Communities Secretary Angela Constance says she will be delighted to meet with the member to discuss the issue.

Communities Secretary Angela Constance says the government is carrying out a review of building fire framework to make sure buildings are safe.

Ms Constance says the type of material used in Grenfell tower has not been used in council owned high rises in Scotland.

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No local authority or housing association high rise flats in Scotland have the cladding used in Grenfell Tower, the government has said.

Ministers also revealed 24 out of 32 local authorities reported that no privately-owned high rises used Aluminium Composite Material (ACM).

The remaining councils are said to be investigating "as a matter of urgency".

Cladding is thought to have contributed to the rapid spread of fire at the London tower block.

At least 79 people are believed to have died following the blaze.

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Labour MSP David Stewart asks the Scottish government whether the ministerial working group on fire safety will review building standards regulations regarding the provision of automatic fire suppression systems.

We now move to portfolio questions, with communities, social security and equalities ministers in the hot seat.

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Rural Economy Fergus Ewing says he accepts that telephone boxes remain important in some areas.

Mr Ewing says he is happy to make the case to BT for areas where this may be the case.

The rural economy secretary says he will "stand up for the phone box in Holyrood."

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Rural Economy Minister Fergus Ewing thanks Kenny Gibson for bringing this unusual debate to the chamber.

Mr Ewing says telecoms is reserved to Westminster, but he says Ofcom has reported a 90% drop in phone box use.

He welcomes BT reassurances about road accident black spots, suicide spots and rural areas and islands retaining crucial phone boxes.

Mr Ewing says he had thought naively there was not much that one can do in a phone box, but says Jamie Greene's contribution put paid to that.

Just four of the 104 phone boxes under consideration in the Scottish Borders will be removed and 98 have been retained in the Highlands.

In its response to BT's consultation, external, Highland Council warned that the scrapping of some phone boxes could have an impact on road safety.

They said the move would leave long stretches of the road network without payphone provisions.

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Callers should be able to contact the emergency services on their mobile phones, no matter how poor the reception or how little credit callers have, according to BT.

But Highland Council pointed out that, without payphones, emergency operators would not be able to call people back in areas with zero reception.

During its consultation period, BT pledged that it would retain any payphone where there were objections to it being removed.

Tory MSP Brian Whittle says that many people now know phone boxes as Dr Who's preferred mode of transport, adding that Superman will be running out of places to change.

Mr Whittle says he wonders if BT have considered solar power charging facilities for mobile phones in rural areas.

The Tory MSP says technology is changing how people carry out everyday tasks.

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• Prototype was produced in concrete in 1920
• In 1924 Sir Giles Gilbert Scott won a competition to design a new model
• His original colour was silver, but the Post Office changed this to red
• He also designed Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, Battersea Power Station, and Bankside Power Station (now the Tate Modern)

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• The K6 model, commissioned in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, is the most common, with 60,000 installed
• About 2,400 phone boxes have been designated as Grade II-listed buildings
• They are also a familiar sight on the streets of Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar

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As part of BT's "adopt a kiosk" scheme, communities are able to take over a decommissioned telephone kiosk for £1.

Although new users are not allowed to install "electronic communications apparatus", 3,500 have been snapped up and put to a variety of uses.

One of the most common, especially in rural areas, is as a lending library or book exchange.

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The red telephone box was once a common sight across the land, a design so associated with Britishness that tourists would be as likely to pose beside one for a photo than to step inside to make a call. But with the rise of the mobile phone, the redundant kiosks are increasingly being put to inventive uses, from miniature art galleries to pint-sized pubs.

A decline in payphone usage has drastically reduced the number of phone boxes across the UK - according to BT there were 92,000 in 2002, and there are currently 46,000, including 8,000 traditional red ones.

While this is a far cry from their 73,000-strong heyday in 1980, fans will be glad to know many redundant red boxes have taken on an afterlife, ranging from the sensibly practical to the downright peculiar.

Read more here.