He condemned the detention of immigrants in prison as "scandalous", said slopping out was a "disgusting" practice and aired the "greatest possible reservations" about private prisons.

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He stressed that it was accepted that slopping out had to be replaced in a modern prison system but the prison service was seeking to resolve the issue.

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Pauline McNeill (Labour) asked how the first minister will respond to the legal judgement on sanitation in Scotland's prisons and whether he will assure that programme will be put forward to end slopping out.

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