First Minister's Questions 12 February 2026

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🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The First Minister answers questions from Party Leaders and other MSPs in this weekly question time.Topics covered this week include: Michelle Thomson MSP To ask the First Minister how often he or the Scottish Ministers engage with the Scottish Government’s Washington DC International Office regarding the Scotch whisky industry and other economic interests in the United States. Rachael Hamilton MSP To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on the Service Delivery Review of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. Mark Griffin MSP To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that police stations across Lanarkshire, including in Bellshill, will be closed permanently to the public or have their hours reduced from 1 April. Jamie Greene MSP To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will make further changes to the draft Budget 2026-27 published in January in relation to business rates, hospices and the care sector. A full transcript of this week's First Minister's Questions will be available on the Scottish Parliament website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report

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0:00.0	from April.
0:01.0	Thank you.
0:02.0	That concludes general questions.
0:04.0	Before we move to First Minister's question time, I invite members to join me in welcoming
0:10.0	to the gallery, the Honourable Todd Gowdy, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of
0:16.0	Saskatchewan. The next item of businesses one.
0:26.1	The next item of business is First Minister's questions.
0:28.4	I call Russell Finley at question number one.
0:29.9	Thank you, President.
0:38.3	Sue Rawlinson's beloved husband of 33 years went out to work as a bus driver but never came home. Keith Throlandson was violently attacked by a teenage thug and died in hospital.
0:43.3	As he lay dying, Sue and her daughters were told not to touch him.
0:48.3	She told me, we weren't even allowed to hold his hand because the police said that it might contaminate the evidence.
0:57.0	The killer was sentenced to four years and four months.
1:03.0	He was not sent to prison, but instead to charity-run accommodation with a swimming pool and
1:10.8	courtyard garden.
1:13.1	He has not spent a single
1:14.8	night in prison.
1:16.6	He killed an innocent man
1:17.9	two years ago, but he
1:20.8	could be freed and back home
1:22.9	within weeks.
1:25.7	Does John Swinney think
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