Mairi McAllan: “These results demonstrate that Scotland’s education system is competitive by international standards, performing above…”

I am pleased to report strong progress is being made, with more than £1 million allocated to support preparatory work required to designate these areas.

Once this happens, the Scottish Government and its public bodies will further focus support on improving economic and social opportunities which help the growth of the Gaelic language for generations to come.

National security concerns have to be thrashed out, understood fulsomely, but we were never informed as to the case that led to it being rejected, and we need to see that.

I stand by my categorisation of the family C case as a catastrophic failure.