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Mr Carlaw says two years ago the transport minister handed out £3m of discounted fares to passengers to compensate for problems on the railway.

The current transport minister has instead decided to waive sanctions and bail out the owners of the rail franchise, he argues.

Ms Sturgeon insists there are tough sanctions in place.

The first minister says she understands the frustrations passengers have, but stresses that average rail fare increases in Scotland are actually lower than in England and Wales.

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Mr Carlaw says since 2011 there have been 35,000 cancellations or partial cancellations due entirely to ScotRail.

He says despite ScotRail been hauled in by former Transport Secretary Humza Yousaf, there have not been any improvements.

Ms Sturgeon again says ScotRail's performance is not good enough, but argues it is better than other large train operators elsewhere in the UK.

The Scottish government will continue to work with the operator on improvements, she insists.

The boss of the ScotRail Alliance has promised improvements to services after a surge in cancellations.

Alex Hynes said problems in training staff to operate new trains were the main reason for recent delays.

Hundreds of services have been cancelled or had fewer coaches, leading to overcrowding, since the introduction of a new timetable.

Mr Hynes apologised but said travellers should notice "significant" improvements next week.

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Scottish Conservative deputy leader Jackson Carlaw associates himself with both the remarks of the first minister and the prime minister on the Lockerbie tragedy.

Mr Carlaw moves on to troubles with the trains, and asks if Ms Sturgeon thinks the public deserve an apology for the number of cancellations and delays to ScotRail services in recent weeks.

"Yes I do," replies the first minister.

"The level of cancellations has been unacceptable."

Progress has been made, but more needs to be done, says the first minister.

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Thirty years ago, on the night Pan Am flight 103 was blown out of the sky, I drove down from Glasgow with Eddie Mair, who was then a BBC Radio Scotland presenter.

We tagged onto the back of a police convoy travelling the wrong way down the northbound carriageway of the A74 because it was blocked by debris from the crash.

Nothing could prepare you for the horror that awaited us.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon begins with a statement on the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie tragedy.

Ms Sturgeon says first and foremost we will remember those who died on the 21st of December 1988.

We will also think about those affected by the almost unimaginable tragedy, she says.

The first minister highlights the enduring ties that emerged in the aftermath, citing Syracuse University's ties with the town.

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The final first minister's questions of 2018 will get underway shortly.

A new system to encourage students to report gender-based violence on campus has been launched in Aberdeen.

'Report and Support' is part of Robert Gordon University's campaign promoting zero tolerance of abuse, sexual harassment and stalking.

Staff, students and visitors can seek help from the web-based service, external.

The university has been working with campaigner Fiona Drouet, whose student daughter took her own life after she was abused by her boyfriend.

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Education Secretary John Swinney says the government is pleased to be taking forward Equally Safe with Rape Crisis Scotland and Zero Tolerance.

Ms Fabiani points to the work of Young Women Lead on sexual harassment in school.

She asks if there is discussion going on between agencies to ensure we can be "Equally Safe" in schools.

We take seriously the issues raised by the powerful Young Women Lead report replies Mr Swinney.

The cabinet secretary praises the campaign being taken forward at universities, led by Fiona Drouet, whose daughter Emily took her life after being assaulted by her boyfriend.

One in three girls in the UK has been sexually harassed in public when wearing school uniform, a new report has suggested.

And two-thirds of girls say they have experienced unwanted sexual attention in public, it adds.

The figures come from a report by children's charity Plan International UK, which said many girls feel street harassment is "all part of growing up".

Meanwhile, the Young Women Lead Committee gave evidence to the Scottish parliament's equalities committee last week.

They warned that harassment in schools ranged from unconscious bias to sexual assault and indecent contact.

SNP MSP Linda Fabiani asks about the evaluation of the Equally Safe programme pilot in schools.

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General questions begins at 11.40am........

To be followed by the final FMQs of 2018 from noon.

Scottish Green co-convener Patrick Harvie raises concerns about calls for the sex question to be recast to mean sex at birth, with women's representative groups highlighting there were no problems with how the question is now.

For most trans people their lived identity is most closely relevant to how much data users will treat the data, he argues.

Ms Hyslop says the census must reflect society and maximise the response rate.

This is not the bill which should resolve any issues people have with self-identification, she insists.

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Mr Gibson says he is not aware of any women's group that want anything other than a binary questions.

Ms Hyslop points out that the bill deals with a voluntary question.

He insists if it is male or female you would get more accurate information and then you could have a voluntary question thereafter.

Ms Hyslop goes on to say we are counting people for a purpose, which is the main point of the census.

She says keeping it simple is more reliable, but it does not necessarily reflect how people want to fill in the census.

SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson suggests the guidance ought to be changed to make it clear what exactly is being asked in the sex question.

He suggest the question should be what sex a person was when they were born.

"I appreciate your point but that's your view," replies Ms Hyslop.

We have to reflect society as it is she insists and society is more generally aware of the existence of transgender people.

The cabinet secretary highlights there is not one definition of sex so self-ID keeps it simple.

She also highlights that if someone has a gender recognition certificate, their legal sex will be different from the sex they were assigned at birth.