Away from the hustle and bustle of my Parliamentary schedule, one of the most enjoyable aspects of my constituency work has been visiting primary and secondary schools in the area.

As if the impact of Brexit were not bad enough, the fallout from the UK Conservative Party Conference last week plumbed new depths. In a thinly disguised display of xenophobia the UK Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, suggested that employers across the UK should be compelled to produce lists of "foreign workers" on their books in order to shame them into employing more British staff.

I also had the opportunity to speak in Parliament last week during a debate on the results of a Welfare Conditionality Study carried out by six universities including research from Glasgow University.

Children and young people should, rightly, be at the heart of the work of the Scottish Parliament and this has been highlighted recently through a number of initiatives. Starting with our youngest citizens, a competition to design a baby box that will be given to all newborn children in Scotland has been launched.