Ms Baillie is told she cannot raise a point of order during first minister's questions, but can do so at the end of the session..

Tory MSP Jamie Greene raises the issue of waiting lists for care packages in North Ayrshire.

Ms Sturgeon says the health secretary will meet with those affected.

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Labour MSP Jackie Baillie raises the issue of the cut GP services at the Vale of Leven Hospital and highlights the campaigners who have come to Holyrood.

Ms Sturgeon welcomes the campaigners, who are in the public gallery, and says the health secretary will meet with them.

The first minister says it was the SNP government that ended the decade of uncertainty over the future of the Vale of Leven.

Green MSP Alison Johnstone asks why the NHS has been allowed to sell off the Sick Kid's Hospital site in Edinburgh

Ms Sturgeon says at all stages of this process NHS Lothian complied with the legislation.

She says NHS Lothian will use the money from the sale of the Sick Kids Hospital site.

A candidate for the Scottish Labour leadership has denied being "one of the few" as he defended his family's firm over its failure to pay the real living wage to all staff.

Anas Sarwar said United Wholesale (Scotland) Ltd did not pay everyone the real living wage of £8.45 an hour because it was "voluntary".

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But he said a Labour government would make the wage mandatory for all firms.

Mr Sarwar's minority shareholding in the firm is said to be worth £4.8m.

But he said he was not a director in the company, had "no say" in how it operates and did not receive any remuneration from it.

Mr Sarwar is standing against fellow MSP Richard Leonard in the Labour leadership contest, which was sparked by Kezia Dugdale's resignation last month.

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Ms Sturgeon jokes that it was really unfair of Mr Rowley to bring Anas Sarwar into this debate

She says the company run by the Scottish Labour leadership candidate won't pay its staff the real living wage.

The first minister says Scotland is growing social housing faster than any other part of the UK.

She says Labour need to close that gulf between what they say and and what they do.

The presiding officer says we should try and refrain from personal insults.

Holyrood has backed the principle of raising income tax to fund investment in public services after the SNP abstained in the final vote.

Scottish Labour put forward a motion for debate aimed at forcing the parties to "pick a side" on the issue.

But the SNP, which has said it has an "open mind" on tax rises, abstained so as not to "prejudge" the debate on tax ahead of the budget.

The Greens and Lib Dems backed Labour, meaning the non-binding motion passed.

The Tories, who are firmly opposed to income tax rises, voted against.

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Mr Rowley says the crisis engulfing public services must be addressed as it is the poorest who are coming off worst.

The Scottish Labour interim leader says on tax decisions that the SNP sides with millionaires on tax issues rather than with the millions.

The first minister says it is time for a "grown up debate" on how to use Scotland's tax powers to tackle poverty.

Ms Sturgeon says she has announced in her programme for government that there will be an additional fund to create innovative ways to tackle child poverty.

She says the role of the Poverty and Inequality Commission will be to make suggestions.

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In June Holyrood voted to replace the tax paid by passengers on flights from Scotland's airports.

MSPs voted by 108 to 11 to replace Air Passenger Duty (APD) with a new devolved Air Departure Tax (ADT) in Scotland from April next year.

But the rate at which is the tax is set is likely to be more controversial when it is decided later this year.

The Scottish government wants to cut the new tax by 50%, before eventually scrapping it completely.

It argues the move will boost the economy by increasing the number of flights to and from the country.

Opponents are concerned about the environmental impact of more flights, and claim the cut would mainly benefit wealthy travellers and big business.

The Scottish Conservatives and Labour joined the SNP in voting to pass the Air Departure Tax Bill, with the Scottish Green and Liberal Democrats voting against.

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Mr Rowley says he welcomes the setting up of the commission.

He says the truth is that without additional resources we can have as many targets as we like, but they will be wishful thinking.

He says the first minister plans to spend 20 times more on a tax cut for frequent flyers than she does on tackling child poverty.

In March we reported that more than a quarter of children in Scotland were living in relative poverty after housing costs in 2015-2016, according to government figures.

It marks what charities described as a "devastating" rise of 4% from the previous year.

Overall figures show 1.05 million people in Scotland were in relative poverty after they had paid housing costs, up 2% from the previous year.

Ministers said making a fairer and more equal Scotland was a "core ambition".

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Scottish Labour interim leader Alex Rowley says there are 40,000 more children in poverty today than a year ago.

Ms Sturgeon says the Child Poverty Bill will make Scotland the only country in the UK that has statutory targets on child poverty.

She details other measures the government has taken to tackle child poverty.

Ms Davidson says the Named Person scheme does not work.

The Scottish Conservative leader says: "Can we not just start again with a blank piece of paper?"

She says we need to protect vulnerable children but we must do it within the law.

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Ms Sturgeon says she is glad Ms Davidson has finally mentioned vulnerable people.

She says the Supreme Court did not say the scheme was illegal, but highlighted flaws which are being rectified.

The first minister says Ms Davidson should not give the impression that the whole scheme was deemed illegal.

The government brought forward the Children and Young People (Information Sharing) (Scotland) Bill in a bid to make the necessary named person changes, and Holyrood's education committee is examining the new legislation. The submission from the Faculty of Advocates forms part of this process.

In their written remarks, external, the Faculty said the principal issues raised about the legislation were not easy to resolve, and said that "some of the criticisms of the Supreme Court will continue to apply if the bill as drafted is passed".

They said that named persons - non-lawyers, who would not be familiar with complicated legal guidance - would be required to "carry out a proportionality exercise" as part of the role, while balancing their other work.

They described this as "an exceptionally difficult requirement" which "risks making their job considerably more difficult and undermining the trust of families and the willingness to share information with the professional concerned".