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Nicola Sturgeon says it is time for the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign.

Asked by Green MSP Gillian Mackay MSP if she thought it was “time for this corrupt prime minister to go?”, Ms Sturgeon says "yes I do".

She later adds, "I don’t think it is simply a corrupt incumbent of Number 10 that has to go, I think it is time for Scotland to get rid of the broken, corrupt Westminster system that is holding us back."

The first minister says Mr Johnson has "many questions to answer" over the Christmas parties row.

Reports that patients with heart valve disease are having to wait up to seven months for NHS appointments is raised by Rachael Hamilton.

The Tory MSP points out it is a “treatable condition and can be fatal”.

Nicola Sturgeon says the NHS recovery plan “sets out how we will address the backlog in care” that has been created by the Covid pandemic.

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Nicola Sturgeon says she hopes there is no impact on compliance with Covid safety measures in the wake of the Downing Street Christmas parties row.

Answering a question by SNP MSP Jim Fairlie, Ms Sturgeon says people have the right to be "angry at politicians" but it's important to keep going with Covid rules for "for their own safety and the safety of others".

The first minister reveals she will be holding a briefing for opposition party leaders on the Omicron Covid variant which she says is spreading rapidly.

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar returns to ongoing concerns about the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

Mr Sarwar says an oversight board installed to monitor NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde when it was put into "special measures" has not met since March.

Nicola Sturgeon says it is "not about meetings, it’s about actions" and points out that 80% of the recommendations made by an independent probe into the flagship Glasgow hospital have been implemented.

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Westminster, and specifically Downing Street, has been the main focus of the political world in recent days.

This will be intensified with news that an official investigation into government staff parties is to now focus on three events that took place last year instead of one.

Tory leader Douglas Ross has distanced himself from Boris Johnson and said there had clearly been a party of some sort, which would have been against Covid rules.

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With the announcement of more Covid restrictions in England, the battle to slow the spread of the Omicron variant in Scotland is likely to feature in FMQs.

The "Plan B" changes happening south of the border are similar to what is already in place in Scotland.

But Deputy First Minister John Swinney has said Scotland could return to tougher restrictions used in the past if the Omicron variant spreads out of control.

Scientists believe Omicron could spread more easily than Delta.

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Hello and welcome to the live page where First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be taking questions in the weekly session at 12pm.

Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross will not be in the chamber as he's waiting for the results of a Covid PCR test after a staff member tested positive for the virus.

Today's live page will also cover the Scottish budget which is expected to begin at 3.25pm.

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