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Tory MSP Adam Tomkins says today's ruling was a unanimous vindication for those of us who thought the so-called continuity bill unlawful.

Mr Tomkins says during the passage of the continuity bill, his party tried to amend the bill to make it compatible.

He insists: "The UK Supreme Court today has eviscerated this bill, leaving it in tatters."

The Tory MSP says everything in this bill that is incompatible with the EU Withdrawal Act has been removed.

Mr Tomkins says there is no need to reconsider any of this bill.

"What parliament should do is bin it."

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The Scottish and UK governments have clashed after Supreme Court judges said parts of Holyrood's Brexit legislation would not be allowed to stand.

The judges said the bill "as a whole" was within Holyrood's competence, but that MSPs had acted outwith their powers in relation to one section.

MSPs passed a Brexit bill in March after a row with UK ministers over Westminster's EU Withdrawal Bill.

But the case was then referred to the court by UK government law officers.

Read more here.

Mr Wolffe says the EU Withdrawal Act imposed new limits on the competence of the parliament, so some parts of the continuity bill cannot now become law.

The Scottish government will continue to consider how the Charter of Human Rights can remain in Scots law after Brexit, he tells the chamber.

He says the Scottish government accepts the judgement of the Supreme Court in its entirety and will look to have cross-party discussions before determining the way forward, he concludes.

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Lord Advocate James Wolffe says the continuity bill was introduced to ensure Scotland was ready for the legislative consequences of leaving the EU.

The lord advocate outlines the background to this morning's ruling by the Supreme Court and explains the UK Withdrawal Act Act has protected enactment.

He says the Supreme Court concluded that at the time the Scottish continuity bill was passed it was, apart from Section 17, within the competence of the Scottish Parliament.

The court rejected all of the UK government's arguments on this issue, apart from Section 17, he explains.

Mr Wolffe goes on to say the court also rejected the UK governments submission that the coming into force of the EU Withdrawal Act means the whole continuity bill would not be within the competence of this parliament.

However certain provisions may not now become law, he explains.

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The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill, external - known as the "continuity bill" - was passed under emergency procedures with only the Conservatives and a single Lib Dem MSP voting against it.

It was drafted as an alternative to Westminster's EU Withdrawal Bill, which MSPs refused to give their consent to following a row over how powers currently exercised from Brussels will be used after Brexit.

However, Holyrood Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh wrote an official memo, external saying the bill was "not within the legislative competence of the parliament".

This was denied by the Scottish government's legal advisers, but paved the way for UK law officers to apply to the Supreme Court to provide "legal certainty" about whether it was valid.

A two-day hearing was held in London in July, with the UK government arguing that the bill should be struck down. However, the Scottish government's case was backed by lawyers from the Welsh and Northern Irish governments.

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The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill, external- known as the "continuity bill" - was passed under emergency procedures with only the Conservatives and a single Lib Dem MSP voting against it.

Supreme Court judges havesaid parts of Holyrood's Brexit legislation would not be allowed to stand.

The judges said the bill "as a whole" was within Holyrood's competence, but that MSPs had acted outwith their powers in relation to one section.

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The Scottish government will give it's reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling on the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill at 2pm.

The Scottish and UK governments have clashed after Supreme Court judges said parts of Holyrood's Brexit legislation would not be allowed to stand.

The judges said the bill "as a whole" was within Holyrood's competence, but that MSPs had acted outwith their powers in relation to one section.

The Scottish government will then debate human rights.

Finally MSPs will debate and pass the Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says out-of-hours access to GPs is a fundamental aspect of unscheduled care in Scotland.

GP shortages in this area in part comes from the 2004 GP contract, which allowed them to opt-out of the out-of-hours setting, she explains.

The new GP contract reflects that out-of-hours services require GP involvement, she adds.

It makes sense to look at services as a whole, Ms Freeman says, but she accepts the manner in which the changes came about - shortly after services were cut for staffing reasons - may not have been the best.

Discussions are ongoing about the future of the service the health secretary highlights and an exchange of information is taking place across Fife.

It is not possible to make a decision in a week's time as a result, she adds.

Night-time GP services at three Fife hospitals were cut in April due to staff shortages.

Patients are no longer referred to centres in Dunfermline, Glenrothes and St Andrews between the hours of midnight and 08:00.

Instead they are sent to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.

A three-month trial period was extended at the end of June and a final decision to the future of the service is due this month.

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Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie notes the issue extends beyond St Andrews and impacts Fife more generally.

He highlights the high level of community interest in the issue, noting some meetings have had to change rooms to fit people in.

Mr Rennie says there is a shortage of GPs in St Andrews, as a legacy of poor workforce planning, while many GPs are part-time.

He urges the health secretary to provide support in stopping the planned changes.

Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie is leading a debate on the potential closure of the GP out-of-hours facility in St Andrews.

Overnight GP services in the area have been closed since April, with a centralised service in Kirkcaldy taking over.

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The first minister says the 2018 rate will not be published until December 2019.

between 2013 and 2017, fuel poverty rates have fallen by 11 percentage points she says.

But she accepts levels are still unacceptable and points to investment to tackle the issue.

Ms Baillie says the target to end fuel poverty by 2040 is "deeply unambitious".

There is urgency on the part of the Scottish government, replies Ms Sturgeon.

The targets about ambitious but deliverable, she insists.

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Government funding of more than £54m is to go towards tackling fuel poverty in Scotland, the first minister said in May.

The money will be used to help meet a target to improve the energy efficiency of all homes by 2040.

The plan is set out in the Route Map to an Energy Efficient Scotland, launched by Nicola Sturgeon at the All Energy conference in Glasgow.

The funding will also support local authorities to expand existing energy efficiency and fuel poverty programmes.

Labour MSP Jackie Baillie asks the first minister how many people will be taken out of fuel poverty in 2018-19.