FMQs: Recap what happened at the first FMQs back after the summer recess
First Minister Humza Yousaf faced FMQs for the first time since the summer recess
Recap what happened at FMQs.
FMQs: Follow along live 07/09/2023
Key Events
- Humza Yousaf faces his first FMQs back after the summer recess
- This comes only days after he revealed his programme for government, which focused on tackling poverty
- We’re expecting calls for a public inquiry into Professor Eljamel to be raised - although a ministerial statement on this is due later this afternoon
Hello and welcome back to FMQs!
Hello - Rachel Amery here. It’s the first FMQs back since the summer recess and I’m back with a live blog for you to follow along with to get all the latest news and analysis as it happens.
We know there are questions going to be raised on calls for a public inquiry into disgraced surgeon Professor Eljamel, and into drug deaths in Scotland - but I’m sure the programme for government and the ongoing concerns around potentially dangerous concrete in schools will come up too.
Quick recap
Let’s take a quick recap of the top stories of the week so far before FMQs gets started.
- Four schools with potentially dangerous RAAC concrete have been waiting since last year for vital revamp funding from the Scottish Government.
- There have been questions about how Humza Yousaf plans to pay for his programme for government, leading to concerns taxes will go up as a result.
- Dozens have protested outside the Scottish Parliament calling for a public inquiry to be opened into Professor Eljamel, a neurosurgeon who carried out numerous botched operations at NHS Tayside. Health Secretary Michael Matheson says he could be extradited from Libya to face action in Scotland.
- Medics are warning this coming winter could be as bad or even worse than last winter unless immediate action is taken on the health service.