Summary

  • Nicola Sturgeon faces the first FMQs of the new decade

  • Carlaw and the FM clash over education and higher results

  • Leonard raises care funding but FM insists the government has protected council budgets

  • Harvie calls for better bus services while Sturgeon cites infrastructure investment

  • Why does the Scottish government support Heathrow expansion asks Rennie; the FM says the policy is under review

  • A Glasgow Airport rail link, council budgets and university places feature too

Live Reporting

Louise Wilson and Craig Hutchison

  1. Welcome to BBC Holyrood Live!

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    Welcome to BBC Scotland's coverage of the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 9 January 2020.

    The public audit committee meets from 9am to discuss the the Scottish Police Authority's annual audit.

    Nicola Sturgeon will be quizzed at the first First Minister's Questions of 2020 from noon, after general questions.

    Tory MSP Maurice Corry leads the lunchtime member's debate on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

    We begin the afternoon early with a ministerial statement entitled 'Enhancing Scotland's Digital Connectivity', followed by environment portfolio questions before MSPs debate the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill for the first time.