That concludes our coverage of First Minister's Questions. Here are the key takeaways:

• Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay says the SNP government has failed to pass on money to pubs in the form of business rates relief - he demands to know where the money has gone and says that one pub is closing every week due to financial strains
• John Swinney says his forthcoming budget will provide a package of relief for hospitality worth £864m and promises to pass on increases to the sector from Barnett formula consequentials once he is sure what that the sum will be
• Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar returns to the hospital infections scandal, brandishing a document which he says proves the government's evidence to a recent inquiry was "incomplete".
• Both Swinney and Sarwar accuse each other of shameful behaviour amid claims that the former chief nursing officer suggested that grieving families could be "paid off" with a trip to Disneyland.
• The Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay presses Swinney to state his position on the Rosebank oil field - saying previous first ministers have been clearly against it, but under Swinney, "no one is sure".
• Revelations that Peter Mandelson passed UK government information to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein also shaped the debate. The SNP are worried that Mandelson's behaviour may have impacted Scottish businesses - while the Tories ask Swinney if he regrets staying at the former US ambassador's residence last year.
• Swinney says he made this move to avoid spending public money on a hotel stay - and that he was "appalled" by Mandelson's behaviour.

Today's live coverage was edited by Paul McLaren, and written by Mary McCool and Rachel Grant. Thanks for joining us.

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Labour's Neil Bibby highlights the increase in drop-off charges at Glasgow and Aberdeen airports announced this week.

He says residents in Paisley are complaining that their streets are being congested by airport traffic and asks if Swinney now regrets cancelling the Glasgow airport rail link in 2009.

It has had a "detrimental impact" on residents, passengers and the economy, he adds.

The first minister says this decision was taken in the aftermath of the financial crash which made for hard choices in the capital budget.

But he says the government will make a "wise and considered" decision on rail links, as they have done around the country.

There is no escaping the Mandelson rowpublished at 12:51 GMT

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Andrew Kerr
BBC Scotland political correspondent

Peter Mandelson is dominating Westminster politics - and he was bound to make an appearance at FMQs.

The first minister sad he was "appalled" at what had happened - his appointment as ambassador and the leaking of information during the financial crash.

Swinney has ordered a review of all documents where Mandelson may have meddled and potentially damaged Scotland's interests.

Whether that will come up with anything is a moot point.

Things descended into a bit of a chaos - as the Conservatives' Murdo Fraser questioned if Swinney should have stayed in the ambassador's residence in Washington DC last year.

This was dismissed by the first minister, to much jeering.

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The SNP’s George Adam turns to the recent revelations that Peter Mandelson, a long-time central figure in the Labour party, was passing government information to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein during the financial crash.

Adam says Mandelson was "selling the economy down the river", and asks is the first minister aware of any impact this may have had on Scottish financial institutions.

Swinney says he is "appalled" by the Mandelson scandal. He says he has asked his permanent secretary to explore whether there was any risk to decisions made by the Scottish government, both historically and last year when Swinney was engaging with Mandelson and others on whisky tariffs.

Murdo Fraser of the Scottish Tories follows up on the matter, asking if Swinney has any regrets about staying at Mandelson’s residence in Washington last year given everything known about his relationship with Epstein.

Swinney says he made this move to avoid spending public money on a hotel.

He says it was a "foolish and inept decision" by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to appoint Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US last year.

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Scottish Conservative MSP Brian Whittle asks for a response on reported warnings that a significant proportion of the medical workforce is experiencing anxiety, stress and burnout.

Swinney says that a dedicated work-related stress policy is due to be published shortly, and that the government continues to invest in national wellbeing programmes.

In his follow-up, Whittle asks when will the Scottish government deliver safe staffing levels - which he says is that according to medical unions is essential for patient safety.

Swinney says there has been a growth in staff working in the NHS including more nurses and midwives. He adds that a commitment to increase staff is important and expresses his gratitude to NHS staff.

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Rona Mackay, the SNP MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, raises plans to tackle long-term unemployment, adding that Westminster policies such as rises in National Insurance contributions are "costing jobs".

Swinney says the Scottish government are targeting investment and providing tailored support.

He adds that they have schemes to offer extra support to parents and disabled people.

Oil and gas issue is a tightrope for Swinneypublished at 12:41 GMT

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Andrew Kerr
BBC Scotland political correspondent

The Greens' Gillian Mackay drilled down into the first minister's position on a couple of key issues for her party that are inter-linked.

One is their opposition to new drilling for oil and the second is their support for a boycott of Israel.

They come together in the shape of the controversial Rosebank oil field.

She said drilling there would send us over the edge of climate disaster and claimed that John Swinney has no clear position on this, unlike his two recent predecessors.

Mackay also said drilling in Rosebank would help fund an Israeli company which she said was "complicit in the illegal occupation of Palestine".

She questioned the first minister where he stood on that issue too.

It was a carefully-worded answer from Swinney.

He said it was up to the UK government to carry out a climate compatibility assessment for Rosebank and that he backed the parliament's vote on where possible not to provide support for businesses wanting to trade with Israel.

It's a bit of a tightrope for Swinney, particularly on oil - as he seeks to show support for the industry and its workers but yet still cling to a green agenda.

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Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian MacKay refers to a recent news story, reported by BBC Scotland News, on claims that the UK government could be in breach of international law if it approves the Rosebank oil field.

She says the Scottish government used to have a clear position on Rosebank – but that "no-one is sure" under Swinney.

She also asks if the first minister stands by parliament’s commitment to boycott Israel and for his position on Rosebank.

Swinney says the Scottish government's position on oil and gas licences has been "consistent" - which is "about the necessity for any new developments to be compatible with our agenda and our direction on climate action".

Swinney adds that government has taken forward actions on businesses with links to Israel.

Mackay follows up saying Swinney should provide a “clear yes or no’” on Rosebank.

Was there a cover-up over hospital infections?published at 12:36 GMT

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Andrew Kerr
BBC Scotland political correspondent

As expected, Labour's Anas Sarwar decided to carry on with questions about the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Labour thought they had some success last week, pointing to evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry which could have suggested there was "political pressure" to open the facility early.

Sarwar is blunt: "John Swinney is not telling the truth".

Today, he suggested that warning after warning was sent to the government about the hospital but they "closed ranks" and "covered up".

The Scottish Labour leader also brought up the chief nursing officer's comments, saying she had said to "offer the families £50,000, which is trip to Disneyland".

Swinney says he wants the truth but defended his "personal integrity" and said Labour's unrelenting campaign of attack was a sign of "total desperation".

Sarwar himself said "enough was enough" when it comes to what he sees as cover-ups - but he will continue on this line of attack right through the election campaign.

He's certainly not had enough of this campaign.

It has been reported that Scotland's former chief nursing officer suggested that families who lost loved ones during a hospital infections scandal could have been paid off with £50,000 - which she said was the equivalent of "a trip to Disneyland".

Fiona McQueen oversaw infection strategies at a troubling time for Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital campus - when patients died after contracting infections, possibly linked to problems with water and ventilation systems.

The Scotsman, external reported that McQueen made the comments during a meeting in 2019 with prominent whistleblowers who helped exposed the scandal, as well as then health secretary, Jeane Freeman.

In evidence to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, one of the whistleblowers described how she had updated McQueen on her concerns, to which McQueen said she couldn’t understand "why GGC (the health board) had not just offered the families 50 grand which is a trip to Disneyland, rather than deny that there had been harm caused".

The doctor, Christine Peters, said she was "appalled by the sentiment" and that it "missed the point" that there were safety hazards.

McQueen retired from nursing shortly after this and is now chair of the Scottish Police Authority.

Sarwar accuses ministers of closing ranks and covering up.

"Warning after warning was sent to the SNP government and was met with inaction and people died as a result," he says.

He refers to claims that the chief nursing officer said she could not understand why the health board did not offer grieving families "£50,000, which is a trip to Disneyland".

He says the pain inflicted on families is "through the roof" and shameful.

Swinney says he is horrified by the suffering of families affected by the water contamination issues. "That is why this government set up the inquiry," he adds.

He describes Sarwar's unrelenting attacks on his personal integrity as a sign of total desperation, and says his letter to the inquiry judge was "direct political interference" that Sarwar should be ashamed of.

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Sarwar says, just like last week, he will "prove a blatant untruth".

He holds up a "government document" noting a "higher than expected incidence" of the aspergillus bacterium in March 2017, and a Health Protection Scotland report of positive cases in July 2017 of stenotrophomonas. He says the government ignored serious warnings of bugs that took the lives of patients.

"We now know the Scottish government evidence to the inquiry was incomplete."

He adds that there were 14 alerts between 2015 and 2018.

Swinney says the government was only aware of problems with the water system at the hospital in 2018.

Up next is Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, who returns this week to hospital-acquired infections at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

He asks if Swinney stands by his previous statements that the first time the Scottish government became aware of infection issues at Scotland's largest hospital was March 2018.

The first minister replies simply: "I do."

Boozy jokes, but financial help for pubs is no small beerpublished at 12:22 GMT

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Andrew Kerr
BBC Scotland political correspondent

"All froth and no beer" - the catchy phrase from the Conservative leader as he tried to put across to the first minister what he sees as a crisis in hospitality.

Russell Findlay's Conservatives have been campaigning for a while about what he thinks is a "rates system not fit for purpose".

That wasn't his phrase - it's how the leading businessman Sir Tom Hunter has described the system.

He wants a pub ban for Scottish government ministers until this is fixed.

One bar is facing a 576% rise.

Findlay offered to sit down with the first minister and Sir Tom to settle this.

Cue much hilarity as John Swinney said he would basically prefer a trip to the dentist.

Despite the laughter, there's a serious issue at stake here and the first minister recognised that, saying there was a massive package of support.

But, for the Conservatives, that doesn't tackle the root of the problem - which they see as a troublesome rates system that needs to be paused.

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Following a string of pub puns, Findlay asks Swinney if he is going to call last orders on Scotland's pubs. He says pub landlords are talking about banning all SNP ministers from pubs until rates relief is dealt with.

Findlay invites Swinney to join him and Sir Tom Hunter for a pint to sort the matter out.

"I can't think of anything less appealing than having a pint with Russell Findlay," jokes Swinney.

"I have a trip to the dentist that would be more preferable."

On a more serious note, Swinney says he regularly engages with business leaders - including Sir Tom Hunter - and that his government is on the side of business

Findlay rails against this answer, saying pubs are closing at the rate of one every week,

He wants 100% rates exemption for small and medium-sized hospitality businesses, which he says the SNP have “rejected”.

Findlay asks Swinney: "Can he explain why he is happy to kill off Scotland’s pubs?"

Swinney rejects that this is what the government is doing. He says his plan provides the lowest basic property rates with properties with a rateable value up to £51,000.

The first minister also promises to pass on any increases to pubs from Barnett formula consequentials once he is clear what that sum will be.

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Russell Findlay says rates relief is important financial support for businesses, but that the SNP government have been spending it on other things.

He claims the government has failed to pass on £700m in rates relief to businesses since 2022, and that pubs are suffering more than most.

"Where has this money gone?" he asks.

Swinney replies that his forthcoming budget puts forward a package of relief worth £864m, which will enable the sustainment of a small business bonus scheme.

The Scottish Conservatives launched a Save Our Pubs campaign earlier this week, with the party pushing for "meaningful support" from government for the industry.

The Tories are calling for 100% rates relief for hospitality businesses with a rateable value of less than £100,000, and a postponement to the ongoing revaluation.

The campaign comes as leading businessman Sir Tom Hunter has said that “people in power” in Scotland should not be allowed into pubs and restaurants until the policy on business rates is reformed.

Russell Findlay chooses to focus on the need for hospitality businesses - specifically pubs - to get financial help from the Scottish government.

John Swinney is in his seat, with Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay set to kick of this week's First Minister's Questions.