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The UK government will change its Brexit bill to address concerns over its impact on devolution, the Scottish secretary has confirmed.

The bill has been at the centre of a row between the UK and Scottish governments over what happens to powers that return from Brussels after Brexit.

Mr Mundell told the House of Commons that "the bill will be amended".

But he said the move was in response to suggestions from his Tory colleagues, rather than the SNP or Labour.

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Nicola Sturgeon has warned that a separate Brexit deal for Northern Ireland could disadvantage Scotland.

The Scottish first minister said there is "no good reason" why Scotland should not get a similar status to access the single market.

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Mr Rennie says: "But surely the best way out of this is give the people the final say?"

Ms Sturgeon says it is amazing how selective Willie Rennie is about second referendums.

The first minister says the priority is to stop the "reckless" UK government driving us over a cliff edge.

She calls for the UK to stay in the single market and the customs union.

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Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has backed a UK-wide deal to avoid a hard border in Ireland.

It had been suggested the UK government was prepared to accept a deal which would have seen Northern Ireland keep some regulations in line with the EU.

But the DUP - whose MPs prop up the government - said it could not accept any deal that treated Northern Ireland differently to the rest of the UK.

Ms Davidson said any regulatory alignment should be UK-wide.

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Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie raises Brexit, saying it was supposed to be "Buccaneering Brexiteers striding the globe" but instead Theresa May had to leave her soup at lunch because the DUP leader Arlene Foster said "no".

Ms Sturgeon says: "I think the prime minister fell into her soup, rather than being half way through her soup."

She says the Tory-DUP govenrment is "dissembling, mendacious and totally, totally incompetent".

Ms Sturgeon says she has not seen a more incompetent UK government in her lifetime.

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Ms Sturgeon says the government has secured the right for a public operator to bid for the next rail franchise.

The first minister says rail franchising and competition policy are still reserved to Westminster and calls for the powers to devolved.

Mr Harvie says: "It is unacceptable that people are seeing an increase in their fares."

The Scottish Green Party co-convener says there is growing support for a publicly owned railway.

He says the Scottish government's spending is dominated by high carbon projects and he calls for the government to commit to low carbon infrastrucutre.

The first minister says the government has its own plans for low carbon infrastructure.

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Train fares in Britain will go up by an average of 3.4% from 2 January.

The increase, the biggest since 2013, covers regulated fares, which includes season tickets, and unregulated fares, such as off-peak leisure tickets.

The Rail Delivery Group admitted it was a "significant" rise, but said that more than 97% of fare income went back into improving and running the railway.

A passenger group said the rise was "a chill wind" and the RMT union called it a "kick in the teeth" for travellers.

The rise in regulated fares had already been capped at July's Retail Prices Index inflation rate of 3.6%.

The fare increase is above the latest Consumer Prices Index inflation figure of 3%, which was a five-and-a-half year high.

The average rise in Scotland is 3.2% - below the national average.

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Scottish Green Party co-convener Patrick Harvie says rail fares are facing their biggest increase in five years.

Mr Harvie says this is an unacceptable situation and a public operator would reinvest money and see a cut in fares.

Ms Sturgeon says: "I understand people do not want to see any increase in rail fares."

The first minister say Scotland will have the lowest level of increase in the UK.

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Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton raises the issue of overcrowding on the Waverley Line.

The first minister says the member should write to the transport minister.

Paisley will find out later if it will be UK City of Culture 2021.

The UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said the winner would be revealed on The One Show on BBC One.

The show will come from Hull, the current city of culture, and minister John Glenn will announce the winner between 19:00 and 19:30.

Paisley has been named on a shortlist of five, which also includes Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland and Swansea.

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SNP MSP George Adam congratulates Jean Cameron, the director of Paisley 2021, and calls on the first minister to wish them luck again.

Ms Sturgeon says: "Today would not have been complete without George Adam doing what he does best and standing up for Paisley.

"Paisley deserves to win this bid."

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant asks about Uist dental health care.

The first minster says she cannot impose a moratorium on the work of local health and social care integration boards.

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SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth raises the issue of the Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre closing its waiting list.

Ms Sturgeon says she will ask the justice secretary to look into this.

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Mr Leonard says: "Children in abject povertyis the reality of Tory Britain and the reality of SNP Scotland.

"It's the Dickensian Scotland where too many families are forced to turn to foodbanks."

He says schoolchildren are dispatching emergency packages to help their classmates.

Mr Leonard calls on the first minister to use the powers at her disposal.

The first minister says the budget will show the action of this government, in stark contrast to the "empty rhetoric" of the Labour party.

Ms Sturgeon says child poverty is an issue of the utmost of importance and as long as one child is living in poverty it is one too many.

That is why the government legislated for statutory child poverty targets, she says.

Thousands of people are struggling to make ends meet in the UK every day, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has said.

An additional 700,000 UK children and pensioners have fallen into relative poverty - households with less than 60% the median income - over the past four years.

The charity said it was the first time in 20 years that poverty in these groups had seen sustained rises.

Ministers say their support is helping pensioners and families out of poverty.

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Scotland's councils have called for an "adequate and fair" funding settlement ahead of the Scottish government's forthcoming draft budget.

Local authority body Cosla published a paper setting out the "huge pressures" facing councils due to their budgets.

It said councils had made £1.4bn in cuts and lost 15,000 full-time equivalent staff since 2012.

Ministers say the government will "continue to treat local government fairly" in December's draft budget.

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Mr Leonard says cuts to children's services are being planned by SNP-led Falkirk Council.

He says the council is planning to cut to the bone childcare and cut breakfast clubs, and asks whether child deprivation levels will go down or up after next week's budget.

Ms Sturgeon says the budget will be published next week and councils will be able to finalise their plans.

The first minister says the government is continuing to protect frontline services where it matters most.