Here are the headlines from this week's party leaders' FMQs:

• Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie asked the FM about women's health, saying that women are waiting too long for endometriosis diagnosis and hysterectomies.
• Swinney apologised to two women in the public gallery, who have suffered miscarriages, and said patient-centred care matters to him.
• Reform's Malcolm Offord said education in Scotland was an "national emergency" after Pisa scores - which rank nations on reading maths and science, were released.
• Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay also asked about education, calling the government "delusional" over the state of schools.
• The Scottish Greens' Gillian Mackay accused the UK government of "climate vandalism" over speculation that new oil and gas licences will be allowed in Scotland.
• Swinney said he was proud of the SNP's climate agenda, adding it is one of his government's top priorities.

• Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton quizzed the FM over compensation for islanders affected by ferry problems. Swinney said the government is investing and strengthening the ferry fleet.

That's all for now. Thanks for joining us.

Swinney dodges Flynn's ferry troublespublished at 14:48 BST 10 September

14:48 BST 10 September

David Wallace Lockhart
Political correspondent

The first minister picks apart a rather long and varied question from Alex Cole-Hamilton on ferries.

But he notably skirts one part of the question, regarding his Transport Secretary Stephen Flynn being unfamiliar with a story about a ferry gas escape when he was grilled by MSPs yesterday.

That's the danger with a long question in politics - the person answering can pick and choose the parts they engage with.

Cole-Hamilton asks about a critical safety failure on theGlen Sannox, revealed by BBC Scotland.

He says the incident was “hidden for over a year and only exposed by journalists”.

“This is latest in a long line of ferry failures,” Cole-Hamilton adds.

He says Transport Minister Stephen Flynn was “clueless” about the incident, when quizzed about it by the transport committee on Wednesday.

The government is investing in the ferry fleet, and strengthening the ferry fleet. Swinney says.

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Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton asks the FM to confirm details of compensation for businesses impacted by ferry disruption.

The first minister says he announced the plans in the summer, and the details are on the government’s website.

“These communities are still suffering and not getting access to the cash promised,” Cole-Hamilton says.

Findlay says Swinney's government has "nothing to be proud of".

He says pupils in England - thanks to Conservative policies - are now in the world's top 10 in reading, maths and science while Scottish pupils are being failed.

He says the SNP's only answer is to offer a free school bag while pupils' future prospects are being sabotaged.

Swinney hits back with figures saying 93.5% of pupils go on to positive destinations after leaving school and 97% of Scots who apply to university get a place.

"That doesn't suggest to me a competitive disadvantage," he says.

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Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay returns to the theme of the Pisa education figures

He says Swinney's defence of the government's record is "delusional", and cites the situation in Glasgow secondary schools where teachers say some pupils cannot read basic words.

Swinney repeats his pride in Scottish education and emphasises again different figures that show progress on literacy.

He says the government has already brought forward curriculum improvement work since the previous set of Pisa figures in 2023.

Some ministers will be happy to sit on the fence over oil and gaspublished at 14:35 BST 10 September

14:35 BST 10 September

With the Greens raising the issue of oil and gas, this means a bit of a balancing act for the first minister.

His benches include both those who are concerned about the environment, and those who want to support the oil and gas industry.

The FM stresses he attaches the "strongest possible importance" to climate action and says UK ministers have to take impact studies into account.

But there's no repeat of the previously-held position that there should be a "presumption against" new drilling.

Any decisions around this are for the UK government. And Scottish ministers are probably pretty happy to have a bit more freedom to sit on the fence at the moment.

Mackay says the Scottish government used to have a “clear position” on this, which was a presumption against all new licences for gas fields in the North Sea.

She asks Swinney if he thinks new gas licences will make the climate crisis “better or worse?”

The FM says it would be “unlawful” not to consider new gas field licences on a case-by-case basis and reinforces the Scottish government's absolute commitment to tackling climate action.

“That is the Scottish government’s agenda and I am proud to put that to the people of Scotland,” Swinney adds.

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Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay is next. She asks the first minister to condemn the “climate-wrecking behaviour” of the UK government.

It comes, she says, as the prime minister is expected to grant a drilling licences for Jackdaw and Rosebank.

She says after a “summer of climate breakdown” this would be “sheer climate vandalism” - giving examples of wildfires here in Scotland and the recent disaster in Nepal.

Swinney says his government attaches "the greatest possible importance" to taking climate action and he is focused on making sure there is a transition to clean fuel and net zero.

David Wallace Lockhart
Political correspondent

Malcolm Offord - after trading some barbs with John Swinney about who was better on TV on Sunday morning - brings up Scotland's Pisa results.

It's a difficult set of figures for the Scottish government. And Offord accuses the government of being out of ideas, apart from free school bags.

The FM says he accepts the data but that it's just one part of the picture, citing improved exam results and a narrowing of the attainment gap.

But Offord hits back saying there's an "acceptance of mediocrity".

Offord moves on to education and the latest Pisa figures which rank nations on maths, reading and science.

He says it is a "national emergency" that Scotland has fallen so far behind England in the rankings.

He claims Swinney is responsible for this "ruination" of a once proud nation, in his roles as finance minister, education minister and now as first minister,

Swinney says the real example of ruination is people like Offord and fellow Reform MSP Thomas Kerr spreading "racist filth in our society".

He says the Pisa scores are just one measure of education, and that data from Scotland's teachers show S3 pupils are achieving record levels of literacy, and there are many other things to be proud of.

Next up is Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord, who asks Swinney if he agrees with views expressed in a recent newspaper column by former Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes.

Offord wants to know if he agrees with her "common sense" analysis on North Sea gas, defence and taxation and her apparent support for a simpler tax system.

Swinney says he's always interested in hearing lots of views expressed in the political debate.

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Baillie says its not just women suffering with endometriosis who are suffering.

She brings up the issue of women not being given early pregnancy help and cites the cases of two women, Elizabeth Crammond and Katie Lyons, who have miscarried.

Swinney says “it is so important when there is any vulnerability whatsoever in relation to a pregnancy that the earliest intervention is provided”.

He says inspections of maternity services are under way around the country. He apologises to the women mentioned by Baillie and says patient-centred care "matters" to him.

Swinney insisting his team can tackle health issuespublished at 14:13 BST 10 September

14:13 BST 10 September

David Wallace Lockhart
Political correspondent

Labour's Jackie Baillie is pressing the issue of women's health. And individuals whose bad experiences she's raising are present in the public gallery

That - quite simply - makes the questioning a bit more intense for the first minister.

John Swinney says he's "terribly sorry" for their experiences, but stresses his all-female health team will address these issues.

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The acting Scottish Labour leader asks the first minister if he knows how long women in Scotland have to wait for an endometriosis diagnosis.

She says “the SNP are failing on women’s health” and gives examples of women in Lanarkshire waiting over four years for hysterectomies, while thousands of women are waiting over a year for gynaecology treatment.

She says scrapping the women’s health minister role is “simply not good enough”.

Swinney says the issue will be taken forward by his all-female health ministerial team. He adds women wait "too long" for endometriosis treatment but the government is working hard to tackle this.

Scottish Labour's Jackie Baillie gets this session of First Minister's Questions under way.

She kicks off by challenging John Swinney on NHS waiting times faced by women in Scotland.

Good afternoon and welcome to Thursday's session of First Minister's Questions.

John Swinney will be grilled by opposition party leaders in the Holyrood chamber.

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