Stephen Kerr MSP

Seven weeks ago, the worst prison riot in a decade occurred.

And Parliament was kept in the dark.

Today, the Justice Secretary finally updated Parliament.

Watch my questions to him below.

The absolute last thing we need is to re-enter the Brexit debate. What part of the constant voting, political paralysis, and bitter conflict do Scottish Labour miss?

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What a pathetic excuse from @LucyMPowell.

@Ed_Miliband went on Russell Brand’s YouTube show to chase votes. Now she tells us we weren’t in the social media age.

Brand had already quit Radio 2 after he and Jonathan Ross left lewd messages about Andrew Sachs’s granddaughter on his answerphone. The BBC received more than 42,000 complaints. What on earth did Labour need to look up?

Miliband was happy to overlook the public humiliation of a young woman because he thought Russell Brand might help him win an election. He should have had the decency to stay away. And Lucy Powell should have the guts to admit Labour got it wrong.

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@EducationScot new corporate plan is total gobbledegook. Corporate word salad, management jargon and meaningless platitudes.

Where is the urgency about falling standards? Where is the focus on reading, writing and arithmetic? Where is the determination to restore discipline and raise attainment in our classrooms?

SNP ministers have presided over declining educational standards while Education Scotland churns out endless strategies and frameworks.

Education Scotland should be shut down.

@MairiMcAllan must take responsibility for improving what actually happens in our classrooms.

Parents want their children properly educated, not another five years of taxpayer-funded bureaucratic nonsense.

@neilcgray needs to get a grip of the rotten culture exposed within the @scottishprisons.

How can it be right that staff accused of serious misconduct, including sexual harassment, can leave without allegations being properly investigated?

The Crowe report exposes deeply troubling failures of leadership, accountability and the treatment of staff who speak up.

Whistleblowing must be at the heart of the wholesale cultural change that is needed. Staff must know they can raise concerns without fear, that their complaints will be properly investigated and that wrongdoing will have consequences.

@neilcgray and the SNP are responsible for ensuring this happens. There must be no more excuses.

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