 Thank you, Reverend Roddwell. We'll now move on to the next item of business. Point of order, Stephen Kerr. I'd like to seek your help in a matter which I believe should concern every one of us as parliamentarians. Last Friday, the First Minister made yet another televised Covid statement and then went on to take questions from journalists. This happened even though Parliament was sitting last Thursday. This is only the latest occasion when the First Minister has chosen to speak to TV cameras rather than come to this chamber to make a statement and take questions from the members of this Parliament. This Parliament should be where these statements are made first. We are elected to hear statements first. The First Minister should give the Parliament the respect that it deserves. First, please confirm that it is in order for the First Minister to come to this chamber to make Government statements and that it is not in order for the First Minister to ignore this Parliament and make statements instead in front of TV cameras and journalists. Second, if the First Minister was not in a position to make her statement on Thursday, as she may try to offer an excuse for this apparent disrespect to Parliament, that it would be in order for the First Minister to ask her party's business manager to seek a sitting of Parliament last Friday. Finally, to make further representations to the Scottish Government and the First Minister in particular, that Government statements should be made here first to allow for proper scrutiny and to show respect for our Parliament. I thank the member for advance notice of the point of order, and I note that those matters were also discussed at the bureau today. As I outlined at the bureau, it is my expectation that all substantial announcements in relation to Covid-19 are made to the Parliament. Issues relating to the timetabling of business are in the first instance a matter for discussion at the bureau and ultimately for the Parliament to decide. Any concerns that members have about the timetabling of business can be raised through their business manager or with me directly. Thank you. The next item of business is the point of order, Neil Bibby. I also wish to make a further point of order on this matter. There are extraordinary times when Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures. That makes accountability and parliamentary scrutiny more important than ever before. Paragraph 3.5 of the ministerial code states that when the Parliament is meeting, ministers should ensure that important announcements of Government policy are made in the first instance to the Parliament. Our standing orders provide the flexibility to ensure that ministers can meet that obligation under the code. Where a minister wishes to make a statement of an urgent nature, rule 13.2 allows them to request time for a parliamentary statement that day. Rule 5.4 makes clear that should emergency business arrive, the Prime Minister may allow that business to be taken and make necessary alterations to the daily business list. Parliament could also agree to meet outwith our usual sitting days, if necessary. We recently met for four hours on a Friday to elect our deputy. Presiding officers, we could easily meet on a Friday to consider urgent matters of national importance. Matters of national importance, such as the level of tiered current or on-a-vice restrictions that will apply to our constituents if that was required. When critical announcements and statements from the First Minister are made to a press conference instead of Parliament, members are denied the opportunity to question the First Minister and the Scottish Government about the decisions as the situation develops. There is no reason why Parliament should be denied the opportunity to fulfil our role in holding Government's account and to do so in good time. Presiding officers, I would be grateful if you could confirm that there is no barrier to Parliament meeting on a Friday or to the Scottish Government requesting parliamentary time for urgent and emergency business concerning their response to the pandemic as we all seek to support the country through this crisis. I thank Mr Bibby for his point of order. As I previously said, it is my expectation that all substantial announcements in relation to Covid-19 or indeed in other issues are made to the Parliament. I am absolutely certain that this is an issue that we will return to discussing at our next bureau meeting. As I said previously, issues relating to timetabling are a matter for the bureau and ultimately for the Parliament to decide. I thank the member for his point of order. I will now move to the next item of business, which is topical questions. As ever, in order to get in as many people as possible, I would prefer short and succinct questions and answers to match. I call for question number one, Rachel Hamilton. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report by the Scottish Children and Young People's Commissioner, which suggests that some at-risk children might have been detained unlawfully in secure accommodation. Minister Claire Harvey. Secure care is one of the most intensive and restrictive forms of alternative care in Scotland, and depriving a child of their liberty and secure units, even where this is essential for their safety and welfare, has a profound effect on them. Such decisions should always be legally justifiable, rights-proofed and transparent. The report by the commissioner highlights significant procedural and notification issues for local authorities and chief social work officers following the examination of 119 cases of children placed in secure accommodation across 27 local authorities in Scotland during 2018 and 2019. The report also highlights good practice in some areas and pointed to encouraging remedial activity since the fieldwork took place. However, I am very concerned that every child's statutory rights may not have been protected during this time, and I wrote to chief social work officers yesterday both to offer support and to seek reassurance that they have, if necessary, amended procedures to comply fully with all regulations. I am also looking to meet with COSLA at the earliest opportunity to discuss this matter further. Rachel Hamilton. I thank the minister for that answer, but this simply is not good enough. As she said, she highlighted at the investigator who had examined the cases of 118 children between August 2018 and 2019. I found that a significant number had been held unlawfully for at least part of that attention. Some had been held for 570 days. Critically, the report found that children's human rights were breached. There has been a litany of failures, Presiding Officer. There was a severe lack of consultation with the child after their hearing, with little communication to help that child understand why they had been detained, and they could, in fact, have appealed a decision made about them. Children have not only been let down. Their rights have been infringed. This is totally unacceptable and morally wrong. Will the minister today make a public apology to those children who have so badly been let down by this Government? Minister. As I'm sure that the member would be able to local authority to ensure that they are complying with the law and that social work officers are fulfilling their duties, the report highlights inconsistencies around the recording of the engagement with children and young people. I did not detect concerns from the commissioner's report about the necessity or appropriateness of actual placement decisions. However, timely notifications and record keeping are an important aspect of the process. Rachel Hamilton. No apology, minister. The investigation concluded that there is a scrutiny gap in relation to compliance with legal duties, and the commissioner found it challenging, in many cases, to piece together key events and decision making. The report states short-term and longer-term actions that must take place to improve this situation. Moving forward, this cannot happen again to any child, and we need to see change and recommendations of the report implemented in full. Your Government must act quickly to resolve this and prevent further unlawful detentions. We on these benches echo calls from the Children's Commissioner for an urgent review of practices of local authorities. Will the minister commit to this in earnest and ensure that both inspection and scrutiny mechanisms are fit for purpose so that they can comply fully with the relevant legal duties and human right obligations? Minister. The report asks that the Scottish Government work with partners to consider whether the existing laws are compatible with UNCRC and make any amendments necessary to strengthen legal protections of children's rights. It is important that we get it right for every child regardless of their circumstances. We will work closely with COSLA and other partners to ensure that there are robust scrutiny and accountability mechanisms in place through individual organisations, multi-agency partnerships and national inspection arrangements. I have a supplementary request from Rona Mackay. I am pleased to hear that the minister will write to all chief social work officers across Scotland seeking assurance that they have where necessary amended their procedure to comply with regulations. Is the minister aware of any local authorities and chief social work officers have already taken steps to review or amend their policies? Minister. I understand from the report that, during the investigation, 17 local authorities have already taken steps to review their policy and practice. That is welcome, but all local authorities must ensure that they have undertaken a similar process. Question 2. I call Alex Cole-Hamilton. Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on 2020, including the phanzo. Cabinet Secretary, Humza Yousaf. Presiding Officer, we are working closely with the Scottish FFA, with Glasgow City Council, Police Scotland and other partners on preparations for Euro 2020, including the four matches that Hamden parking Glasgow Green phanzoam. The situation with the virus will be continually reviewed in the run-up to and, of course, during the tournament, taking into account the latest scientific and clinical advice and indeed local information that we get on the ground. In relation to the phanzoam, I understand the concerns that some have expressed, especially in light of the hard sacrifices that everyone has made. The proposal for a phanzoam is not about prioritising football over other priorities. It is about seeking to cater in as safe a way as possible for fans who want to watch the matches. However, I want to give an assurance that these decisions are made carefully and with full account taken of clinical advice. In the case of the phanzoam, it will provide an outdoor, highly-regulated space for fans to watch the tournament. Although there will be up to 3,000 people at attendance per session, this is in a large outdoor space with a normal capacity for up to 80,000 people. Necessary physical distancing and hygiene measures will, of course, also be in place. We are encouraging everyone to make regular use of lateral flow device tests and we are in discussion with Glasgow City Council about how to reinforce this message for everyone at attendance and fans. I want to make it clear that the situation with the virus, the application of necessary mitigations and the actual experience of the event will be monitored on an on-going basis. Any changes that are considered necessary will be made up to and including withdrawing permission should significant concerns arise. Alex Cole-Hamilton. I am very grateful to the cabinet secretary for that answer. We are now just days away from Scotland's men's team in 33 years and at Hamden of all places. That should kick-start a number of great sport and activity from the grassroots to elite level. After 15 months of being locked out of events and the prospect is an exciting one but people expect this to be done in the safest way possible. Asymptomatic testing has been an integral part of trial events across the United Kingdom including entry to the FA Cup final last month. The Euro 2020 events are being advertised as taking place in a Covid secure environment but without the Covid status of every participant being known there is no way on earth of verifying that security. Cabinet secretary, why has the Government decided that a mandatory testing is not necessary for the fan zone or the games at Hamden? I would appreciate short questions and answers please. We will continue the discussions with Glasgow City Council but there are issues around mandatory testing that cannot be ignored. People who cannot do a mandatory test possibly because of a medical condition or a disability in addition to that of course there are ethical considerations that I know his party has raised on Covid vaccine certificates. Some of those same concerns would also apply when it came to making tests mandatory. So there are equality issues there. There are issues around digital exclusion so if you had to present for example a text confirming your negative test that might exclude people who are digitally excluded already. So those are issues that we have to work through. We will reinforce with Glasgow City Council the message about testing before arrival. In fact Glasgow City Council I spoke to them this morning will email every single ticket holder via their ticketing company that will not only encourage those individuals to test before arrival but will include a link where they can order the lateral flow devices and I would encourage every single person that has a ticket to any session of the fan zone to please test before arrival. You can get that lateral flow device ordered to your home if necessary or pick it up from the multiple sites right across the country. Alex Cole-Hamilton. I'm grateful again for that answer and with respect to the cabinet secretary all of these issues, the human rights issues and indeed inclusion issues have been successfully resolved south of the border. Hospitality businesses across Scotland have had a punishing time especially in Glasgow. They've invested thousands in safety measures only to be shut for months so the rules remain tight and they're not even allowed to advertise the fact that they are showing the tournament there. The last thing they want to see is the progress we've made undone by a third wave so you can understand their concern about a temporary event on their doorstep able to accommodate thousands of people for 31 days straight. Can I ask the cabinet secretary what reassurance his government will give to those businesses and what additional measures his government will take to mitigate any impact on them should a third wave hit Glasgow as a result of the fan zone? Cabinet secretary. I recognise the concerns that have been raised by hospitality in Glasgow. There are a range of mitigations in place. Again, I emphasise that although there will be 3,000 people per session the space is large enough to accommodate 80,000. Don't think of this as your traditional fan zone that you might have seen for example during the Champions League final just a couple weeks ago but it's a family event. Families can participate in for example football pitches will be available tennis courts will be available there there will be a picnic area again where people can sit in their family bubbles and in terms of mitigation there's a lot of mitigation around and around I know where there's concerns with the service of alcohol. There is table service only for example there's no queuing bars allowed no spirits will be served on match day there will be all spectators as you'd imagine would have to complete the test and protect information in Glasgow Hamilton with further details of all the mitigation that is in place is that this event should be a low risk event but I go back to my original answer we will monitor this on an on-going basis and if necessary if we have to introduce even further mitigation we will do so and if we have serious concerns then we have reserved the right to withdraw permission for the fans zone. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to increase Police Scotland's capacity to tackle online crime reports of a 6 per cent year on year increase in online child sex abuse crimes. Cabinet Secretary Keith Brown We continue to tackle child sexual abuse and exploitation by building on the work delivered over the last four years through the national action plan to prevent and tackle child sexual exploitation so additional funding was made available to Police Scotland for enhanced enforcement activity in direct response to the increase in reporting of online child sexual abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic The Scottish Government continues to support Police Scotland's response ensuring that hundreds of children have been safeguarded by Police enforcement We are also collaborating with third sector and operational partners to engage the public and raise awareness about the dangers of online abuse including running successful communications campaigns earlier this year which connected with hundreds of thousands of Scots The member will know the regulation of the internet and online service providers remain a reserved matter but we continue to work closely with the UK Government and OFCOM in developing proposals to better safety measures online including close liaison with the UK Government on the forthcoming online safety legislation and finally the member will know that operational decisions in relation to specific offences are for the chief constable Pauline McNeill The cabinet secretary for that answer a total of in 1966 online child sex abuse crimes were logged by Police Scotland It's 25% greater on the five-year average which is concerning and police officers have warned that it should be particularly vigilant when it comes to apps like TikTok in particular Buzzfeed reported recently one of the most popular kinds of videos from TikTok users who are most young and female are lip sync videos where they dance and sing along with their favourite songs and these performances are sometimes sexualised by older men who work on the app sending young creators explicit messages and so I ask the Government what they are doing to increase awareness amongst both parents of online grooming on-site such as TikTok to ensure that children develop online safety skills because clearly these figures are not coming down Cabinet secretary Can I thank the member for a supplementary question and say that I've mentioned already the communications campaigns which Police Scotland have run and those will continue to run and to address some of the points which she raises She may be aware of some of the provisions proposed provisions within the UK's online safety bill which will seek to address those issues so sanctions of 10 per cent of turnover and the blocking of sites for firms who fail to protect users the UK will reserve the power for senior managers to be held liable also new regulations applying to any company in the world hosting user generated content online accessible by people in the UK or enabling them to private layer publicly interact with others online to go back to the point that the member made so I should say that we are very supportive of this the NSPCC who may have prompted herald to raise the issue it is very clear that the UK Government should proceed with this and deliver on its promise and you will encourage them to do just that Pauli McNeill Thank the cabinet secretary for answering what would have been my supplementary question but he was aware that Frank Ho and chairman Amber Alert Europe said that often the signs remain unnoticed and tell us too late and we want to make sure that children and young people are aware of the fact that online is not everything welcome the fact that finally the UK has brought forward this bill and I wonder if the cabinet secretary could commit to the Parliament to making sure that he updates us on the progress and ensure that the Scottish Government is fully satisfied that it deals with these points cabinet secretary I'm more than happy to give that commitment to the member but in the meantime as I say we will continue to ensure the police have the resources that they want to support the police's independence in relation to this increase the communications campaign as a danger to young people and encourage the UK Government to progress the online safety bill which they have committed to providing Thank you that concludes topical questions the next item of business point of order Presiding Officer Topical questions are on topics that are very current and require urgent answers I appreciate at the start of topical questions there was a couple of points of order that had to be dealt with but surely there has to be flexibility to allow us to ask the questions that our constituents have asked us to ask the Government here it can't be right that we cut topical questions by as much as it has been I thank Mr Whittle for his point of order I appreciate his frustration we had a couple of points of order which did indeed bite into time but I will certainly give his comments full consideration thank you very much indeed the next item