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First Minister's Questions: As it happened on 7 December
Mark Drakeford answers questions as uncertainty over the Omicron variant continues.
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First Minister's Questions: As it happened on 7 December
Mark Drakeford answers questions as uncertainty over the Omicron variant continues.
As it happened: Terminal illness payments bill passed
The Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill was brought to the chamber for debate and passed its second stage
As it happened: Hunting with dogs bill debated
The Hunting of Wild Mammals Bill proposed by Alliance MLA John Blair is defeated
As it happened: MLAs briefed on Covid passports
Health Department officials updated MLAs on regulations relating to the Covid-19 passport scheme
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First Minister's Questions: As it happened on 7 December
Mark Drakeford answers questions as uncertainty over the Omicron variant continues.
As it happened: Terminal illness payments bill passed
The Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill was brought to the chamber for debate and passed its second stage
As it happened: Hunting with dogs bill debated
The Hunting of Wild Mammals Bill proposed by Alliance MLA John Blair is defeated
As it happened: MLAs briefed on Covid passports
Health Department officials updated MLAs on regulations relating to the Covid-19 passport scheme
As it happened: Terminal illness payments bill passed
The Social Security (Terminal Illness) Bill was brought to the chamber for debate and passed its second stage
As it happened: Hunting with dogs bill debated
The Hunting of Wild Mammals Bill proposed by Alliance MLA John Blair is defeated
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Headlines from FMQs
- Some people over 40 have being turned away for Covid vaccine boosters but Nicola Sturgeon says this is down to "glitches in the system" and people should rebook an appointment.
- Infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow are brought up again with concerns raised over another child death at the flagship facility.
- Calls for extra support for sufferers of Long Covid are made as new data from the Office for National Statistics shows an estimated 99,000 people in Scotland have long Covid.
- Scottish Tory MSP Tess White raises concerns about children under the age of four are being prescribed anti-depressants.
- Nicola Sturgeon calls the UK government's Union Connectivity Review an "attempted power grab", taking decisions around priorities away from Scottish ministers.
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Long Covid sufferers 'need new hope' says Cole-Hamilton
Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton raises new data from the Office for National Statistics that shows an estimated 99,000 people in Scotland have long Covid.
Mr Cole-Hamilton says long Covid sufferers “need new hope” and asks “where are the long Covid clinics? Where are the community nurses?”
Ms Sturgeon says she “recognises the plight” of people with what she says is a “dreadful condition”.
She adds, “I don’t accept our response has been equal to the scale of the challenge,” but adds that extra money will be required in future Scottish government budgets.
