Mairi McAllan: “I’ve already been clear that I don’t, for example, support a nationwide rollout of the pouches that we have seen because…”

There will be occasions where exemptions are required, such as where young people use their phones to monitor medical conditions or for young carers who need to maintain contact with home.

I appreciate and respect the efforts of Scotland’s hard-working teachers while focused on driving further progress in our schools.

I think that’s a nonsense. We have just been returned to government with an absolutely whopping endorsement of our manifesto.

We recognise a spectrum of harm associated with the significant intensification that we’ve seen in children and young people’s use of online platforms and smartphones.