First Minister's Questions 7 November 2024

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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First Minster John Swinney MSP takes questions from party leaders and other MSPs in this weekly question time. Topics covered this week included, young people's digital skills, funding to complete the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness and what plans the Scottish Government has to end the reported increase in families in the Central Belt living in temporary accommodation.

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0:00.0	programmes.
0:01.0	Thank you.
0:02.0	That concludes general questions.
0:04.0	The next item of business is First Minister's Questions.
0:07.0	Before we move to First Minister's questions, I invite the First Minister to make some brief remarks
0:13.0	to mark Remembrance Day.
0:15.0	On Sunday, Scotland pays tribute to the brave men and women who laid down their lives to protect
0:21.2	our country and the freedoms that we all enjoy.
0:24.5	Their bravery and their sacrifice make possible the peace and the liberty that we all so rightly
0:29.9	cherished today.
0:31.9	We remember them in our hearts and we commit ourselves to work for the peaceful and democratic
0:36.2	way of life for which they made the ultimate sacrifice.
0:43.3	Thank you. I now call on Russell Finley.
0:47.3	Thank you, President. This week we solemnly remember all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our country and in protection of our values.
0:57.0	Those who fought in the First World War are no longer with us, and those who witnessed the horrors of the Second World War become ever fewer.
1:06.0	As conflict continues to claim innocent lives around the world, I and my party pay tribute
1:13.3	to Britain's armed forces for keeping us safe.
1:17.2	For all of the fallen and for all of those who continue to serve, we will remember them.
1:23.1	Thank you. I now call Anna Sarwar.
1:29.3	This weekend we will mark remembrance Sunday, the day when we remember all those who have
1:35.3	made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country and to face down tyranny.
1:39.3	It is also a day when we recommit to the cause of peace across the world, a cause that has
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