Thank you. That concludes general questions. Before we move to First Minister's questions,

I invite members to join me in welcoming to the gallery, His Excellency, Mr. Miguel Berger,

Ambassador of Germany to the United Kingdom.

Thank you.

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

At question number one, I call Douglas Ross.

Thank you, President.

In the last hour, Jamie Dawson, KC, counsel to the COVID-19 inquiry, has explained that

the SMP government were asked to provide

all communications related to key decisions made during the pandemic. These included all informal

messages, including on WhatsApp. Mr Dawson has said, and I quote, no messages were provided.

Grieving families deserve answers and full transparency from this government.

So why has Humza Yusuf not handed over key messages to the inquiry?

First Minister.

I say first and foremost that my thoughts continue to remain with all of those families that have been bereaved by COVID and affected by COVID.

This Government will cooperate fully with both the UK inquiry and the Scottish public inquiry.

In terms of what we have released and what we will provide to the inquiry.

Let me make it clear that any potentially relevant information that we hold, be in WhatsApp,

be in email, be in any correspondence, we will hand over, have handed over.

And of course, if there are concerns that have been raised by the inquiry, as Douglas Ross has rightly

said, have been, then we will fully investigate

them. We will, of course, hand over, and we have handed over relevant material. There are

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