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Speed limiting technology looks set to become mandatory for all vehicles sold in Europe from 2022, after new rules were provisionally agreed by the EU.

The Department for Transport said the system would also apply in the UK, despite Brexit.

Campaigners welcomed the move, saying it would save thousands of lives.

Road safety charity Brake called it a "landmark day", but the AA said "a little speed" helped with overtaking or joining motorways.

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Green MSP Patrick Harvie asks about the impact automatic vehicle speed limiters could have on the financial costs of speed limit enforcement.

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An afternoon of transport awaits as ministers face portfolio questions, before MSPs debate the Transport (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.

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Rural Affairs and Natural Environment Minister Mairi Gougeon says salmon is one of Scotland's most iconic species.

Ms Gougeon says work with Fisheries Management Scotland has led to 12 pressures on salmon being identified.

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The minister points out angling is just one part of the picture as research is key in other areas, hence the £500,000 Scottish government funding to do just that.

MSPs gathered to mark the rollout of Frank's Law - free personal care for under 65s - earlier this week.

Green MSP Mark Ruskell says climate change is impacting the health of rivers.

Weather events which limit water flow are only going to increase with global warming, he warns.

He also calls for a more precautionary approach to be taken on the location of salmon farms.

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Fishery managers are calling for an end to dredging in Aberdeen harbour when young salmon are migrating to the sea.

They say a quarter of all tagged smolts were lost in the harbour last year when dredge boats were active.

Salmon numbers in many rivers have been experiencing long-term decline and millions is being spent trying to establish the reasons.

Aberdeen Harbour Board has insisted a link between mortality and dredging is "improbable and speculative."

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Labour MSP Claudia Beamish says the catch and release system indicates a desire in the angling community to fish responsibly.

Ms Beamish calls for informed decisions to be made on robust data on this issue.

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Salmon farming is a big employer in the west coast and northern isles of Scotland, but is the industry harming the numbers of wild fish in Scottish rivers and having a knock-on economic effect on small towns reliant on fishing tourism?

Landward: Saving Our Salmon met Katrine and Dennis Johnson, who work on a salmon farm, and Raymond Dingwall, a ghillie, to find out their opinions.

Scotland boasts some of the best fishing in Europe, says Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton.

Some of the remote and rural areas would not be able to survive with angling, fishing and gaming she argues.

But she points to some experts warning that salmon could become an endangered species within our lifetime.

There is no single cause and the picture is far more complex than one might first think, Ms Hamilton states.

The impact of the stock decline will effect young anglers most and it will be difficult to encourage more people into the sector, warns the Tory MSP.

She calls for conservation and management plans which are regularly reviewed.

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Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton is leading a debate on declining salmon stocks.

She is calling for urgent action to create conservation and management plans.

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The first minister says temporary accommodation provides a safety net in emergencies, and this accommodation must be high quality with stays as short as possible.

The unsuitable accommodation order provides protection to ensure families do not stay in temporary accommodation like B&Bs for more than seven days, she adds.

Ms McNeill says all over Scotland people are being placed in unsuitable accommodation due to a lack of long-term social housing.

"In some cases, there's nothing temporary about some temporary accommodation."

She calls for legally enforceable standards for temporary accommodation, including the right to a cooker and fridge.

Ms Sturgeon says the upcoming consultation will look at this, as well as what sanctions could be made available to deal with breaches.

We must transform temporary accommodation and reduce the circumstances in which people need them, she concludes.

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"Homeless children and pregnant women have been put up in substandard housing hundreds of times in the last year across Scotland.

"Councils have breached unsuitable temporary accommodation (UTA) orders 750 times in just 12 months, according to official figures.

"The orders are designed to provide better quality housing for families with children and pregnant women, by ensuring they are not living in hostels, hotels and B&Bs for more than seven days.

"However local authorities have flouted the rules repeatedly, with Edinburgh City Council accounting for 540 (72%) of the national total for September 2017 - September 2018."