John Swinney: “The comments Russell Findlay makes about me are baseless, utterly and totally baseless.”

And I would welcome Scotland being able to determine our approach to immigration and to asylum.

So Scotland’s a welcoming country. We want to make sure that when people come to Scotland, we can support them and that we can support them well.

We will back them with a new three-year £30 million Scotland Together Fund to give them the tools they need to push back the tide of racism in Scotland.

I can announce today that we will fund the community groups, the people who are the very best of us, who are doing the hard yards to build bridges and break down barriers.