MSPs were urged to back plans for greater ventilation in Scottish schools this afternoon as Labour warned the choice for pupils and teachers cannot be between Covid and comfort this winter.

In a Holyrood debate Scottish Labour said active ventilation measures must be put in place to protect workers, claiming ministers have repeatedly failed to publish information on criteria for their ventilation inspection scheme. 

More than 40,000 of Scotland’s 52,000 classrooms were inspected over a three month period earlier this year, but the government has not set out the pass rate, leading to doubts over how robust the programme is.