However, we move first to leaders' questions.

I call Anna Sauer.

This week, Peter Murrow, the former CEO of the SMP,

pled guilty to embezzling over £400,000 of supporters' hard-earned cash.

He will have to answer for his crimes, and that will be a matter for the courts.

But questions remain about the deeper culture that allowed him to commit and think he could

get away with his crimes. A culture that has been a hallmark of not just how the SNP run their

party, but also how they govern the country. A culture of secrecy and cover-up. With the public are not told the truth, dissenters

are vilified and careers destroyed. We are protecting the party and the people at the top

is more important than the country. A sick and twisted belief that the cause is bigger than anything.

So will John Swinney apologise to all those that have been the victim of the belief that the cause is bigger than anything.

So will John Swinney apologise to all those that have been the victims of this dangerous

culture?

First Minister.

As I have said in answer to the urgent question that I responded to on Tuesday and

in my public remarks on Monday that I am appalled at the conduct of

Peter Murrell. And as the police statement said on Monday, this was a lengthy and extremely complex

case due to the scale of criminality over a 12-year period and the lengths Peter Murrell went to try and cover

his tracks. So there is a terrible example here of behaviour and a breach of trust in

public office which I unreservedly condemn and I have made that abundantly clear. And the

members of my party who have lost out as a consequence of seeing their

donations and contributions used for the purposes for which they are intended. And I am one of

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