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We have a pragmatic relationship with China, one where we cooperate on things that we agree on, but also challenge in areas where we disagree.

Our commitment to stand with the Ukrainian people is unshakeable. We will bear down on those propping up Putin’s war as we push to secure a just and lasting peace.

We are working to try to ensure the proposals we bring forward are strong and robust and they can deliver the assistance we want to see in place.

Crucially, none of the challenges identified are insurmountable but many of the key policy levers remained reserved to Westminster.

Scotland’s energy sector is one of the true leaders of the energy transition with the ability to attract serious and sustained inward investment in the face of global economic uncertainties.

But we can only lower energy costs for all with the full powers of independence – with Scotland’s vast energy resources finally in Scotland’s hands.

We will require all public services to make a decisive shift to prevention and early intervention.

To succeed, we will have to embrace change.

Delaying the roll out to the rest of the country by up to five years is completely unacceptable though.

The current £2 bus fare cap across the Highlands and Islands was secured by the Scottish Greens. Much like our free bus passes for young people, it has been a huge success.

We promised to extend it first to Glasgow and to the west of Scotland – we will keep that promise.

It is our ambition and intention to put more money in families’ pockets, building on what is already the most generous cost-of-living support package anywhere in the United Kingdom.

When the Government finally gets the courage to act on their own commitment, they will have our full support.

The Scottish Government must offer a clear roadmap for Scotland that protects everyone affected, leaving no loopholes for abuse and ensuring that no-one is left behind.

A comprehensive, watertight ban has been promised again and again, and rather than following through on the promises the Scottish Government made, today’s Programme for Government has delayed it further.

Conversion practices have no place in modern Scotland.

Allowing the data centre industry to grab Scotland’s natural resources for their own benefit would be yet another example.

If hundreds of megawatts of renewable electricity are diverted from homes to hyperscale data centres, it has the very real potential to destabilise our power grid, undoing the work we’ve achieved towards net-zero.