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Watch: New Lib Dem MSP Yi-Pei Chou Turvey, who was born in Taiwan and raised in Belgium, gives her oath in three languages as she is sworn in at Holyrood.

"Reform is not here in this parliament to make pals with the cosy establishment - we are here to oppose you." Deputy leader Thomas Kerr MSP says his party will not endorse the new Scottish Government Cabinet.

Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell: "A man who rapes or attempts to rape a woman, girl or other victim is, should be, and will be recorded by Police Scotland as a male." "Let me be clear - my priority is to protect victims."

First Minister John Swinney: "The homophobic joke - alleged joke - by Malcolm Offord as the leader of Reform is a warning to this country of what is coming our way. "Because there is no place for homophobia, racism and intolerance - that's what Reform represent." #FMQs

"Is this now the time for the First Minister to reveal his cunning plan or has Peter Murrell stolen that as well?" Reform's Malcolm Offord MSP asks John Swinney about his "cunning plan" for securing an independence referendum. #FMQs

Dr Hilary Cass says the issue of puberty blockers has become "almost totemic". "It has stopped us looking at other ways of managing young people's distress..."

Tory leader Russell Findlay: "John Swinney and Nicola Sturgeon didn't stop Peter Murrell - they enabled him. Their shield of protection gave Murrell a licence to steal. "People want to know why Nicola Sturgeon wasn't in the dock beside her husband." #FMQs

First Minister John Swinney says the Conservatives are attempting to "sow division in our society" by raising the matter of gender self-ID. "The legal position is absolutely crystal clear..." #FMQs

"I'm being asked to vote for someone who thinks there's something wrong with me, not because of any views I hold but simply because of who I am. I will not do that." Greens MSP Ross Greer sets out why his party opposes the appointment of Kate Forbes as deputy first minister.

"Does the First Minister understand just how appalling the government's actions feel to many of us?" SNP MSP Ruth Maguire says the government is defending a policy which means women must share a prison with "male-bodied inmates while in the care of the state". #FMQs

"Mr Ross, please sit down. I have acted in a neutral manner." Douglas Ross MSP attempts to raise his dismissal from the chamber during last week's #FMQs with Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone.

NEW: Transport secretary Màiri McAllan says a rolling programme of works will see the whole of the A9 between Perth and Inverness dualled by the end of 2035.

"I am asking how the statements made in this chamber are compatible with the actions taken in secret by the Scottish Government." SNP MSP Michelle Thomson says the government has made further legal moves relating to the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland. #FMQs

SNP MSP Karen Adam says the controversy surrounding boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at the Olympics was an example of the "culture wars". She says the "widespread disinformation and misinformation concerning the eligibility of the two women" was "harmful" for young women.

"You still don't know how much you're being paid, just that it's a lot of money?" Douglas Ross questions the principal of the University of Edinburgh, Professor Sir Peter Mathieson, about his reported £418k salary.

Tory leader Russell Findlay MSP: "Ferries, broken. Pubs, closing. Rural Scotland, ignored. Oil workers, betrayed. Women's rights, trashed. Drugs deaths, up. "I would like to ask John Swinney which of these he is the most ashamed of." #FMQs

The Scottish Parliament was briefly suspended due to applause from the public gallery as former minister Go to @AshReganSNP urged MSPs not to vote for the Gender Recognition Reform Bill

Independent MSP Fergus Ewing for Inverness & Nairn says the FM is using the "excuse of jigsaw identification as a human shield" when it comes to the Salmond files. "The real reason is that it will cause extreme embarrassment to several people who are in the Scottish Government..." #FMQs

"The First Minister can't even look at me. Is John Swinney and the rest of his Cabinet ashamed that in this court case and their written argument, they did not mention women's rights once?" Douglas Ross asks about the policy for housing transgender prisoners.

Tory MSP Douglas Ross MSP says there are currently three biological males in the female prison estate. "Let me ask the First Minister this - these evil killers are all housed with women prisoners, are they male or female?" #FMQs