John Swinney

“Scotland’s diversity remains one of our greatest strengths and so we must be resolute in our condemnation of terror, antisemitism, prejudice and hatred.

“Three years on from the horrific attacks of October 7 2023 – the worst single loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust – we remember those who were murdered, and their families and loved ones.

It is utterly beyond parody for Mr Offord to ask me to act on racism while leading a party that has brought racism into this parliamentary chamber.

The Prime Minister could only prove he would not be 'the last prime minister of the United Kingdom' by giving people in Scotland another vote on the constitution.

We're still friends, but the point I'd make is that I won the election pretty commandingly.

Pensioners in Scotland are going to lose out because of the abolition of the triple lock.

Well, people are going to lose their entitlement to pensions that they were promised.

Pensioners are going to lose out to the tune of £2000 in Scotland as a consequence of the changes to the triple lock.

Poor behaviour and violent behaviour are not to be tolerated in our schools.

I don't think that on a day where Thomas Kerr is going to lead a member's debate in here demanding that women be forbidden from wearing the burqa in our country, that Malcolm Offord is in any position to lecture me or invite me to stand on…

Pensioners in Scotland are losing out; the future for pensioners in independence.

The Scottish Government estimates pensioners in Scotland could receive around 1.3 billion pounds less per year by 2039-40. What this demonstrates is an erosion of the pension settlement that was promised as a guarantee to individuals in…

I think given the fact that Scotland has been taken out of the European Union against our will, given the fact that we're now seeing pensions being undermined and pensioners losing out by changes that were solemnly promised by the no…

I agree with Mr Brown

This is a very clear example of how the union is detrimental to the interests of pensions, pensioners in Scotland are losing out, the future for pensioners is independence.

This is a real loss of around £2,000 per person per year if they are a pensioner.

The decision by the Prime Minister, which was announced last week, to scrap the triple lock will have a detrimental impact on pensioners in Scotland.

I can’t see how the Internal Market Act is compatible in any way, shape or form with what the people of Scotland voted for in the 1997 referendum.

So that’s a very direct threat.

It’s important that I act in a fashion that supports and reassures communities across the board. That includes the Jewish community in Scotland.

I don't agree with the position that was arrived at by the Green Party in England and Wales, and I think we should just stick to the legal definitions of racism.

That's the hard reality I'm pointing out to people in Scotland today.

The Treasury have set out the amount by which pensions will not increase, the amount by which people will lose out in the years to come.

They're going to lose out on that because Andy Burnham is removing the triple lock.

Scottish pensioners were led to believe there was a triple lock going to be in place, and that gave them legitimate expectations about the level of their pension.