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The Tories are leading a debate focusing on finance, a day before Finance Secretary outlines his budget plans for 2021/22.

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Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton praises Fiona Duncan for the conclusive way she has conducted this review.

Mr Cole-Hamilton tells the chamber right now in Scotland when you leave care a trap door shuts and you have no right to return.

He says the report calls for people to have a right to return to care.

The first minister says young people have told her about concerns about the arbitrary nature of age limits in relation to care

Ms Sturgeon says as corporate parents there is a responsibility for life for care experienced people.

Green MSP Alison Johnstone says her party welcomes the statement and praises all involved in the review.

Ms Jonnstone asks what action will be taken to ensure caring relationships can be formed in care without fear of chastisement.

She says The Promise tells us that staff are scared to cross professional boundaries resulting in children growing up in an environment that can feel cold and comfortless.

Ms Sturgeon replies that is both one of the most important messages in the report is one of the most difficult challenges to meet.

She cites the burden of bureaucracy and says that we must allow children to be children, and that they need to change the balance of risk to allow them an environment to do that.

Labour MSP Iain Gray welcomes the creation of the delivery plan team and quotes Who Cares? Scotland, external who say what the Scottish government chooses to do next is literally a case of life and death.

Mr Gray says any further delay would be unacceptable, and ask what changes will there be in the next few weeks and what will be in tomorrow's budget to facilitate these changes.

Ms Sturgeon says she is determined to meet the challenge of making changes.

On the budget she says she won't preempt it, but says delivering these changes will have financial implications and will require investment.

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The first minister says agrees we mustn't put this report on the shelf and cites action that has already taken place as a down payment for what the report calls for.

The team will be put together in weeks and should start work immediately, she tells the chamber.

It must start to happen now and continue and it is important we get the team in place, she says.

"It is now for us to act and change the reality for children in the future."

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Tory MSP Liam Kerr pledges his party's support for the government in its efforts to implement the ambitions of this report.

Mr Kerr adds: "It is clear that what has emerged can positively change things for children and young people.

"Young people in care need a great deal more than just the best wishes of this chamber, they need concrete action to transform their lives for the better."

He asks the first minister when she expects the team to have completed its work on the delivery plan and how soon after that will the much needed changes begin.

Ms Sturgeon says she hopes all members will take the time to read the report in full.

She says she is determined to "get on at pace" implementing the 80 changes recommended by the review, and that the government has already begun work on this.

Throughout the care review process she has been struck that the "responsibility we owe to young people in care is a very special one" and is one of the most important duties they have in public life.

The Independent Care Review, external has called for a radical overhaul of Scotland’s ‘care system’ and published, for the first time, the human and economic cost of the current provision and its failures.

The in-depth examination of all aspects of care in Scotland has revealed a system that is fractured, bureaucratic and unfeeling for far too many children and families. It also doesn’t adequately value the voices and experiences of those in it.

The Care Review has also published The Plan, an approach to implementation plotted out over 10 years whilst demanding urgency is maintained in the pace of change.

The five foundations are:

1. voice of the children must be heard at all stages;
2. what all familiesneed to thrive;
3. care, that builds childhoods for children who Scotland has responsibility
4. people, with a relentless focus on the importance of relationships
5. scaffolding, so that the structure is there to support children and families when needed.

Ms Sturgeon praises the review and the fact it has the voices of people in care at its heart.

The first minister thanks each and everyone of those who shared painful and traumatic stories and have made the future of children better.

She says she will carry the conversations she has had with those in care for the rest of her life and calls for change in the care system, implementing the recommendations of the review.

Nicola Sturgeon says the report is one of the most significant MSPs will consider in this term of parliament; and says it is one of the most important moments of her time as first minister.

She says she felt emotional reading the report.

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Scotland's care system is failing to give too many children the foundation they need for later life, a three-year review has found.

The Independent Care Review, externalsaid many young people experienced a "fractured, bureaucratic and unfeeling" system.

There are about 15,000 children in Scotland's care system.

Fiona Duncan, the chairwoman of the review, said the human cost of their distressing and disturbing experiences often had a lifelong effect.

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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will now update the chamber on the Independent Care Review , externalconclusions.

The review will identify and deliver lasting change in the ‘care system’ and intends to leave a legacy that will transform the life chances and wellbeing of infants, children and young people in care in Scotland.

Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles asks if the Scottish government will change its mind and tell SNP MPs to back tonight's call to cancel a third runaway at Heathrow.

The minister does not answer this directly but insists the Scottish government is commited to improving technology to create a zero carbon aviation sector in Scotland, at the same time as making sure Scotland remains connected to the global economy.

Green MSP John Finnie says the document is not a vision and not a strategy that is going to tackle climate change.

Michael Matheson says the government is showing leadership on tackling climate changes, and says people should be in no doubt of their determination to meet climate change targets.

Labour MSP Colin Smyth says he welcomes the priorities but worries about the Scottish government's ability to deliver on its strategy.

Mr Smyth calls for free bus travel for under 25s.

Transport Secretary Michael Matheson cites the "biggest commitment to investing in buses for the last 30 years".

Mr Matheson asks Mr Smyth where there cuts should be in the transport budget to pay for extending the free bus pass to the young.

Conservative MSP Jamie Greene says the statement is "bereft of details", and asks how the ambitions will be met by investment and funding.

Michael Matheson replies that there will be a range of measures. He says the delivery plan will be updated on an annual basis.