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Legislation aimed at strengthening the protection of children and other vulnerable people has been introduced at Holyrood.

It will ensure background checks are carried out on everyone who works with children, including sports coaches.

The Disclosure (Scotland) Bill will make it mandatory for anyone working with children or vulnerable adults to be checked under the PVG scheme, external.

Lifetime membership of the scheme will also end, with PVG certificates instead having to be renewed every five years, and the application process will be simplified.

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Legislation to modernise child protection laws will now be debated by MSPs.

The Disclosure Bill, external ensures background checks would be carried out on everyone who works with children.

This will include sports coaches and scouts and follows a series of allegations of historical child connected to football.

The proposals are also expected to strengthen protections for vulnerable adults.

Mr Yousaf says Lady Dorian has advised him of a range of scoping work which has been undertaken.

Ms Baker asks about non-consensual violence in consensual sex.

The justice secretary says he will speak to stakeholders about how to collect data and will consider commissioning research into the issue.

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Last May BBC Scotland reported that plans to make sentencing in sex cases more consistent and transparent had been set out by a senior judge.

Separate guidelines would look at rape, sexual assault, and indecent images of children rather than one covering all offences.

The Scottish Sentencing Council said the approach would cut down the time it takes to issue the first guidance.

Calls for greater transparency in sex cases were made early in 2019 after a teenager walked free from court despite being found guilty of sexually assaulting a young girl.

Labour MSP Claire Baker asks what progress the Scottish Sentencing Council is making with the development of multiple guidelines on sexual offences.

The justice secretary says in 2018/19, of 441 prisoners, 29 were recommended for release following recall, which is 7%.

Mr Cameron points to an FOI response from the prison service which found 41 offenders were recalled for breaking the terms of their release, but then released on curfew.

How can the public feel safe, he asks.

The facts show the system is more stringent now, replies Mr Yousaf, going from 300 to 30.

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Police could be given new powers to enforce curfews for offenders who are electronically monitored, BBC Scotland reported in March 2019.

Ministers also plan tougher sanctions for prisoners who breach the terms of their release under the tagging scheme.

It follows the case of Craig McClelland who was murdered by an offender who had cut off his electronic tag.

The change, if passed, would give police new powers of search and entry to apprehend offenders who breach a home detention curfew (HDC).

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Tory MSP Donald Cameron asks how many prisoners were released early in 2018-19 who had previously been released early and recalled to prison for breach of licence.

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Chamber business resumes at 2.30pm with justice portfolio questions.

Then MSPs will debate the Disclosure (Scotland) Bill for the first time.

If you are here for FMQs, you can watch the session back by 12:00 to noon on the video player and read the posts below.

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The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goal were agreed by all member states in 2015.

They were:

1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger
3. Good health and wellbeing
4. Quality education
5. Gender equality
6. Clean water and sanitation
7. Affordable and clean energy
8. Decent work and economic growth
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
10. Reduced inequalities
11. Sustainable cities and communities
12. Responsible consumption and production
13. Climate action
14. Life below water
15. Life on land
16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
17. Partnerships for the goals

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Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald is leading a debate on the UN sustainable develop goals and progress towards them in Scotland.

It follows a report from the UWS-Oxfam Partnership and the SDG Network Scotland, On target for 2030?, external

Here is his motion...

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Ms Sturgeon says it is for Police Scotland to determine the level of payments.

Mr Kelly says the fact compensation claims have doubled from 2015 demonstrates the scale of problems throughout Police Scotland.

He urges the FM to apologise to frontline officers for the “disarray” which exists in their working environment.

Ms Sturgeon says the government supports and continues to support officers on the frontline.

Our police service does a tremendously good job and they deserve gratitude for that, she adds.

Labour MSP James Kelly seeks a response to reports that Police Scotland has spent £11.6m in compensation over the last five years.

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The Daily Record reports... , external

"Police Scotland has been forced to pay out £11.6million in compensation over the last five years, the Daily Record can reveal.

"In 2019, the nation-wide force forked out £3.3m for 227 claims, which was up by £699,601.52 on the previous year.

"Figures obtained through a freedom of information request show that compensation paid out by Scots cops over the last five years rose every year, despite the number of claims falling."

The first minister says £750,000 has been provided to investigate the migration of wild salmon.

We have also committed to the development of a wild salmon strategy, she adds.

Mr Chapman welcomes the cash and suggests the government should work across international borders to ensure the species is not lost.

Ms Sturgeon agrees and points to a rigorous regime around fishing standards.

Tory MSP Peter Chapman asks about measures to address the reported crisis in wild salmon stocks.

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Fisheries experts have called for salmon conservation to be made a national priority amid claims the species is approaching "crisis point".

They say environmental change and the impact of humans across the northern hemisphere is putting the fish at risk.

The Scottish government said it was committed to developing a wild salmon strategy by September.

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Ms Sturgeon says Scotland does "exceptionally well" from Erasmus and ending participation would be "a huge step backwards".

Ms Adamson says Scotland and the EU reap huge benefits from the programme and says the UK government should create a legal guarantee to protect it.

The first minister agrees and urges the UK government to set out its intention to continue with the programme.

SNP MSP Clare Adamson asks about the impact impact ending the Erasmus scheme would have on Scottish universities.

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MPs voted by 344 to 254 against a clause that would have required the government to negotiate continuing full membership of the Erasmus programme after Brexit.

The Erasmus scheme is a European Union (EU) programme that helps students study in other countries.

Currently, 53% of UK university students who study abroad do so through the scheme.

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Tory MSP Murdo Fraser asks why the finance secretary is proposing alternative figures to be published alongside Gers, the government expenditure and revenue estimates. The FM says the figures will show what Scotland could do if it were independent, while Gers focuses on current situation.

Labour MSP Claire Baker welcomes to launch of a major MND drug trial, as does the first minister.

SNP MSP Angela Constance highlights recent comments made by Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy regarding Scottish independence. Ms Sturgeon suggests Ms Nandy has not paid attention to what has happened in Catalonia recently and urges her to apologise.

Green MSP Andy Wightman raises today's report from Audit Scotland on City Deals and calls for them to back low carbon infrastructure. Ms Sturgeon says it is important to recognise the benefits these deals will bring.

Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles says last month a majority of voters backed candidates who oppose another independence referendum. The first minister says the SNP scored a higher percentage of the vote in Scotland than the Conservatives did UK-wide, which is why there should be another ballot.