Thank you.

And I would also invite members to join me in welcoming his excellency, Dr Robert Andreichek, Ambassador of Slovakia to the United Kingdom.

The next item of business is First Minister's questions. At question number one, I call Douglas Rocks.

Thank you, Mr.

I remind the Chamber that my wife is a serving police officer with Police Scotland.

Body-worn cameras are vital for police officer safety and to increase public trust.

The SMP have left Police Scotland as the last force in the United Kingdom to roll out body-worn cameras.

But yesterday, Police Scotland said they couldn't guarantee that body-worn cameras. But yesterday, Police Scotland said they couldn't guarantee

that body-worn cameras will be rolled out next year. Humza Yusuf didn't deliver them when

he was Justice Secretary. As First Minister, will he let police officers down again?

First Minister.

First and first and foremost, of course, that we have increased the budget for Police Scotland.

I'm pleased that after last week Douglas Ross seems to have accepted the point that the Scottish Government has increased the budget for Police Scotland by 6.3% by an additional £80 million.

Let me quote directly from Deputy Chief Officer David Page and what he actually said

around body-worn cameras.

He said, and I quote, our current plans are that we will continue to roll out our national

body-worn videos as outlined in previous plans.

When I was Justice Secretary, of course, I ensured that we had the capital

budget to ensure that that could begin. So I'm very pleased to say that the Scottish Government,

the facts remain, that the Scottish Government has not only increased the budget for Police

Scotland, but much like Chief Officer David Page said yesterday, the plans are to roll out our

national body worn video cameras for our police officers,

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