the next item of business is First Minister's questions.

And at question number one, I call Douglas Ross.

During the pandemic, Nicholas Surgeon made government decisions over WhatsApp.

She was ordered by the UK COVID inquiry to retain those messages.

The former First Minister promised to provide them. She said,

I have nothing to hide. But we now know she deleted them all. She broke promises

to grieving families. She may have broken the law. Does the First Minister accept it was

completely wrong and utterly scandalous for

Nicholas Sturgeon to delete those messages?

First Minister.

First Minister, before I answer Drus' question of substance, can I just say

at the offset, given that this is the FMQ's before Holocaust Moro Day,

that it has never been more important to remember the victims of the Holocaust and, indeed,

with genocides which followed.

Together, we remember the millions of lives that have been cut short with the utmost cruelty

and brutality, the freedom and dignity of every citizen relies on our willingness to defend each other's human rights

and to stand up against cruelty and violence everywhere in the world.

It's a responsibility that we share equally.

It's the responsibility of all of us to remember the Holocaust

and, of course, to pay tribute to the survivors of those atrocities.

So ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday, my thoughts today,

and I hope that my thoughts every day should be with those who are affected then and those who

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