:00:20. > :00:24.Welcome to the Scottish parliament here at Holyrood. It is a
:00:25. > :00:28.significant day. It is a year to the day since Nicola Sturgeon was
:00:29. > :00:32.installed as First Minister in succession to Alex Salmond. During
:00:33. > :00:35.that year, she has of course governed the devolved section of the
:00:36. > :00:38.country. She has been in charge of the Scottish Government and has
:00:39. > :00:44.faced bhajans in Parliament. She is doing so again today. The main
:00:45. > :00:47.subject of this programme is questions to the First Minister.
:00:48. > :00:50.Let's see what is happening with my colleague.
:00:51. > :00:56.Yes, Kezia Dugdale is going on the issue of the First Minister's year
:00:57. > :01:00.in office. Today of all days, we should judge the government on its
:01:01. > :01:04.record. Everybody in this chamber know somebody who has been affected
:01:05. > :01:09.by cancer. It is a horrible disease and perhaps the most common
:01:10. > :01:12.perception is that money is no defence against it. But new
:01:13. > :01:16.statistics published this week show that that isn't the case. Can the
:01:17. > :01:20.First Minister tell me whether someone living in Scotland is more
:01:21. > :01:27.likely to get cancer if they are richer or poorer? It has been a
:01:28. > :01:31.long-standing situation that people in our most deprived communities are
:01:32. > :01:36.more likely to die younger from illnesses like cancer, from stroke
:01:37. > :01:41.and heart disease. That didn't start when the SNP came to government.
:01:42. > :01:47.That has been true for generations. What is equally true is that this
:01:48. > :01:54.government has been working hard, as previous governments did, to close
:01:55. > :01:58.that gap, to see rates of cancer decrease and survival rates
:01:59. > :02:01.increase. That is why we have policies not just about giving
:02:02. > :02:05.people access to the best cancer treatment. One of the things we have
:02:06. > :02:10.done since I have been First Minister is double the fund for new
:02:11. > :02:15.cancer medicines, a step in the right direction. It is also why we
:02:16. > :02:19.put such a great priority on innovative, ambitious public health
:02:20. > :02:25.measures to improve people's diets, to cut the incidence of alcohol
:02:26. > :02:29.misuse, to reduce smoking. These are the policies that frankly, it should
:02:30. > :02:34.not involve party politics. Every member of this chamber should get
:02:35. > :02:44.behind these things so that we see fewer people die from cancer. Nicola
:02:45. > :02:49.Sturgeon has been responsible for the NHS in one way or another for
:02:50. > :02:52.six out of the last eight years. In Scotland today, the likelihood of
:02:53. > :02:56.someone getting cancer too often depends on how much money they have.
:02:57. > :03:01.These new statistics show that people living in the poorest areas
:03:02. > :03:07.are 32% more likely to have cancer than those from the wealthier areas.
:03:08. > :03:12.They are 68% more likely to die from it. That is not right. This is 21st
:03:13. > :03:18.century Scotland, not the Victorian times. I have never doubted the
:03:19. > :03:22.First Minister's sincerity, but this job needs more than that. The
:03:23. > :03:27.government's cancer strategy was due to be published at the start of this
:03:28. > :03:29.year, but it has been repeatedly delayed. Can the First Minister
:03:30. > :03:37.confirm when her government's cancer strategy will be published? It would
:03:38. > :03:40.be published next spring. We are working with stakeholders across the
:03:41. > :03:43.NHS including some of the best cancer clinicians in the world that
:03:44. > :03:50.we are lucky to have in Scotland to make sure we get that strategy
:03:51. > :03:55.right. Kezia Dugdale said the fact that people in our poorest
:03:56. > :03:59.communities are more likely to die from cancer is not right. I agree.
:04:00. > :04:05.It was not right when Labour were in office. It isn't right now. That is
:04:06. > :04:09.why we are working to reduce deaths from cancer. We saw figures
:04:10. > :04:14.published this week which showed that overall cancer death rates have
:04:15. > :04:23.dropped by 11% in the past ten years. Overall cancer mortality in
:04:24. > :04:28.2014 is the lowest and rates of other types of cancer are dropping
:04:29. > :04:36.as well. These are things we should all take optimism from, but the job
:04:37. > :04:40.is not done. That is why we are looking to know cancer waiting
:04:41. > :04:44.times. It was labour that set some of the current cancer waiting times.
:04:45. > :04:48.They were never met when Labour were in government. So we are working to
:04:49. > :04:52.reduce cancer waiting times. We are working to make sure we get more
:04:53. > :04:58.people into screening programmes. That is why we are investing ?30
:04:59. > :05:00.million into text cancer early programme so that people come
:05:01. > :05:03.forward earlier when they have symptoms and get diagnosed earlier.
:05:04. > :05:08.The earlier people get diagnosed, the more chance they have of
:05:09. > :05:17.surviving. I would say to Kezia Dugdale, it is too important for
:05:18. > :05:22.party political arguments. Let all of us unite to say, we want to CNN
:05:23. > :05:26.to the situation where people in our most deprived communities -- we want
:05:27. > :05:32.to see an end to the situation where people who are deprived are more
:05:33. > :05:37.likely to die of cancer. There is no doubt that we welcome that
:05:38. > :05:42.progress, but that progress is largely happening in the richer
:05:43. > :05:47.parts of Scotland. That is why we need a cancer strategy. The English
:05:48. > :05:52.NHS has a welcome plan to fight the disease. We need the same here. In
:05:53. > :05:58.Scotland, our system is failing those most in need. 66% of eligible
:05:59. > :06:02.people in the wealthiest areas are taking up bowel cancer screening,
:06:03. > :06:06.yet the figure was just 45% for people in the poorest areas. And the
:06:07. > :06:10.most recent figures show a decline in the number of women in poor
:06:11. > :06:15.communities getting screened for breast cancer. That lower rate of
:06:16. > :06:19.screening is one reason why people from the poorest backgrounds are
:06:20. > :06:22.more likely to die cancer. Does the First Minister agree with me that
:06:23. > :06:26.without dramatic government action, we could be in danger of seeing
:06:27. > :06:36.cancer as a deprivation disease in Scotland? I agree that action is
:06:37. > :06:41.needed to improve early diagnosis of cancer. That is important for
:06:42. > :06:44.anybody who has cancer. But with the statistics Kezia Dugdale has
:06:45. > :06:49.quoted, it is more important that we get people from our most deprived
:06:50. > :06:53.communities into a diagnosis as quickly as possible. That is why
:06:54. > :06:59.this government is investing 939 live pounds in our detect cancer
:07:00. > :07:05.early programme. That programme has already resulted in a 4.7% increase
:07:06. > :07:09.in early diagnosis of cancer, alongside a 50% increase in women
:07:10. > :07:12.consulting their GP with breast symptoms and increased uptake of the
:07:13. > :07:20.National bowel screening programme. That is the kind of action we need
:07:21. > :07:26.to see. Over the year I have been First Minister, I have said on many
:07:27. > :07:28.occasions that if anybody in this chamber has suggestions to make
:07:29. > :07:34.about things they think this government should be doing to
:07:35. > :07:38.improve, I am happy to listen. But in what I have just heard from Kezia
:07:39. > :07:44.Dugdale, I have heard not one specific suggestion of what she
:07:45. > :07:48.thinks this government should do. We will continue to do the work to get
:07:49. > :07:53.people diagnosed early, to encourage people to come forward, to make sure
:07:54. > :07:57.we give people access to the best technologies and the best drugs, to
:07:58. > :08:02.make sure we know cancer waiting times and to make sure we are doing
:08:03. > :08:05.all the things we need to do to improve the public health of people
:08:06. > :08:13.in Scotland in every part of our country. With respect, Dr Richard
:08:14. > :08:20.Simpson has commented this chamber for years and pushed this government
:08:21. > :08:29.to be more proactive. We need an OHS that is fit for the future, and NHS
:08:30. > :08:36.ready to tackle the challenges of the 20 40th Mac, not the 1940s. It
:08:37. > :08:40.is just not happening. Let's look at the First Minister's record. 16
:08:41. > :08:44.years as an MSP, eight years as a minister, seven years as Deputy
:08:45. > :08:48.First Minister, five years in charge of the NHS. This morning, she had
:08:49. > :08:57.the cheek to say that she is only just getting started. Week after
:08:58. > :09:04.week, no matter what the issue... Order. The First Minister always
:09:05. > :09:08.tells me about her opinion poll ratings. Clearly, she thinks that
:09:09. > :09:14.that answers the question. I think it poses a question. With her
:09:15. > :09:24.opinion poll ratings and her majority and all her power, what
:09:25. > :09:30.exactly is she waiting for? I am not sure opinion polls are the strongest
:09:31. > :09:35.suit for a party that is now in a scrap for second place in Scotland
:09:36. > :09:42.with the Conservative Party. But since Kezia Dugdale has raised the
:09:43. > :09:46.question of opinion polls, opinion polls show that people trust the SNP
:09:47. > :09:48.more with the National Health Service that they trust the Labour
:09:49. > :10:00.Party or any other party in Scotland. So we will continue to get
:10:01. > :10:07.on with the job. We have seen cancer rates for by 11%. We have seen an
:10:08. > :10:12.increase in early-stage diagnosis of cancer. We are seeing an increase in
:10:13. > :10:16.the number of people coming forward for diagnosis by their GP and coming
:10:17. > :10:22.forward for screening. We are working to make sure we have the
:10:23. > :10:26.best cancer centres. We have five state-of-the-art centres in
:10:27. > :10:30.Scotland. We are investing in state-of-the-art radiotherapy
:10:31. > :10:34.equipment in each of them. We will continue, with the consent of the
:10:35. > :10:37.Scottish people, to get on with the job. And we will leave Labour, as
:10:38. > :10:42.they have been doing for so many years now, carping on the sidelines
:10:43. > :10:49.and slowly, but surely getting beaten in Scotland not by the SNP,
:10:50. > :10:55.but by the Tories. Question number two, Ruth Davidson. I would like to
:10:56. > :11:00.thank the First Minister for her electoral endorsement and ask her
:11:01. > :11:03.when she will net to meet the Secretary of State for Scotland. No
:11:04. > :11:06.plans in the near future, but I have to thank Ruth Davidson as well for
:11:07. > :11:14.making sure I got a copy this morning of the internal Tory lines
:11:15. > :11:17.to take for the day. They have nothing to say about David
:11:18. > :11:20.Cameron's new taxpayer funded private jet, but they were
:11:21. > :11:28.nevertheless very helpful. I would take it as a wee anniversary
:11:29. > :11:33.present. On Tuesday, a parents' group called their funding for kids
:11:34. > :11:37.met the Education Secretary to ask for basic details on how the SNP
:11:38. > :11:40.government plans to meet its pledge to double nursery entitlement. They
:11:41. > :11:46.left that meeting so frustrated that they decided to speak out. As Angela
:11:47. > :11:49.Constance was unable to provide even ballpark figures on how that pledge
:11:50. > :11:55.could be met. They wanted to know that if this government is to double
:11:56. > :11:59.childcare by 2020, how many extra places that will take, how many
:12:00. > :12:02.extra staff need to be hired, how many apprenticeships to train you
:12:03. > :12:07.staff, how many new nurseries need to be built, how much money will it
:12:08. > :12:11.cost and where will it come from? They say Angela Constance could not
:12:12. > :12:17.and a single one of these questions. Can the First Minister? It will cost
:12:18. > :12:21.?880 million. Where that will come from will be set out in our budget.
:12:22. > :12:26.It will take 20,000 additional staff, a mixture of college places
:12:27. > :12:31.and apprenticeships. We are working with local authorities to determine
:12:32. > :12:35.the expansion of capacity that will be required. It will be a mixture of
:12:36. > :12:41.new-build and extension of current local authority capacity. I noted
:12:42. > :12:45.with interest the press release that that group of parents put out
:12:46. > :12:48.yesterday and they are to be commended for their determination
:12:49. > :12:54.around this, but they say they're not enough places now to deliver our
:12:55. > :12:58.policy of Dublin childcare. And that is the case, I have to say. That is
:12:59. > :13:03.where we have committed two double childcare over the next five years
:13:04. > :13:07.and invest more than ?800 million in delivering that. That is a
:13:08. > :13:11.commitment to parents in Scotland will want to get behind. We know
:13:12. > :13:18.where the SNP stand. We are going to double free childcare over the next
:13:19. > :13:22.Parliament. What is the Tory policy? More flexibility, and we would love
:13:23. > :13:32.you to take it up now. But I would like to thank the First Minister for
:13:33. > :13:36.giving everyone the answer is that her Education Secretary seemed
:13:37. > :13:40.unable to find yesterday. There is a reason the mums were asking these
:13:41. > :13:42.questions am a and it was because they have potentially gone to the
:13:43. > :13:49.biggest of the childcare providers, Glasgow City Council, and they have
:13:50. > :13:52.been told the Scottish Government's plans are "impossible", and the
:13:53. > :13:56.First Minister knows this because the mums wrote to her on the 23rd of
:13:57. > :14:01.September, telling her. I have the letter here. We spoke to this
:14:02. > :14:04.parents' group yesterday. They believed the government a year ago
:14:05. > :14:10.when it said it wanted to help, but they now feel disillusioned and have
:14:11. > :14:14.lost trust. For the last year, the First Minister has enjoyed the
:14:15. > :14:17.headlines, but eventually, she will have to start delivering. These
:14:18. > :14:20.parents no longer believe that she will honour so what will the First
:14:21. > :14:28.Minister physically do to restore trust? What I will physically do is
:14:29. > :14:33.invest ?800 million to build the capacity in our system to double the
:14:34. > :14:37.provision of free childcare. Ruth Davidson is going to give more
:14:38. > :14:40.flexible it. She might have heard me a few weeks ago saying that Fleck
:14:41. > :14:45.civility will be built into our policy so that parents -- flexible
:14:46. > :14:49.Itter will be built in so that parents can take hours not just
:14:50. > :14:54.during term time, but during holidays as well. It will be more
:14:55. > :14:58.flexible to fit in with the working patterns that parents have. Those
:14:59. > :15:03.are the ambitious plans that this government has. Let me tell with
:15:04. > :15:08.Davidson what the chief executive of early years Scotland has the same
:15:09. > :15:12.about it today. They welcomed the Scottish Government's commitment.
:15:13. > :15:17.Yes, they say there are challenges, but they say they are sure that with
:15:18. > :15:20.our dedicated workforce and determination to give every child
:15:21. > :15:23.the best start in life, we will work together to ensure that this
:15:24. > :15:28.laudable ambition becomes an everyday reality. Double childcare
:15:29. > :15:29.provision. That is the everyday reality that this government will
:15:30. > :15:45.deliver. Willie Rennie... To as the First
:15:46. > :15:49.Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the
:15:50. > :16:04.Cabinet. Issues of importance to the people of Scotland. We have seen
:16:05. > :16:11.cost estimates, of 12.5 million. This could be used for 400 teachers
:16:12. > :16:17.instead. The First Minister told us she was against crude tables. But it
:16:18. > :16:28.has been warned that the league tables could be back, for a flagship
:16:29. > :16:33.policy, a shambles? No. I think we have a disagreement between myself
:16:34. > :16:37.and Winnie Rennie, on many things, but I want to make sure that we are
:16:38. > :16:46.raising standards at schools, I want to make sure that we continue to
:16:47. > :16:52.close the attainment gap. Between children at the least deprived and
:16:53. > :16:55.most deprived areas. I want to make sure that parents have the
:16:56. > :16:58.information, and also that I have the information, to make sure that
:16:59. > :17:05.we are making progress on these objectives. I am not interested in
:17:06. > :17:11.the reptile of league tables, high stakes teaching. But I do not think
:17:12. > :17:21.it is acceptable that we cannot have that information, to know if the
:17:22. > :17:31.action we take, is working to deliver the objectives. Willie
:17:32. > :17:34.Rennie and I will continue to disagree, but we're evidencing the
:17:35. > :17:41.fact that we're doing so. I make no apology for that. She has repeatedly
:17:42. > :17:45.said she is not interested in the league tables, but not going to do
:17:46. > :17:54.anything to stop them happening. Information requests have shown that
:17:55. > :17:59.the Scottish Government only had four emails with advice on national
:18:00. > :18:05.testing. From two people. And they had reservations. That is why it is
:18:06. > :18:14.correct to call this a shambles. Poorly informed, badly led. Bringing
:18:15. > :18:19.back these crude league tables. We have opposition from patents,
:18:20. > :18:24.teachers, unions, she has said that she has been consulting, but any
:18:25. > :18:32.circumstances in which the Boss Minister -- First Minister would
:18:33. > :18:36.abandon this? I think this is correct, I want to close the
:18:37. > :18:40.attainment gap, and evidence that we have been doing that, we have been
:18:41. > :18:45.talking to teachers and improving the framework, Willie Rennie we know
:18:46. > :18:51.that the proposal for these assessments, already carried out in
:18:52. > :18:55.30 of the dusty to local authorities were talking to teachers and others,
:18:56. > :19:03.about the timing of these assessments. Avoiding the teach to
:19:04. > :19:08.test approach. I am against that. We are talking carefully about how we
:19:09. > :19:12.can use this information, to avoid league tables, but I am not going to
:19:13. > :19:16.apologise to make sure that I am able to stand up and tell the
:19:17. > :19:21.members, the country, what has been happening at the schools, giving
:19:22. > :19:26.parents access to the information about progress of children. These
:19:27. > :19:30.assessments are not going to replace teacher judgment, these assessments
:19:31. > :19:35.are about informing teacher judgment. It is the correct thing to
:19:36. > :19:39.do, we will continue to talk and get on with the job of making sure we
:19:40. > :19:47.are raising standards in schools. That is what people across the
:19:48. > :19:50.country expect us to do. To ask the First Minister what steps the
:19:51. > :19:57.Scottish Government is taking to promote early HIV testing? It is
:19:58. > :20:02.important that those at risk of contracting HIV are going to be
:20:03. > :20:06.tested properly. We are promoting HIV testing, in the revised
:20:07. > :20:14.framework that was published in some temper. The government has been
:20:15. > :20:22.providing more than ?28 million, to deliver this across Scotland. And
:20:23. > :20:26.this includes funding, to tackle the stigma. That stigma is still one of
:20:27. > :20:29.the greatest barriers to people being tested.
:20:30. > :20:38.the greatest barriers to people will be aware that one of the Trusts
:20:39. > :21:15.has stated that the Barrios to include stigma, like
:21:16. > :21:20.has stated that the Barrios to and prevent deaths? Confidential
:21:21. > :21:26.testing is also provided in some parts of the country, and we have
:21:27. > :23:11.changed the law, so that instant, self testing kits are
:23:12. > :23:18.changed the law, so that instant, will she get on with the job, fuel
:23:19. > :23:24.policy increased on her watch. Will she admitted that she will not meet
:23:25. > :23:29.the pledge of ending this poverty by November 2016? What is she going to
:23:30. > :23:35.do with these new powers, for the pensioners having to choose between
:23:36. > :23:43.heating and eating? We're going to bring forward plans to use all of
:23:44. > :23:49.the new powers. Some of the powers listed, the winter fuel payments,
:23:50. > :23:58.give us the chance to look at overall what we do. But Jackie is
:23:59. > :24:04.standing as representative of the party, not just to vote for sticking
:24:05. > :24:12.plaster powers, but devolution of tax credits, and the budget, did
:24:13. > :24:18.they vote with the SNP? No. Going through the House of Commons, to
:24:19. > :24:23.keep it in the hands of Conservatives. That is the action of
:24:24. > :24:33.the Labour politicians in Scotland. Also, we cannot forget that while
:24:34. > :24:40.others were voting for 167 billion to be spent on things that matter,
:24:41. > :25:01.not nuclear weapons, she was voting to renew trident. Jackie Baillie's
:25:02. > :25:09.credibility, has been ended, she said her maths were shaky! I think
:25:10. > :25:15.that sums that up. Can I draw the First Minister's attention to
:25:16. > :25:18.comments made by the STUC secretary yesterday when he recognise the
:25:19. > :25:24.importance of the financial framework for additional perils. --
:25:25. > :25:27.powers. It would be completely wrong to sign up for the block grant
:25:28. > :25:36.adjustment, disadvantage in Scotland. Does the First Minister
:25:37. > :25:46.agree with me, that Jackie Baillie should take this advice, stop
:25:47. > :25:49.mouthing the Tory party's words? I think Jackie Baillie and Labour
:25:50. > :25:55.stopped listening to the STUC, when they went into alliance with the
:25:56. > :26:05.Tory party. During the referendum. I did see these comments, also from
:26:06. > :26:14.the Professor of Glasgow University, warning of the dangers of that on
:26:15. > :26:18.fair fiscal framework. -- unfair. The professor was a member of the
:26:19. > :26:22.commission, and we have made clear that we will only support a
:26:23. > :26:26.legislative consent motion on the Scotland Bill if we have a
:26:27. > :26:32.satisfactory fiscal framework agreed between the Scottish and British
:26:33. > :26:35.Government, absolutely nobody, not even Labour, could reasonably expect
:26:36. > :26:46.any government to think anything else. Patrick Harvie. If the new
:26:47. > :26:49.welfare perils are going to be used successfully to tackle this poverty,
:26:50. > :26:52.they are going to have to work in concert with the money that the
:26:53. > :27:01.government has been spending on energy efficiency. But no
:27:02. > :27:05.opportunity to discuss a head of the budget, the project, how that is
:27:06. > :27:11.going to work. Why have they not, and when we get the details? We will
:27:12. > :27:23.discuss these things when the perils, -- powers are implemented,
:27:24. > :27:26.but even Patrick Harvie must admit that these are not going to be in
:27:27. > :27:31.place by the next financial year, we are going to work with stakeholders,
:27:32. > :27:36.to look at how we can use them effectively. But Patrick Harvie is
:27:37. > :27:40.absolutely correct to say that it is vital, as all of these things come
:27:41. > :27:44.to Scotland that we and the great with the resources that we already
:27:45. > :27:47.have. I look forward to Patrick Harvie being a member of that
:27:48. > :27:55.discussion as we take four these plans. To ask the First Minister
:27:56. > :28:06.what discussions the Scottish Government has had with NHS24? NHS24
:28:07. > :28:13.published these plans last month, after the excellent service provider
:28:14. > :28:16.last winter, over 70,000 calls were provided, many answered after party
:28:17. > :28:25.sickens. NHS24 took the decision last week to pause the introduction
:28:26. > :28:28.of the new contact system, a review is under way and I would expect an
:28:29. > :28:36.initial report in December, detailed report in January. Obviously, last
:28:37. > :28:42.month, in the update on the management of the contract for
:28:43. > :28:54.NHS24, Audit Scotland said the cost had risen by 55%. That increase was
:28:55. > :28:56.because of the delayed implementation, as the First
:28:57. > :29:02.Minister has just said, and openly announced last Friday, can the First
:29:03. > :29:06.Minister told Parliament what the cost is going to be to the taxpayer
:29:07. > :29:16.of this mismanaged project, and can we get assurance that patient care
:29:17. > :29:21.will not be affected? These are very important issues, I think it was
:29:22. > :29:26.disappointing, very disappointing, that this decision had to be taken,
:29:27. > :29:32.but it was taken in the interests of patient safety. It was the correct
:29:33. > :29:37.one to take, in line with that. The new system has not been abandoned.
:29:38. > :29:44.It is important to stress that. The implementation has been paused. The
:29:45. > :29:47.review that I was talking about, it is under way, and Lance many of the
:29:48. > :29:52.questions that have been released today. We will get the initial
:29:53. > :29:56.report of that in December, and the main report in January. The Health
:29:57. > :30:01.Secretary has asked the nothing office to provide reassurance, about
:30:02. > :30:09.the reintroduction. It is important to say, in terms of cost, higher
:30:10. > :30:13.than originally projected, already discussed in detail in the public
:30:14. > :30:21.domain, but NHS24 still considers that the new system will allow them
:30:22. > :30:26.to save costs. It is important to bear that in mind. But I will be
:30:27. > :30:35.happy, as this review takes place, and as we get the findings, those
:30:36. > :30:38.are to the shared with parliament. I want to thank the First Minister for
:30:39. > :30:44.the reply on this issue. I am surprised that a large project of
:30:45. > :30:51.this sort was not solved at the testing level, but I welcome the
:30:52. > :30:55.fact that in the interest of patient safety it has been suspended. We
:30:56. > :30:59.have had to reports, critical of the government's management of these
:31:00. > :31:05.projects, the new structure set up by the government, I would ask the
:31:06. > :31:16.First Minister to look at carefully. The most shambolic, that I have ever
:31:17. > :31:19.seen. No business would run its systems on the one the government
:31:20. > :31:31.have set up. I ask up to look at that structure. -- her. The review
:31:32. > :31:36.is under way. The staff serious issues. Plans were in place to
:31:37. > :31:42.manage the transition, including the contingency to go to the legacy
:31:43. > :31:47.system, some issues impacting performance, initially, out with the
:31:48. > :31:54.control of NHS24, including telecommunications. NHS24 have
:31:55. > :31:58.apologised to those affected by the delays. It is a priority to nature
:31:59. > :32:04.that this new system is in place, watching as quickly as possible. But
:32:05. > :32:07.that must be done, in a way that is consistent with patient safety,
:32:08. > :32:13.particularly as we go to the winter, festive period. NHS24 have taken the
:32:14. > :32:16.correct decision, but all of the issues that have been raised, will
:32:17. > :32:26.be looked at in terms of this review, and the findings will be
:32:27. > :32:31.shared with Parliament. Thank you. That is us. The end of questions for
:32:32. > :32:36.the First Minister, one year after she got into the job. All the
:32:37. > :32:51.participants, including the First Minister, notably combated, --
:32:52. > :32:56.combative form. Nicola Sturgeon was thanking with Davidson for the
:32:57. > :32:59.questions, it was most entertaining, but not much in terms
:33:00. > :33:05.of Revelations. I would encourage all the parties to continue, I can
:33:06. > :33:18.hand you over to Daily Politics. of fun! I agree. I don't accept only
:33:19. > :33:22.women interested in women's issues and men in men's issues. That is
:33:23. > :33:26.oversimplistic. Most women might have a husband, a son, a father.
:33:27. > :33:32.They are affected by all of these issues as well. I very much agree we
:33:33. > :33:35.should look at these things. We very rarely discuss these issues in the
:33:36. > :33:41.House of Commons. Let's find out why. We can welcome our viewers in
:33:42. > :33:45.Scotland who have just joined us. Welcome to Scottish viewers. We
:33:46. > :33:46.talked about the number of MPs and the opportunities you do have to
:33:47. > :33:48.raise it.