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Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard also wishes Paisley 2021 well.

Mr Leonard says the bid was led by the local council.

He reminds the chamber that he asked last week if Scotland's councils will get the £500m they need just in order to "stand still", but says he got no answer.

The Scottish Labour leader asks how the first minister can justify cuts to local services.

Ms Sturgeon says Mr Leonard will find out details of the council settlement next week when the Scottish budget is published.

The first minister says: "This government will do everything we possibly can to protect local services from Tory-led austerity."

She says the only councils that have not taken the opportunity to raise their revenues through the council tax were Labour led councils.

Ms Davidson says: "It is clear parliament has joined the public in having no confidence in these plans."

She says: "The Named Person policy is in tatters."

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The first minister reads out a paragraph from a letter from a number of children's agencies, which she says calls on the Bill to passed at Stage One

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Ms Davidson calls for the minutes of private meetings with committee witnesses to be published.

Ms Sturgeon says Ms Davidson suggesting that the government not engaging with frontline organisations demonstrates that the Tory leader is not fit for government.

Ms Davidson says it is usual for organisations to lobby government, not the other way around.

Ms Davidson says: "We all want to protect vulnerable children, but after yesterday's events it is clear this is not the way to do it."

She goes on to say: "Now we are told it won't be until late 2018 until the government can provide a code of practice."

The Scottish Conservative leader asks if the first minister believes the Named Person policy can be salvaged.

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The first minister says the Supreme Court only ruled on the information sharing provision and found that the Named Person scheme was legitimate and benign.

Ms Sturgeon says those on the frontline working with children called on the committee to pass the Bill at Stage One.

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The Scottish government's named person scheme has been delayed after MSPs refused to move legislation along.

MSPs are in the process of considering changes to the system to settle issues raised by the Supreme Court.

A bill was to go before the chamber before the end of the year, but the education committee has voted against publishing a stage one report.

Parliamentary rules mean the legislation cannot proceed until a committee report has been completed.

Education Secretary John Swinney said the government would "reflect" on the move, but said he was "committed" to the named person policy.

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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Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson says the whole chamber will join her in wishing Paisley 2021 well again.

Ms Davidson says: "Why is the government continuing to persist with the Named Person scheme?"

Ms Sturgeon also wishes Paisley 2021 well for this evening, when the winner of the UK City of Culture is announced.

The first minister says the government will persist with the Named Person scheme in the best interests for children, particularly vulnerable children.

She says the Education Committee has expressed concerns and the deputy first minister has committed to giving the parliament the final say on the draft code of practice.

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NHS Grampian said in May it cannot guarantee that patients will be given surgery within 12 weeks of diagnosis - unless it is an urgent case.

The health board admitted it was unable to meet the Scottish government's target timescale and has started classifying adult elective surgical patients according to their clinical need.

NHS Grampian has suffered from difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff in several areas.

But it says the current approach is a "pragmatic" one while waits are longer than it would like.

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Brexit Minister Mike Russell says the best outcome for Scotland is EU membership but he says the next best option is continued membership of the single market and customs union.

Ms McAlpine asks if the Brexit minister agrees that the "reliance on a shabby deal with the DUP to keep the government afloat is risking hundreds of thousands of jobs".

Mr Russell says the Scottish govenment is a long term supporter of the Good Friday Agreement.

He says the arrangement with the DUP is a disruptive force in this.