Thank you. That concludes general questions. The next item of business is First Minister's

questions. At question number one, I call Douglas Ross.

Thank you, Mr President. And can I remind the Chamber that my wife is a serving officer

with Police Scotland. When we oppose the Hate Crime Act, Scottish Conservatives warned

the legislation would overburden our already overstretched police.

Now that is exactly what has happened.

Forty officers a day have been brought in on overtime to deal with 9,000 reports of hate

crimes in the first two weeks.

Callum Steele, the General Secretary of the International Council

of Police Representative Associations, has said this. Police officers have been left embarrassed

by the hate crime farce. With some left so angry that they've told me they have never been

more ashamed of being in the police service

than they are at the moment.

He added that officers have been pulled from other parts of the service to deal with these

complaints.

So why does Humsa Yusuf think he is right and the police are wrong?

First Minister.

The Prime, I remind Douglas Ross, of course, that when it comes to hate crime, all and the police are wrong. First Minister. Mr. Mr. Mr.

I remind Douglas Ross, of course, that when it comes to hate crime, almost a quarter of

the hate crime reports, victims are police officers, presiding, officer.

Not only that, from the statistics that we have to hand, many of them suffer the most outrageous abuse.

Some of that directed because of prejudice in relation to somebody's sexual orientation, sometimes

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