Mairi McAllan: “I think that’s a nonsense. We have just been returned to government with an absolutely whopping endorsement of our…”

Scotland is the only part of the UK offering 1140 hours of funded early learning and childcare to all three and four-year-olds and eligible two-year-olds, backed by £1 billion annual investment.

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

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.

The imperative now is that action is taken to learn every lesson and that no stone is left unturned in that case.