 We start this afternoon with First Minister's questions. Questions 1, Ruth Davidson. Thank you to Ask First Minister for what engagement she has planned for the rest of the day. This is my first opportunity in the chamber since the intimidle attack in London last Saturday night to record my horror at what happened and my deepest sympathies to all those affected. My thoughts, I'm sure all the thoughts of the whole chamber, are with those who lost their loved ones on Saturday night and all those who sustained injuries. I will have engagements to take forward the Government's programme for Scotland. Ruth Davidson. I would like to associate myself and my party with the words of the First Minister, our thoughts and prayers go to the victims in London and their families. To ask the First Minister why she believes that private conversations should not stay private. First Minister. I do believe that, but of course the conversation that Ruth Davidson is alluding to was taken from the private sphere into the public sphere, not by me, but by Kezia Dugdale. The fact of this conversation and a very selective account of the content of that was first put into the public domain on 23 February in the Times newspaper, where it said that Ms Dugdale revealed that she held secret talks with the First Minister. That is what gave me the ability to talk about that. The part, of course, in that conversation that Kezia Dugdale did not refer to was the part that I spoke about last night in standby 100 per cent. Let me get to the matter here. The number of the matter is that all of the Opposition parties in this chamber have tried to use the issue of an independence referendum in this election as a smokescreen. In the Tory's case, it is because they do not want to talk about their toxic policies. Toxic policies, like the rape clause that made Ruth Davidson squirm so much last night, toxic policies such as austerity cuts and extreme Brexit and of course removing the rights of pensioners. The key question tomorrow is how we stop the Tories getting a stronger hand to do more damage to Scotland. Let's make sure we don't boost Theresa May's majority. Let's make sure we send strong SNP MPs to stand up for Scotland. She's rolling back today, but everybody now knows don't have a private chat with this First Minister because if it suits her purposes, everybody will get to hear about it. We are still left with the big question. The First Minister says that Kezia Dugdale told her that she'd dropped Labour's Opposition to an independence referendum, and Kezia Dugdale says that it's all a pack of lies. Both of them can't be right, so which one is it? First Minister, just be careful about the use of parliamentary language in this discussion. First Minister. Can I just say that people should think twice about having any conversation with Ruth Davidson because if her Twitter account is anything to go by, she records it for later use. Although I noticed that tweet was hastily deleted overnight. I stand by 100 per cent what I said last night. In fact, if anybody reads what Labour and Kezia Dugdale were saying in public around that time, they will see the ring of truth about it. Labour themselves were saying that all options, including an independence referendum, were under consideration. That is the reality. It's on at the record. There's an article on Labour's website even today confirming that. Of course, this comes back to the heart of the matter. All of the other parties in this chamber want to avoid the real issue in this election tomorrow. The real issue is this. The only way in Scotland to stop the Tories tightening their grip and getting a bigger majority to do what they want in Scotland is to vote SNP. Labour's not strong enough to take on the Tories anymore. It's not that long ago that Kezia Dugdale seemed to be advising people in parts of Scotland to vote Tory in the election if she wanted to take on the Tories tomorrow. If you want to make sure that Scotland has strong voices in the House of Commons standing against austerity, standing up for Scotland, then vote SNP tomorrow. Ruth Davidson. The truth is that we don't need the First Minister to tell us what we already know, which is that the Labour Party cannot be trusted to stand up to the SNP. It's not just Kezia Dugdale because Jeremy Corbyn is even worse. She says that she can have your indie ref, and he says, absolutely fine. The First Minister has dragged Kezia Dugdale on to her ground, and given what she's seen of Mr Corbyn, how would she rate her chances of success with him? Today and tomorrow is to persuade as many people across Scotland as I possibly can of this. The only way to stop Theresa May, who is on the ropes in this election getting a bigger majority is to make sure that we don't send Tory MPs to boost that majority and strengthen her hand. Let's make sure that tomorrow we send SNP MPs to the House of Commons to stand up for Scotland and make our voice heard. Ruth Davidson. The First Minister's last 24 hours have set out the choice that people face at the polls. With the SNP, it's straight back to another divisive referendum on independence. With Labour, it's—I'm not sure—alphona friend and I'll see what she thinks, and with us, it's clear. No to a second referendum, no to more uncertainty, no to the division that would cause our country. I've listened to the people of Scotland and they don't want her referendum, so for pity's sake, First Minister, let it go. Actually, something at last that I can agree with Ruth Davidson about. The last 24 hours, indeed, the duration of the campaign has set out very clearly the choice for the people of Scotland. If people in Scotland vote for Tory MPs tomorrow, what they are voting for are MPs that will go to the House of Commons and vote for policies such as the rape clause. Vote for more benefit cuts. Vote for more austerity cuts. MPs that will vote for the dementia tax. Vote to take away the winter fuel allowance. Vote to take away the pension triple lock. That's what people will get if we send Tory MPs to Westminster. On the other hand, if we send strong SNP voices to Westminster, we get MPs who will stand against austerity. MPs who will stand up for pensioners. MPs who will stand against more cuts that punish the poorest in our society. The only way to stop the Tories in Scotland is to vote for SNP tomorrow. Can I offer the thoughts of those benches to the families affected by the atrocious attacks in London and ask the First Minister what engagement she has planned for the rest of the week? Engagements to take forward the Government's programme for Scotland? Sennostiw, if the last 24 hours show us anything, it's that this First Minister will say anything to deflect from the SNP's appalling record in office. Got people across the country want the First Minister to focus on the day job. So can she tell us why the number of unfilled posts for nurses and midwives are at an all-time high? First Minister, I can say to Kezia Dugdale that I know what was said in that conversation and so does she. I'm standing here in the chamber of the Scottish Parliament and I am certain of what was said. You know what? There is nothing wrong whatsoever with Kezia Dugdale having changed her mind since then, but what is wrong is for Kezia Dugdale having held that view to suggest that people who still hold that view are somehow expressing something unthinkable. That, I think, is what is not legitimate. On the issue of staff in our national health service, there are today 12,000 more people working in our national health service than when this Government took office. We have more nurses, more doctors, more allied health professionals in our health service than ever before. We've got more per head of population than any other part of the UK. That's because this Government is investing in our health service and doing so to a much greater extent than Labour would be if they were in office. There are enough nurses in the health service. That's the latest FID from the First Minister. Mr Dugdale, you can't use parliamentary language at that, please. That's other stuff that she's not told the truth about. The point here is to be respectful and courteous to other members and not to impugn their character in that way. I recognise that there is a disagreement about accuracy, however. Do not impugn someone else's character in the chamber. It was, of course, this First Minister who took the decision to slash paces for student nurses and midwives when she was the health secretary. That is why we have a shortage of nurses and midwives in the NHS in Scotland. Of course, that has severe consequences for the care that patients receive. We know from the figures released this week that almost 500 operations were cancelled because of pressures on NHS resources. That's hundreds of people who didn't get the treatment that they needed because the SNP's priorities are all wrong. Does the First Minister regret not spending enough time on the day job? In January of this year, we announced a 4.7 per cent increase in intakes to pre-registration nursing and wifery programmes. That's an extra 151 places. The fifth successive rise equates to 3,360 entry places. Under this Government, there has been an average of 1,000 more nurses in training each year compared to the previous administration. That is the record of this Government when it comes to nurse training. In terms of cancelled operations, there is always a small number of operations cancelled. That can be for a variety of different reasons. However, the overwhelming vast majority of operations in our health service go ahead as scheduled. That is down to the fantastic work done by doctors and nurses and everybody else working across our health service. Kezia Duggan. Yet more fake news from the First Minister, but here's the reality. Missed A and E targets, operations cancelled because of pressure on NHS staff and resources, and thousands of patients trapped in hospitals when they are fit to go home. That should shame the First Minister, except we know that nothing really does. Tomorrow, we can kick the Tories out of office and get a Labour Government. A Labour Government that will work night and day to invest in our schools and our hospitals, delivering a real living wage of £10 an hour, a Labour Government that will deliver £3 billion more for public services. Isn't it the case that the only way to get a Labour Government tomorrow is to vote Labour? Here we have another flip-flop from Kezia Duggan. It's not that long ago she was telling all of us that Jeremy Corbyn was completely unelectable. Now she's blowing with the wind all over again. The problem for Kezia Duggan and Labour is that they have spent all of their time in this campaign attacking the SNP and letting the Tories completely off the hook. Kezia Duggan even did suggest a couple of weeks ago that there were parts of Scotland where people should vote Tory. That is what she said. The reality is that a vote for Labour tomorrow, a vote for the party that was beaten into third place last year, risks letting a Tory MP in the back door. The only party in Scotland that has the strength to take on the Tories is the SNP. If you want rid of the Tories in Scotland, if you want MPs elected that agree with Jeremy Corbyn on more issues than Kezia Duggan does, then vote for the SNP tomorrow. I thank you to ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet. I first share the reflections of other members on the tragic events in London, the shock and dismay that we felt and our condolences to those affected. I am sure that the First Minister will also want to join me in condemning the US president for his opportunistic attack on the London mayor at a time when Londoners were still coming to terms with what had happened. However, the democratic process does not stop, and in the closing stages of an election campaign there is more at stake than who said what to whom a year ago. There are critically important choices facing our society and our economy. Greens have long argued for investment in the new sustainable industries that will provide jobs for the long-term, jobs in the post-oil economy instead of throwing ever greater tax cuts and subsidies at the fossil fuel industry. However, the First Minister continues to say that her primary aim is to maximise extraction of fossil fuels. Even one of the newspapers that endorsing the SNP states today that our industrial base has been exposed as too heavily reliant on oil, so far nothing has been done to replace that. How can the First Minister defend continued subsidies and tax breaks to the biggest polluters on the planet? First, I share Patrick Harvie's view of the comments of President Trump about the mayor of London City can. I think that we should all deprecate those comments at a time when the mayor's city had just been the victim of a horrific terrorist attack. I think that the least he should have been able to expect was complete support and loyalty from a country that is a long-standing ally of this country. On Patrick Harvie's substantive question, I do not think that those two things are either or. I do not think that the importance of the oil and gas sector to our economy and, currently, to the provision of our energy needs is such that we do have an obligation to support it. I spoke yesterday morning at the oil and gas UK conference in Aberdeen and spoke about the importance of that sector and the work that this Government is doing to make sure that we help it to recover and to have that bright future that I certainly think that it does. We also were speaking about the ability of the skills that have been developed in oil and gas to be transferred into other areas of our energy sector—renewable energy in particular, and there is a great opportunity there. The Government has a very good record when it comes to renewable energy and when it comes to meeting climate change targets. We have some of the most ambitious targets in the world and met them years ahead of schedule. We are already generating more than 50 per cent of our electricity used for renewable energy, so we continue to invest in renewable energy to make sure that we are making that transition to a low or no-carbon economy. That, as Patrick Harvie is aware, is a key priority of this Government. There is certainly an urgent need to support people to transition into new industries, as well as to maximise the opportunities from decommissioning. However, there is absolutely a contradiction between maximising extraction and those climate change commitments that the First Minister speaks of. The First Minister has already condemned Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement, but if that agreement is ever to be more than just a piece of paper, it is vital that it requires greater action from all countries. It is undeniable that the world has far more coal, oil and gas than we can afford to burn. The First Minister's former climate change minister agreed that accepting that at least a proportion of what is still in the North Sea must be left there. Is it not clear, though, that only green voices are challenging the policy that unites the SNP with all three political parties that have played a role in the UK Government, that policy of maximum oil and gas extraction? Is it undeniable that that policy is incompatible with any meaningful commitment to the Paris agreement? How much of the North Sea's fossil fuels does the First Minister believe must be left unburned if we were to make a fair contribution to that Paris goal of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees? On some of this—not on all of it, but Patrick Harvie and I might have to agree to disagree—I do not believe that there is that incompatibility. I think that the importance of the oil and gas sector to our economy and the development of the skills that are important in developing renewable energy are such that we should continue to support that sector. Of course, there are many jobs dependent on activity in the North Sea. As a result of advances in technology, many of which are being developed here in Scotland, there are new and innovative ways of using hydrocarbons that are emerging and offering that continued opportunity. We are seeing new technologies such as hydrogen energy sources, such as hydrogen new technologies, such as carbon capture and storage. It is right that Scotland continues to seek to be a world leader in all those different areas of our energy sector. I come back to the central point here in terms of the Paris climate agreement. I bitterly regret the decision of President Trump to take America out of that agreement. We are meeting our climate change targets. We are meeting the targets that we have set in terms of renewable energy. Of course, we are going further and setting even more ambitious targets. We are also leading the world when it comes to discharging our obligations to the planet. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the cabinet. Matters of importance to people of Scotland. Can I share the sentiments expressed by others about the London attacks? My thoughts are with families and friends of the victims of those attacks. Yesterday, the NHS reporter on mental health services for young people was appalling. I thought that I would have got the First Minister on board for taking strong action to sort that. I have asked her time and again about this. I have heard warm words before as well, but the latest figures show that more young people are waiting for treatment and they are waiting for longer too. Why are things worse this year than last year? I do not think that that is the case. I know that we have an election tomorrow, but I still hope that, after the election, we can have some consensus about the issue of mental health. If we take the stats that were published yesterday around child and adolescent mental health services, we saw some improvement in terms of waiting times. We also saw that 10 of the 14 health boards across Scotland are meeting the 18-week standard, which is up from only 7 in the last quarter. Yes, there were a number of young people waiting over a year for treatment, which is unacceptable. That was 74 people, 1.7 per cent, but, again, that is down from 2.4 per cent in the final quarter of 2016. We have, like many other countries do, got challenges to address in terms of meeting the increased demand for mental health, but because of the investment that we are making and because of the mental health strategy that we are pursuing, we are seeing progress and we are determined to continue to make that progress. Willie Rennie. I can tell the First Minister that there will never be a consensus in this Parliament as long as this Government continues to fail on mental health. The facts, year on year, fewer people, fewer young people, treated this year than last year. Those people had to wait longer, waiting times are up, health boards are missing their targets. In fact, it is worse. The targets have never, ever been met. For adults, the performance for psychological therapies is worse this year than it ever has been before. That is why ordinary people are now prepared to stand up when we have seen it throughout the election campaign, prepared to stand up and tell the First Minister when she is getting it wrong and her Government is failing. I have been asking about mental health pretty much every week for three years. The First Minister will say that she has this brand new strategy, but she will not tell you that it was delayed for 15 months. Will she guarantee that things will be better than this next year? Can she guarantee that? We are seeing improvements and we intend to continue to see improvements. We are seeing more investment, more people working. The overall CAMHS workforce has increased by 65 per cent over the past number of years. We have seen nursing posts increase. We have seen significant increase in investment in mental health generally, particularly in child and adolescent mental health services. On the CAMHS stats that Willie Rennie asked me about earlier, 83.6 per cent were seen in 18 weeks. That is an increase in the previous quarter—3,621 seen within 18 weeks, 712 waiting longer than 18 weeks. We are seeing improvements in those areas, but I recognise that we have more to do, which is why we are investing more and why we are following the mental health strategy. We will continue to do so so that we can continue to see more progress over the next months and over the next year. A couple of supplementaries. The First from Ash Denham. To ask the First Minister how her Government has protected Scotland's budget in the face of Tory cuts. That is a good question. It is interesting that the other parties do not want to hear about this, because we hear a lot rightly from other parties about public services. However, what people like Willie Rennie do not tell us is that, while his party was in government with the Tories for five years, the budget of this Parliament was cut by £2 billion. That is what Willie Rennie and his colleagues did to the budget of this Parliament. However, we have continued to protect what matters in Scotland. That is why we have increased the health budget by £3 billion and will increase it even further over the life of this Parliament. We will continue to do whatever we can to protect the budget of this Parliament and protect our vital public services. Monica Lennon. First Minister, you will recall that, on 19 May, strike action by further education lecturers in the college sector was suspended to allow negotiations to continue. That came after Collegy Scotland agreed to implement phase 1 of the March 26 agreement. However, lecturers did not receive the agreed pay rise in their end of May wage and it may be the end of August before it reaches their bank accounts. They are angry and feel betrayed and threats of further strike action are emerging. That is not what was agreed just a matter of weeks ago when John Swinney intervened personally and asked EIS Fela to call off the strike. Does the First Minister agree that further education lecturers suspended the strike in good faith and should be paid exactly what was agreed without further delay? When I raised this with the First Minister back in April, she rightly said that employers should go the extra mile. Would the First Minister say whether she believes that they have gone the distance and why the talks are failing despite the Scottish Government's appointment of John Sturrick QC as facilitator? First Minister. First Lady, I was very pleased that an agreement was struck that allowed strike action to be called off because that strike action was in nobody's interests, not in the interests of students and not in the interests of college lecturers who work so hard to deliver education for our students. That agreement was not easy to reach and, of course, the Government intervened in the way that Monica Lennon has outlined. That agreement then was reached and I do expect now that agreement to be implemented so that we can make sure that there is no further risk of strikes that would be damaging to students in our colleges. Gillian Martin To ask the First Minister what progress the Government is making in getting more young people into modern apprenticeships. First Minister. We saw statistics just this week showing that we have exceeded our modern apprenticeship target of 26,000 for 2016-17. Employers, I think, are recognising the value of the opportunities that bring to increased skills in our workforce and encourage new talent. The latest modern apprenticeship figure shows that we are on track to meet our target of 30,000 by 2020, and we are committed to enhancing the apprenticeship programme to respond to the needs of employers. Alex Rowley Presiding Officer, I agree with the First Minister when she says that it talks about the impact of failed Tory austerity on communities up and down Scotland—the devastating impact. However, the question that people are asking is, when is this Government going to start to defend those communities? This year, we see £170 million accords to local public services. Our public services are worsening at the seams. They cannot continue. Will she defend public services moving forward? Alex Rowley is just wrong. We have had this debate in the chamber so many times. There is an additional £400 million of investment for local services this year compared to last year. That includes things such as extra money for social care and, of course, the £120 million that is going direct to headteachers to help us to close the attainment gap. In addition to that, of course, it is this Government that is spending more than £100 million every year mitigating the impact of Tory welfare cuts, such as the bedroom tax. Therefore, this Government is continuing to do everything that we can to support local services but also to mitigate the impact of damaging Tory cuts. On the question of Tory cuts, is the damage that Tory cuts are doing to communities across this country that makes it all the more astounding that so many Labour councillors, the length and breadth of this country, seem so keen to do deals with the Tories to get them into administration in different counties? Ivan McKee Thank you. Can I ask the First Minister what the estimate is for the number of additional children who will be living in poverty by 2021 as a result of Tory tax and welfare policies? The First Minister I do not think that child poverty is funny. The Tories are laughing at a question about child poverty. Let me give the answer to this. In this answer comes not from me or my officials, but from the Institute of Fiscal Studies. As a result of Tory tax and benefit changes by 2021, they estimate that an additional 1 million children across the UK will be living in poverty. That will take the total number of children living in poverty to more than 5 million, equivalent to the entire population of Scotland. That is why we need strong voices in the House of Commons standing against Tory cuts and standing against the Tory assault on the poorest in our society. With the number of planted questions, I think that we are at Gardner's question time today. This week a number of Middle East countries cut links to Qatar because of its support for terrorism. For years, the Scottish Government has sought to develop business links to that country, sending the current transport secretary on a trip with Tory MP Sir Nicholas Somes to try to develop business links, asking them to invest in their sovereign wealth fund in Scottish schools, roads and infrastructure projects. In light of those recent developments, has the Scottish Government revised its policy towards the Qatari regime? The Scottish Government does not currently have in place any contracts with suppliers based in Qatar. Of course, the Scottish Government will always make the case for jobs and investment in Scotland, but we expect all countries to comply with international human rights law, and we will always use our international engagement as an opportunity to promote respect for and understanding of human rights. That will be the case with Qatar, as it will be with other countries across the world. To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will reaffirm its commitment to the Paris climate accord. Yes, the Scottish Government remains fully committed to the Paris agreement. The need for international co-operation is greater than ever, and the decision by President Trump to withdraw the US from the Paris agreement is short-sighted, deeply irresponsible and, I think, downright wrong. The low-carbon transition presents, of course, challenges to all countries, but it also gives important opportunities for both our economy and our society, and I think that it is vital for all countries to stay the course. The Scottish Government will demonstrate our commitment by bringing forward proposals for an ambitious new climate change bill in response to the goals of the Paris agreement over the coming weeks. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor and French President Emmanuel Macron have both expressed condemnation of the US withdrawal from the accord. Does the First Minister share my view that the UK Government should have been far more robust in its response and that Theresa May should have shown leadership in this rather than lacking the backbone to stand up to President Trump? I am sure that many people right across this chamber, to be fair, would very much have liked to have seen the Prime Minister on behalf of the UK sign the letter that France, Germany and Italy sent to President Trump. Sometimes it does feel as if the Prime Minister is more concerned with not offending President Trump than she is about doing the right thing for this country, and I think that that is the wrong approach. The Paris agreement was secured through very long and very difficult negotiations in 2015. It followed more than 20 years of international consensus building, so the focus of all countries should now be on implementation. That is certainly the focus that this Government will have as we make our contribution to making sure that the aims of the Paris agreement are taken forward and fulfilled. Maurice Golden As a society, we need to burn and landfill less resources. However, the current draft climate change plan does not consider energy from waste. Perhaps that is because, according to their own figures, the Scottish Government is planning a 12-fold increase in incineration over the next five years. Layered on top of that, councils might be contracted to burn and recycle the same waste. Clearly, that cannot happen. In the interests of the Paris climate accord, will the First Minister agree with the Scottish Conservatives on a moratorium on new incinerator construction? Of course, the draft climate change plan is just that. It is a draft. It is there for consultation and for contributions to be made. If the Scottish Conservatives want to put forward that proposal, that is something that will be given due and proper consideration by the Government. Both our climate change plan and our draft energy strategy show real ambition in this area. They are both there for consultation so that we can move forward to a position where we have maximum consensus as we move our country forward. We are doing some very difficult things to meet more ambitious climate change targets, but we are doing the things that are right not just for Scotland but for the whole of the world. States, mayors, industry and the American public are all rejecting Donald Trump's bizarre attempt to make the US a rogue state on climate change. It will fail because fossil fuels have already had their day. For every one American job in coal, there are three in renewables. He is literally tilting at windmills. However, the First Minister's US engagement strategy commits the Scottish Government to engaging with States and US agencies on tackling climate change. What has been done to deliver that commitment and what further progress will be made in light of Donald Trump's recent announcement? A few weeks ago, I met the governor of California and signed an agreement to commit Scotland and the state of California to work together on issues around climate change. We will continue to explore opportunities to do likewise with other American states. I, as I have said, disagree very strongly with the decision that President Trump took on the Paris agreement. One thing that is important to stress is that, because of the way that the United States has governed, much of the responsibility for taking forward initiatives that are about tackling climate change lie in the responsibility of the states. The states and cities in America have a big role to play. Scotland, the UK as a whole, if it chooses to, and other countries can have a contribution here by trying to work with those states and cities to take that forward. Scotland is very active in working not just in the United States but across the world with regions and cities to make sure that we are making our full contribution, and we will continue to do that. James Kelly How does the First Minister support for the Paris agreement match with the introduction of the new air departure tax bill, which will result in reduction in charges by 50 per cent, which will increase carbon emissions, and also result in reductions to the Scottish budget of up to £189 million? James Kelly is aware that the Committee on Climate Change looked specifically at that and said that it is something that the Government absolutely accepts. If we do anything whether on this policy area or anything else that has an adverse effect on emissions, then we have a corresponding responsibility to make sure that we compensate for that in other ways. That is factored in to our thinking and our planning on climate change. We will continue to take the decisions that balance growing our economy, which I think all of us accept is vitally important supporting business to generate the economic activity and the wealth that we need to support our public services with making sure that we are doing absolutely the right things by our environment and tackling climate change, and we will continue to operate in exactly that way. To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that more than one in four GP practices have a vacancy. We have increased GP recruitment and retention funding this year from £1 million to £5 million as part of our £71 million investment package and direct support of general practice. In addition, we have increased GP training places, and this year we have doubled the number of £20,000 bursaries for hard to fill training posts. GP recruitment is challenging, but it is welcome that the recent BMA GP vacancy survey showed that the vacancy rate had reduced by two percentage points in the last year. Donald Cameron The BMA has also commented that every unfilled vacancy puts more and more strain on remaining GPs who must struggle to cover the gaps in their practice while also coping with increased demands on their services. Does the First Minister agree with that assessment, and given that staffing today is affected by recruitment and training decisions taken several years ago, does she take personal responsibility for a crisis in workforce planning across the NHS? I do agree with the assessment generally that the member read out there. I also take responsibility for making sure that this Government is taking the action to help to address the challenge that we and other countries have around GP recruitment. Investment in GP services has gone up each and every year under this Government. Funding and direct support of general practice will increase by £250 million by the end of this Parliament. That is part of our wider commitment to increase primary care funding by £500 million. Dr Allan McDevitt said that this is a positive step in the right direction towards our shared vision of general practice. We absolutely take our responsibility to address those challenges, but possibly the worst thing that we can see right now in addressing recruitment challenges, whether they are for GPs, nurses or any other part of our public service, is to have the ability of the best and brightest from across Europe to come to this country. That is the real and present danger to all of our efforts to tackle this that the Tories present to Scotland and to the UK as a whole right now. To ask the First Minister what action her Government is taking to recruit more staff into our NHS and whether she will update Parliament on the latest NHS staffing figures. As I have said, we have more staff working in our NHS than ever before. Staffing in the NHS is at record levels. We have challenges with vacancies for some groups of staff that we are working to address, but there are more staff in our NHS. It is because of the efforts of those staff that patients across the country get the excellent care and treatment that they do, and I think that all of us should be very grateful to them for that. First Minister just a few moments ago claimed that the increased aviation emissions that will arise from the aviation tax policy have been factored into the draft climate change plan. In my reading of that plan, there is no such assessment of the increased emissions that will come as a result of that policy or any specific commitments to policies that will mitigate those emissions and reduce them elsewhere. I recognise, of course, Presiding Officer, that accuracy is not a matter for you, but if there is some other aspect, appendix or codicill to that draft climate change plan, which the Government has neglected to publish, would you please give it the opportunity to do so and lay it before Parliament at the earliest possible convenience? Thank you, Mr Harvey. I think that you have offered the Government that opportunity for the point of order, but we conclude.