Labour health spokeswoman Margaret Curran pressed Ms Sturgeon over claims she had not revealed the full extent of the problem at anearlier date - but the heath secretary said she had been "persistently clear".
They did that by citing anearlier code-enforcement effort called Problem Properties 2000, in which the city inspectors worked cooperatively with landlords to clean up code violations.
Earlier this year, the vast market for commercial paper suddenly dried up, but this was not an insurmountable problem for highly rated companies, which could draw down lines of credit, previously arranged with banks, or tap the market for long-term corporate bonds.