SNP MSP Alasdair Allan asks about progress on securing work for the Arnish fabrication yard on the Isle of Lewis.

Finance Secretary Derek Mackay expresses confidence in the new owners of BiFab to restore employment and secure new contracts at Arnish.

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant asks about the maintenance of equipment at the yard and Mr Mackay offers to write to the member with information.

Green MSP John Finnie asks how many vessels are in its marine and fisheries protection fleet.

Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham says Marine Scotland has three ships and access to five inflatable rigid boats.

Mr Finnie asks if the cabinet secretary thinks its right that Wales has more boats than Scotland.

The minister argues the Welsh boats are smaller.

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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says the Scottish government has received correspondence from a number of women in recent weeks and she also recently met with the families of Ms Baxter.

Mr Findlay seeks a meeting with the first minister and health secretary with himself and survivor.

He also calls for a new independent inquiry into the use of mesh devices.

Ms Freeman accepts the invitation and, on the inquiry, says Allison Britton's report reflected on wider practice.

She says she has written to the MHRA to seek information on evidence that mesh products are safe for use in clinical practice.

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A Scottish government-commissioned report into the review on mesh implants has found it suffered "systemic" failings and potential conflicts of interest.

Prof Alison Britton has spent more than a year investigating the mesh inquiry.

She was also looking at how similar reviews should be handled in future.

Her report, seen by the BBC, says the original mesh review was "ill-conceived, thoughtlessly structured and poorly executed".

The Scottish government said it would now consider her findings.

Read more here.

Scotland's health boards have been ordered to "immediately" halt the use of vaginal mesh implants in surgery.

The controversial implants were listed as an underlying cause of death of a woman in August, sparking calls for an inquiry and an outright ban.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said NHS boards had been told to stop using mesh in cases of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence.

This will continue until a new "restricted use protocol" is drawn up.

• What's the issue with mesh implants?
• Look back on the statement on Holyrood Live

Labour MSP Neil Findlay asks about recent contact with women affected by transvaginal mesh implants.

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After general questions, we will bring you extensive coverage of FMQs.

After lunch, the environment secretary will make a statement on the latest annual emissions target report.

Then the transport secretary will provide an update on the Aberdeen bypass.

The rest of the afternoon will be given over to a debate on supporting asylum seekers.

Creative Scotland acting chief executive Iain Munro says in terms of a national film studio, delicate negotiations are ongoing with the landowner.

Mr Munro adds that the technical case for the studio are very advanced and an actual tender process is about to be embarked on, where the site will be named.

He explains Screen Scotland have enhanced funding for this.

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The conditions are ripe to ensure we get this over the line, Mr Munro argues.

The tender will go live when the negotiations conclude with the landowner, which he hopes will occur in the next few weeks.

This will mean Scotland should have a film studio by 2019/20 concludes the acting chief executive.

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A court has ruled that a tenant farmer cannot be removed from land which has been earmarked as the site of Scotland's new film and TV studio.

The £250m studio, which was to feature six huge sound stages, was planned for about 100 acres of greenbelt land in the Pentland hills outside Edinburgh.

Scottish government ministers gave planning permission last year.

But now the Scottish Land Court has ruled that land from two smallholdings cannot be used for the development.

Read more.

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Green MSP Ross Greer asks for reassurance that the issues with factual inaccuracies and organisations being unable to address them during the process will be addressed.

"I will give you that assurance," replies Iain Munro.

He adds: "We take the feedback very seriously."

The Creative Scotland acting chief executive says it is really important that the quality of the work we do is transparent.

Independent sector representatives are currently being recruited to sit on the group which makes funding awards, says Iain Munro.

SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson highlights regional discrepancies between grant awards and wonders about efforts to rebalance this.

Mr Munro accepts the point but notes that 70% of the regularly funded organisations run programmes across Scotland rather than just in the area they are based.

The acting chief exec says an important intervention taken in recent years is implementing place partnerships, which build capacity in local areas.

Pauline McLean
BBC Scotland Arts Correspondent

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"Creative Scotland's board has promised to make serious changes to the way it operates after admitting it has made mistakes."

Sound familiar? Not the words of the board following the resignation of CEO Janet Archer, but a statement from the board of December 2012, following the resignation of the previous CEO, Andrew Dixon.

There's a strange sense of Deja Vu about this. Back then, the row began about a change to funding for 49 organisations, many of them well established, which in the words of cultural commentator Joyce Macmillan took them, with little warning, from "modest security" to "complete insecurity".

The fallout was instant and angry. Artists demanding a shake up of the entire funding system.

Read more here.

Labour MSP Claire Baker asks when a new chief executive will be appointed and whether Creative Scotland is confident about going ahead with the reviews without a permanent head.

Chair Robert Wilson anticipates the recruitment process will take 6-9 months, while it was felt the review must be undertaken as soon as possible.

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In February two Creative Scotland board members resigned in a row over the latest round of arts funding.

Ruth Wishart and Maggie Kinloch are believed to have stepped down in protest at the lack of time given to discuss which groups should be funded.

Creative Scotland announced an extra £6.6m from the Scottish government would allow it to maintain grants at £99m over three years.

But it decided to put 19 new groups on its list and cut 20 others completely.

Read more here.