Tory MSP Maurice Corry asks about improvements to learning support in further education colleges and universities.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman points to increased investment to recruit new staff and for new vehicles.

Mr Sarwar highlights reports indicating some paramedics are having to work 36 hours shifts and attributes this to cuts.

Ms Freeman says the ambulance service is introducing a protection corridor between Elgin and Aberdeen, saying the additional pressure was due to the current situation with maternity at Dr Gray's.

Overall, ambulance staffing is up by 23% she states and the triage system has also been introduced which increases the numbers of patients being treated effectively.

Labour MSP Anas Sarwar asks about resourcing for the Scottish Ambulance Service.

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Public Finance Kate Forbes says the Non-Domestic Rates Bill will be brought forward in time to allow commencement on 1 April 2020.

Mr Bowman says by the time the bill is past Scottish businesses will have paid more than £4m more than those in England due to the large business supplement.

The minister hits back arguing Scotland has the edge in attracting new businesses.

She points out Barclay recommended the large business supplement be lowered when affordable.

Labour MSP Jackie Baillie says the SRC are concerned about the new business rates levy and focuses on the oil and gas sector.

Ms Forbes highlights the work of the Barclay Implementation Advisory Group.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the Scottish government would be bringing forward a non-domestic rates bill during the 2018/19 session.

The bill, the programme for government said, will "enhance and reform" the business rates system in Scotland through measures including a move to a three-year valuation cycle.

It will introduce measures aimed at improving the administration of the system, including a reduction in the number of appeals and improvements to the quality of information available.

It will also deliver measures aimed at increasing fairness by reforming a number of tax reliefs and tackling known avoidance measures.

Tory MSP Bill Bowman asks when the non-domestic rates bill will be introduced.

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Malcolm Fraser says he would regret if talk of public money going into the rebuild let the insurers off the hook.

The architect reiterates his desire to see the building full of creativity and students again.

SNP MSP Sandra White, whose constituency Glasgow Kelvin homes the Mackintosh building, says as far as she was concerned no lessons were learned from the first fire.

Ms White asks why the report into the first fire was redacted.

She argues the GSA board are not fit for purpose.

Mr Billcliffe points out Ms White has answered her own question and calls for the redacted report on the first fire should be seen in its orignal form.

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Roger Billcliffe, a Charles Rennie Mackintosh scholar, says the Mackintosh building should become a different type of building and the students shoud move somewhere else.

All those who donated to the art school after the first fire should have a say, he explains.

There are hundreds of people who should have an input into the rebuild, Mr Billcliffe concludes.

SNP MSP Stuart McMillan asks if the public purse should be used for the rebuild.

He goes on to say the insurers say they will fund it, although we don't know how much the building was insured for.

Architect Malcolm Fraser says the building is so unique in that it was both of historical significance and was a working building.

He urges for it to be rebuilt as Mackintosh designed it.

It's a living work of art, not a dead relic he insists.

Scholar Roger Billcliffe retorts that the building was designed for a limited number of students but there are not many more.

Many of the students now attending the art school di not use many of the facilities Mackintosh put in.

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Tory MSP Jamie Greene asks what should be rebuilt and are we looking at a like for like replica.

The second question he asks what should it be used for going forward, for example a museum or a working school, or even a community space.

Mr Greene, in conclusion, asks: "What do you think Charles Rennie Mackintosh would want to happen next"

How do you second guess that, replies Mr Billcliffe.

The Charles Rennie Mackintosh scholar says it should be rebuilt as it was because it is a work of art.

Mr Greer asks about assurances that there will not be a third fire.

Scholar Roger Billcliffe says before the first fire, students told him there were fires regularly - often caused by smoking - which students and staff would put out.

The 2014 fire was caused by rules around what was allowed onto the premises being contravened, he states.

How do you legislate to manage this, he asks, adding that with all the equipment and modern technology required by students, the school is a fire trap.

"Yes, it will happen again, sadly."

Green MSP Ross Greer asks if the most recent fire safety plan has been agreed between both the GSA and Keir construction.

Malcolm Fraser says the plan would have to have been submitted as part of the tender, with various sharing and oversight arrangements in place.

He says he would want to see the investigation tell us what went wrong, whether it was the plan or its execution.

People expressed their disbelief after Glasgow School of Art was ravaged by another fire, four years after part of the building was destroyed by a fire.

The famous Mackintosh building had been undergoing a multi-million pound restoration project.

The latest blaze spread to nearby buildings, including the O2 ABC music venue.

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Eileen Reid, formerly of Glasgow School of Art, says she does not see how the current set up is fit for purpose with the rebuild.

There shoud be some overarching very experienced board that will drive the rebuild and let GSA get on with its core bsuiness.

The chair's recent announcements do not address this and we need something a wee bit more thorough going forward, she says.

SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson asks if GSA's board and executive is fit to manage the reconstruction of the school.

Roger Billcliffe says he "can't predict whether they are fit", all you can do is look at what they have done in the last four years.

"Art school is a building site because they allowed it to burn in 2014."

The only input Mr Billcliff says he has had is whether to include Rennie Mackintosh chairs.

Stuart Robertson of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society says he would like to see more sharing of knowledge, for example an expert panel to drive to rebuild forward.

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Malcom Fraser says his daughter had been told the intention was to bring all first years into the Mackintosh building after the rebuild, so they could experience it.

Mr Fraser says: "This is and was and should be again a working building for students."

Tory MSP Alexander Stewart argues the building was continually put at risk after the first fire and he expresses concerns about the governance of the GSA.

Mr Fraser reiterates he awaits the results of the investigation, but says it is not think that lessons were not learned after the first fire and adds he thinks "the current contract was properly put in place albeit it failed catastrophically

Tory MSP Alexander Stewart asks how competent has the school been prior to the fires.

"They haven't had a great deal to say," replies scholar Roger Billcliffe.

Recent comments made by GSA chair Muriel Gray were the first in a while, he says.

Mr Billcliffe accepts the board has changed considerably recently and being a member was not dependent on whether people knew about the school.

The board reflects the growth of the school but not that they had a jewel at the heart of their estate, he says.

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The latest fire at the Glasgow School of Art was the second in four years.

The famous Mackintosh building was at the centre of a multi-million pound restoration project, following the devastating blaze in 2014.

Here we look at a timeline of events since the first blaze.

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At the weekend Muriel Gray, chairwoman of the Glasgow School of Art's board, insisted Glasgow's Mackintosh building will definitely be rebuilt.

The future of the GSA has faced speculation that it could be demolished or turned into a museum.

But Ms Gray, a former student at the school, told BBC Scotland it would be rebuilt as a working art school, saying that was "non-negotiable".

She told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme the £100m cost that had been reported was "plucked out of the air", saying the art school had "absolutely no idea until we know the scale of damage".

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