MPs have voted by a majority of one to force the prime minister to ask for an extension to the Brexit process, in a bid to avoid a no-deal scenario.

Labour's Yvette Cooper led the move, which the Commons passed in one day.

The bill is due to be considered by the Lords later and will need its approval to become law, but it is the EU which decides whether to grant an extension.

It comes as talks between Conservative and Labour teams to end the Brexit deadlock continue.

Discussions between Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday were described as "constructive", but were criticised by MPs in both parties.

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Business Minister Jamie Hepburn says the fair work action plan recognises the importance of trade unions and it is therefore regrettable when an employer derecognises one.

Mr McMillan says the development is particularly concerning at a time when care home workers might be feeling undervalued.

The minister says the health secretary is aware of and monitoring the situation, and Acas are advising.

SNP MSP Stuart McMillan asks for a response to Silverline Care Caledonia derecognising GMB Scotland as the trade union representing the staff in six of its care homes.

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First minister's questions will kick off at noon following general questions.

Then Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton will lead a member's debate on declining salmon stocks.

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

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Karen McKeown tells the committee she doesn't want to hear another case where families have tried and begged for support.

She concludes by thanking the committee for listening to her today and the convener thanks Ms McKeown in return.

The committee agrees to write to the Scottish government and other key organisations involved in mental health and keep the petition, external open.

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Tory MSP Brian Whittle tells Ms McKeown her story really resonates with him, the difficulty in getting your voice heard.

Mr Whittle says he has been with someone quite close to him to a GP after they had tried to take their own life three times.

He adds it was likely they would have had to leave the surgery without any help whatsoever until he said to the GP he would let everyone know if his friend took their own life.

I am absolutely convinced that if I had not done that that person would not be with me today, says Mr Whittle and he says Karen is very brave to give evidence today.

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Ms Lamont asks if the problems were compounded by having to go to A&E.

Ms McKeown replies she would like to see a specialist crisis centre just for mental health as A&E is jam packed on a Saturday night.

People need to feel safe, she elucidates.

The committee convener says you, like other petitioners, have shown amazing courage.

She says an independent overarching review of the Mental Health Act has been announced.

Ms McKeown welcomes this but reiterates the call for an FAI after a suicide.

Ms Lennon asks about where more mental health training is needed.

"All aspects of healthcare, specifically GPs," replies Ms McKeown.

"I went to get myself a GP surgery and found myself in amid a full blown debate with a GP who told me that I had to go grow up."

All health professions need more advice and to be more trained on mental health, she insists.

Ms Lennon says there is still a lot of stigma around mental health, especially addiction.

Mental health shows no discrimination, addiction shows no discrimination, says Ms McKeown.

"If we want to make our country better, we need to start putting things into mental health and addiction, and education."

Ms Lennon says there are additional barriers if someone has substance abuse as an issue.

The Labour MSP adds when she and Ms McKeown raised this issue with the health secretary, addiction and mental health were to be dealt with by two different ministers.

Ms McKeown says the addiction side caused a lot of problems in Luke's case, because the NHS say they want to see the addiction sorted first.

"My opinion is addiction is mental health."

Luke had stopped using substances three to four weeks before he died, as shown in his toxicology report.

"Where is the crisis centre for addictions?" Ms McKeown asks.

Labour MSP Monica Lennon says she is full of admiration for Karen, who got in touch with her shortly after Luke's death.

What Karen is talking about today is not about legislative change but about cultural change, she tells her colleagues.

Ms Lennon suggests Karen was dismissed by staff because she was a young, working class woman and was not considered to have the right knowledge.

We have to make sure that we look at a wholesale approach to mental health, the Labour MSP says.

Ms McKeown says while many of the services she has heard about are negative, she does highlight her positive experience of CAMHS with her son.

But more often than not, positive stories come from the charities like Chris's House, external, she adds.

"I don't feel as if the NHS are getting it."

SNP MSP David Torrance asks about fatal accident inquiries after someone taking their own lives.

Ms McKeown says the only way to learn lessons is an FAI.

If someone dies in prison an FAI is automatic, so why is it not in the case of someone taking their own lives, she says.

Maybe lessons would be learned and lives saved and FAIs are a big one for the witness.

"That's kind of one I want for Luke."

Luke was in contact with mental services the day before he died and it "baffles me" that a fatal accident inquiry has not been instigated, Ms McKeown says.

Mental health services need to be available 24 hours a day, insists Ms McKeown.

She says Hairmyres and Monklands hospitals do not have psychiatrists after office hours, and over holidays like Christmas there is a skeleton staff.

Going to A&E can be quite distressing for the person in itself and sitting in a busy environment isn't the best place for them to be, she tells the committee.

Ms McKeown highlights issues missed in Luke's risk assessments, adding they must be reviewed and made more robust.

There is no way a risk assessment or safe plan was made when they went to A&E, she explains.

Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton asks about the assessment tools.

"I do feel that the assessment tools are lacking," replies Ms McKeown.

According to the NHS the tools were all used but they did not recognise Luke was suicidal, she explains.

They don't actually get to the root of the problem and the more serious questions are being missed, she states.

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Ms McKeown tells the committee the health secretary listened to her at their meeting but that was all she did.

She goes on to says medical staff didn't even give them medication and became quite confrontational.

There are amazing third sector organisations out there but she says she did not know about any of them at the time of Luke's death.

Why was she not told about them by the NHS, she asks.

The petition is also supported by Gillian Murray, whose uncle David Ramsay killed himself.

Mr Ramsay made three separate attempts at suicide in the space of a week in the autumn of 2016.

His family convinced him to seek urgent help from his GP, who referred him to Carseview because he "required admission".

Mr Ramsay had two emergency assessments, but was turned away from the centre on both occasions.

His niece, Gillian Murray, told BBC Scotland there had been a catalogue of failures over the handling of her uncle's case in the days before he killed himself.

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