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The First Minister answers questions from Party Leaders and other MSPs in this weekly question time.

Topics covered this week include:

Marie McNair
To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential implications for its work to eradicate child poverty in Scotland of the UK Government’s child poverty strategy.

Miles Briggs
To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of, and support it is providing to, childhood dementia awareness.

Jackie Baillie
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the independent investigation into NHS Scotland by the retired consultant surgeon and former President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Mr Mike McKirdy.

A full transcript of this week's First Minister's Questions will be available on the Scottish Parliament website: https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report