:00:17. > :00:29.We start this afternoon with First Minister's Questions. This is my
:00:30. > :00:35.first opportunity in the chamber since the cowardly attack in London
:00:36. > :00:43.on Saturday night and I want to give my sympathies to those affected. To
:00:44. > :00:52.those who lost their loved ones and all those who sustained injuries. I
:00:53. > :01:03.would take forward my Government plans. To ask the First Minister why
:01:04. > :01:11.she believes that private conversations shouldn't stay
:01:12. > :01:16.private. I actually do believe that, of course, the conversation that
:01:17. > :01:21.read Davidson is alluding to is taken from the private sphere into
:01:22. > :01:32.the public spare, not by me but by Kezia Dugdale. -- public sphere. A
:01:33. > :01:38.very selective account of the contact of that was put into the
:01:39. > :01:44.public domain in the Times newspaper where it said that Kezia Dugdale
:01:45. > :01:49.revealed that she held secret talks with the First Minister. That's what
:01:50. > :01:56.gave me the ability to talk about that. The part in that and this
:01:57. > :02:01.Asian that Kezia Dugdale didn't referred to in that conversation is
:02:02. > :02:06.what I stand by 100%. Let me get to the heart of the matter. All of the
:02:07. > :02:14.opposition parties in this chamber have tried to use the issue up and
:02:15. > :02:21.independents referendum as a smoke screen.
:02:22. > :02:24.LAUGHTER In the Tories' case, it's because
:02:25. > :02:39.they don't want to talk about their toxic policies. Here, here. The rape
:02:40. > :02:43.clause, austerity cuts, extreme Brexit and removing the rights of
:02:44. > :02:48.pensioners so Vicky questioned tomorrow is how we stop the Tories
:02:49. > :02:56.getting stronger hand to do more damage to Scotland. Make sure we
:02:57. > :03:03.don't lose Theresa May's numbers. Let's make sure we have SNP is to
:03:04. > :03:09.stand up for Scotland. Well, she's rolling back today but everybody
:03:10. > :03:14.knows, don't have a private chat with this First Minister, because if
:03:15. > :03:19.it suits her purposes then everybody will get to hear about it. We are
:03:20. > :03:29.left with the question. The First Minister says that Katie Dugdale
:03:30. > :03:32.said she would drop the opposition to the independence referendum, and
:03:33. > :03:44.Kezia Dugdale says it's a pack of lies. Who is telling the truth?
:03:45. > :03:48.People should be aware of having a conversation with Ruth Davidson
:03:49. > :03:52.because judging from her Twitter account, she records it there. I
:03:53. > :04:02.note that we hastily deleted overnight. Look, I stand by 100%
:04:03. > :04:09.what I said last night, and in fact, if anybody reads what Labour and
:04:10. > :04:15.Kezia Dugdale were saying in public, they will see the ring of truth.
:04:16. > :04:19.Labour themselves were saying that all options, including an
:04:20. > :04:25.independence referendum were under consideration. That is the reality.
:04:26. > :04:27.For the record, there's an article on Labour's website today,
:04:28. > :04:39.confirming that. But, of course this comes back to the heart of the
:04:40. > :04:44.matter. All of the other parties want to avoid the real issue in the
:04:45. > :04:49.election tomorrow. The real issue is this. The only way in Scotland to
:04:50. > :04:55.stop the Tories tightening their grip and getting what they want in
:04:56. > :04:59.Scotland, is to vote SNP. Labour's not strong enough to take on the
:05:00. > :05:06.Tories any more. It's not that long ago that he ear Dugdale was advising
:05:07. > :05:12.people to vote Tory in the election. If you want to take on the Tories
:05:13. > :05:17.tomorrow, make sure that Scotland has a strong voice in Parliament,
:05:18. > :05:21.standing against austerity and up the Scotland then vote SNP tomorrow.
:05:22. > :05:26.APPLAUSE The truth is we don't need the First
:05:27. > :05:32.Minister to tell us what we already know which is the label party isn't
:05:33. > :05:42.able to stand up to the SNP. It's not just Kezia Dugdale, Corbyn is
:05:43. > :05:46.even worst. The First Minister has dragged Kezia Dugdale onto her
:05:47. > :05:52.ground, and with Corbyn how would she raked with him? My focus today
:05:53. > :05:58.and tomorrow is to persuade as many people across Scotland as I possibly
:05:59. > :06:05.can of this. The only way to stop Theresa May, who is on the right in
:06:06. > :06:10.this election, getting a bigger majority, is to make sure we don't
:06:11. > :06:15.send Tory MPs to boost her majority and strengthen her hand. We want to
:06:16. > :06:21.send SNP members to Parliament to make sure we get our voice heard.
:06:22. > :06:26.APPLAUSE The last 24 hours have set up the
:06:27. > :06:40.choice people face in the polls. The S NP, it's back to another division
:06:41. > :06:44.is -- to visit a referendum, and for Katie Dugdale, its phone friend and
:06:45. > :06:53.see what she thinks. It people don't want a referendum, that pity's say,
:06:54. > :07:00.First Minister, let it go. Something I can agree with Ruth Davidson
:07:01. > :07:04.about. The campaign has set out the clear choice for people in Scotland.
:07:05. > :07:14.If you vote Tory tomorrow, what you are voting for is MPs who will vote
:07:15. > :07:21.for the rape clause, austerity cuts, benefit cuts, the dementia tax.
:07:22. > :07:26.Votes to take away the winter fuel allowance, the pension triple lock.
:07:27. > :07:32.That is what people will get if we send Tory MPs to Westminster. On the
:07:33. > :07:40.other hand, if we send strong, SNP voices to Westminster, we get MPs
:07:41. > :07:45.who stand against austerity, who stand up that pensioners, against
:07:46. > :07:49.cuts that punish the poorest in our society. The only way to stop the
:07:50. > :07:55.Tories in Scotland is to vote SNP tomorrow.
:07:56. > :08:02.APPLAUSE Kezia Dugdale. Can I offer the
:08:03. > :08:13.thought of this register the families of those lost in the attack
:08:14. > :08:20.in London. For the last 24 hours, if it shows us anything, it shows us
:08:21. > :08:26.the First Minister will see anything to deflect away from the SNP's
:08:27. > :08:32.appalling record in office. People across the country once the First
:08:33. > :08:38.Minister to focus on her day job, so why are places for nurses and
:08:39. > :08:43.midwives at an all-time high? I would like to say that I know what
:08:44. > :08:48.we said in that conversation and so does she. And I'm standing here in
:08:49. > :08:52.the chamber of the Scottish Parliament by -- and I'm certain of
:08:53. > :08:59.what was said. And you know what? This not being wrong with Kezia
:09:00. > :09:08.Dugdale changing her mind since then, but what is wrong is for her
:09:09. > :09:14.to, having hold that view is, to say that those still holding that view
:09:15. > :09:26.is unthinkable. To me, that is not legitimate. On the issue... Order!
:09:27. > :09:35.There are 12,000 more people working in the health service, more nurses,
:09:36. > :09:40.most doctors, more allied health professionals than ever before.
:09:41. > :09:45.We've got more per head of population than any other part of
:09:46. > :09:48.the UK, and that is a cause this Government is investing in our
:09:49. > :09:58.health service and doing so too much extent than Labour would be, if they
:09:59. > :10:04.were in office. So there are enough nurses in the health service, that's
:10:05. > :10:09.the latest bit from the First Minister. You can't use language
:10:10. > :10:16.not tell the truth about. Miss not tell the truth about. Miss
:10:17. > :10:23.Dugdale, the point here is to be respectful and courteous to other
:10:24. > :10:30.members and not to impugn that character in that way. But do not
:10:31. > :10:35.defile her character in the chamber. Reciting Officer, it was of course
:10:36. > :10:41.this First Minister who slashed pay for student nurses and midwives when
:10:42. > :10:48.she was Health Secretary. That's why there's a shortage in Scotland. Of
:10:49. > :10:58.course, there is severe consequences for the care patients receive. 500
:10:59. > :11:05.operations were cancelled this week. 500 people who didn't get the
:11:06. > :11:10.treatment because the SNP policies are all wrong. Does she admit not
:11:11. > :11:18.spending enough time on her day job? In January of this year, we
:11:19. > :11:21.announced up 4.7% increase to preregistration nursing and
:11:22. > :11:28.midwifery programmes. That's an extra 151 places. That it successive
:11:29. > :11:35.rise, which equates to 3360 entry places. Under this Government,
:11:36. > :11:42.there's been an average of 1000 more nurses in training, each year, than
:11:43. > :11:48.impaired previous administration. That's the record of this Government
:11:49. > :11:52.when it comes to nurse training. In terms of cancelled operations,
:11:53. > :11:55.there's always a small number of operations cancelled and that can be
:11:56. > :12:02.bought a variety of different reasons, but the overwhelming vast
:12:03. > :12:05.majority of operations in our health service are ahead as scheduled and
:12:06. > :12:13.that's because of the fantastic efforts of doctors, nurses and those
:12:14. > :12:23.working across our NHS services. Yet more fake news from the First
:12:24. > :12:26.Minister. Missed A E targets. Thousands of patients trapped in
:12:27. > :12:30.hospitals when they are fit to go home. That should shame the First
:12:31. > :12:35.Minister. Except that we know that nothing really does. Tomorrow, we
:12:36. > :12:40.can kick the Tories out of office and get you a Labour Government. A
:12:41. > :12:44.Government who will work night and day investing in our schools and
:12:45. > :12:50.hospitals, delivering a real living wage of ?10 per hour, ?3 billion
:12:51. > :12:54.more for public services. Isn't it the case that the only way to get a
:12:55. > :13:02.Labour Government tomorrow is to vote Labour? Here we have another
:13:03. > :13:07.flip-flop from Kezia Dugdale. It's not that long ago she was telling
:13:08. > :13:11.all of us that Jeremy Corbyn was completely unelectable. Now she's
:13:12. > :13:17.blowing with the wind all over again. Do you know, the problem for
:13:18. > :13:22.Labour is this. They spend all of their time in this campaign
:13:23. > :13:28.attacking the SNP and letting the Tories completely off the hook.
:13:29. > :13:32.Kezia Dugdale even did suggest a couple of weeks ago that there were
:13:33. > :13:38.parts of Scotland where people should actually vote Tory. That is
:13:39. > :13:42.what she said. The reality is, a vote for Labour tomorrow, a vote for
:13:43. > :13:50.the party that was beaten into third place last year, risks letting a
:13:51. > :13:55.Tory MP in the back door. The only party in Scotland that has the
:13:56. > :14:01.strength to take on the Tories is the SNP, if you want MPs elected
:14:02. > :14:05.that actually agree with Jeremy Corbyn on more issues than cheesy
:14:06. > :14:20.Dugdale does then by the SNP tomorrow. -- thank easier Dugdale.
:14:21. > :14:31.-- Keizia. When the Cabinet next meet? Thursday. I want to convey how
:14:32. > :14:37.the tragic events in London have affected us all. I'm sure the First
:14:38. > :14:40.Minister will join me in condemning the US president on an opportunistic
:14:41. > :14:44.attack on the London mayor when Londoners were still coming to terms
:14:45. > :14:46.with what had happened. APPLAUSE
:14:47. > :14:54.However, the democratic process doesn't stop, and in this closing
:14:55. > :15:01.stages there is more at stake than who said what a year ago. There are
:15:02. > :15:06.critical choices facing our society. The Green party has long argued for
:15:07. > :15:14.investment in the new, sustainable industries that will provide
:15:15. > :15:18.sustenance in a post-oil economy. Rather than tax cuts in subsidies
:15:19. > :15:23.for the fossil fuel industries. The First Minister says a primary aim is
:15:24. > :15:29.to maximise her extraction of fossil fuels. Even one of the newspapers
:15:30. > :15:33.endorsing the SNP says their industrial base has become too
:15:34. > :15:38.heavily reliant on oil and so far nothing has been done to replace
:15:39. > :15:49.that. How can the First Minister defends continued subsidies and tax
:15:50. > :15:58.Can I share his views on President Trump, I think we should deprecate
:15:59. > :16:02.his comments. At a time when the male's city had just been victim of
:16:03. > :16:06.a horrific terrorist attack, the least I think he should have been
:16:07. > :16:11.able to expect was complete support and loyalty from a country that is a
:16:12. > :16:17.long-standing ally of this country. On his question, I don't think these
:16:18. > :16:21.two things are either or. I don't think the importance of oil and gas
:16:22. > :16:28.sector to our economy is such that we do have an obligation to support
:16:29. > :16:35.it the spot yesterday morning to -- about the importance of that sector,
:16:36. > :16:41.and what the Government is doing to help it recover and have that bright
:16:42. > :16:45.future. But we were also talking about the skills that have to be
:16:46. > :16:50.developed in oil and gas, and having then transferred into other areas of
:16:51. > :16:55.our energy sector, renewable energy in particular. But this Government
:16:56. > :16:58.have got a very good record when it comes to renewable energy, and when
:16:59. > :17:02.it comes to meeting climate change targets. We have some of the most
:17:03. > :17:08.ambitious targets and the world, met them years ahead of schedule, we are
:17:09. > :17:12.already generating more than 50% of our electricity use from renewable
:17:13. > :17:18.energy, so we continue to invest in renewable energy to make sure that
:17:19. > :17:24.we make that transition to a low or no carbon economy, and that is a key
:17:25. > :17:28.priority of this Government. There is certainly an urgent need to
:17:29. > :17:32.support people to transition into new industries as well as to
:17:33. > :17:38.maximise the opportunities from decommissioning, but there is
:17:39. > :17:42.absolutely a contradiction between maximising extraction, and those
:17:43. > :17:45.climate change commitments that the First Minister speaks of. The First
:17:46. > :17:49.Minister has already condemned Donald Trump's decision to withdraw
:17:50. > :17:55.the US from the Paris agreement, but if that agreement is ever to be more
:17:56. > :18:00.than just a piece of paper, it is vital but it requires greater action
:18:01. > :18:05.from all countries. It is undeniable that the world has far more coil --
:18:06. > :18:11.all, well, guess that we can afford to burn. On the First Minister's
:18:12. > :18:13.former climate change Minister agreed, accepting that at least a
:18:14. > :18:19.proportion of what is still in the North Sea must be left there. Is no
:18:20. > :18:24.clear that only green voices are challenging the policy that unites
:18:25. > :18:28.the SNP with all three political parties which have played a role in
:18:29. > :18:34.the UK Government, that policy of maximum oil and gas extraction? Is
:18:35. > :18:40.undeniable that that commitment, that policy is incompatible with any
:18:41. > :18:43.meaningful commitment to the Paris agreement? How much of the North
:18:44. > :18:47.Sea's fossil fuel does the First Minister believe must be left on
:18:48. > :18:50.burned, if we are to make a fair contribution to the Paris goal of
:18:51. > :18:57.limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees? I think on some of this,
:18:58. > :19:02.not on all of it, but on some of it Patrick Harvie and I might have to
:19:03. > :19:08.agree to disagree. I don't believe there is an incompatibility, I think
:19:09. > :19:11.the importance of the sector to our economy and the skills that are
:19:12. > :19:15.important in renewable energy are such that we should continue to
:19:16. > :19:20.support that sector, there are many jobs of course dependent on activity
:19:21. > :19:24.in the North Sea, and as a result of advances in technology, many of
:19:25. > :19:28.which are being developed here in Scotland, there are new and
:19:29. > :19:32.innovative ways of using hydrocarbons that are emerging,
:19:33. > :19:39.offering that continued opportunity, so we are seeing new technologies
:19:40. > :19:42.hydrogen sourced -- new technologies like carbon capture and storage, so
:19:43. > :19:47.I think it is right that Scotland continues to seek to be a world
:19:48. > :19:51.leader in all of these different areas of our energy sector. And I
:19:52. > :19:56.come back to the central point here in terms of the Paris climate
:19:57. > :20:00.agreement, and I bitterly regret the decision of President Trump to take
:20:01. > :20:05.America out of that, we are meeting our climate change targets, we are
:20:06. > :20:08.meeting the targets we said in terms of renewable energy, and we are
:20:09. > :20:12.going further and setting even more ambitious targets we are also
:20:13. > :20:21.leading the world when it comes to discharging our obligations to the
:20:22. > :20:25.planet. To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the
:20:26. > :20:29.next meeting of the Cabinet. Matters of importance to the people of
:20:30. > :20:33.Scotland. In a macro can I share the sentiments of others on the London
:20:34. > :20:37.attacks, my thoughts are with families and friends of victims of
:20:38. > :20:41.those attacks. Yesterday the NHS report on mental health services for
:20:42. > :20:45.young people was appalling. I thought I'd got the First Minister
:20:46. > :20:50.on board for taking strong action to sort that, I have asked her time and
:20:51. > :20:55.again about this. I have heard warm words before as well. But the latest
:20:56. > :21:00.figures show that more young people are waiting for treatment, and they
:21:01. > :21:08.are waiting for longer. Why are things worse this year than last
:21:09. > :21:13.year? I don't think that is the case, I know we've got an election
:21:14. > :21:16.tomorrow, but I still hope that after this election we can have some
:21:17. > :21:21.consensus around the issue of mental health. If we take the stats
:21:22. > :21:26.published yesterday around child and adolescent mental health services,
:21:27. > :21:34.we saw some improvement in terms of waiting times. We also saw that ten
:21:35. > :21:39.of the 14 health boards across Scotland are meeting the 18 week
:21:40. > :21:43.standard, which is up from only seven in the last quarter. Yes,
:21:44. > :21:50.there were a number of young people waiting over a year for treatment,
:21:51. > :21:55.which is unacceptable, that was 74 people, 1.7%, but again that down
:21:56. > :22:00.from 2.4% in the final quarter of 2016. So we have, like many other
:22:01. > :22:04.countries do, but challenges to address in terms of meeting the
:22:05. > :22:07.increased demand for mental health. But because of the investment we are
:22:08. > :22:11.making and because of the mental health strategy we are pursuing, we
:22:12. > :22:17.are seeing progress and we are determined to continue to make that
:22:18. > :22:20.progress. There will never be a consensus in this parliament as long
:22:21. > :22:28.as this Government continues to fail on mental health. The fat, year on
:22:29. > :22:33.year, fewer young people treated yet this year than last year. -- the
:22:34. > :22:42.facts. Waiting times are up, fat ass by health boards are missing the
:22:43. > :22:47.Tigers. In fact, -- for adults, the performance for psychological
:22:48. > :22:51.therapies is worse than it ever has been before. This is why ordinary
:22:52. > :22:57.people are now prepared to stand up, and we had seen it throughout the
:22:58. > :23:02.campaign, prepare to stand up and tell the First Minister when she is
:23:03. > :23:06.getting in form and our Government is failing. I have been asking about
:23:07. > :23:11.mental health pretty much every week for three years. The First Minister
:23:12. > :23:15.will have -- say she has this brand-new strategy, but it was
:23:16. > :23:20.delayed for 15 months. So will she guarantee that things will be better
:23:21. > :23:27.than this next year? Can she guarantee that? We are seeing
:23:28. > :23:30.improvements, and we intend to continue to see improvements. We see
:23:31. > :23:37.more investment, more people working. The overall workforce has
:23:38. > :23:41.improved by a 65% over the last couple of years, we have seen
:23:42. > :23:45.nursing posts increase, significant increased investment in mental
:23:46. > :23:49.health generally and particularly in child and adolescent mental health
:23:50. > :23:55.services. In terms of the stats Willie Rennie asked me about
:23:56. > :24:01.earlier, 83.6% were seen in 80 weeks, that is an increase in the
:24:02. > :24:07.previous quarter. 3621 scene within 18 weeks, 712 waiting longer. So we
:24:08. > :24:11.are seeing improvements in these areas, but I recognise we have more
:24:12. > :24:15.to do which is why we are investing more, and why we are following the
:24:16. > :24:21.mental health strategy. And we will continue to do so. So that we can
:24:22. > :24:28.continue to see more progress this month and over the next year. --
:24:29. > :24:32.over the next months. Couple of supplementary is. To ask the First
:24:33. > :24:36.Minister how Howard Government has protected Scotland's budget in the
:24:37. > :24:44.face of Tory cuts. -- have her Government. -- to ask how Howard
:24:45. > :24:52.Government. Of course, the other parties don't want to hear about
:24:53. > :24:56.this because we hear a lot, rightly, from other parties about public
:24:57. > :24:59.services. But what people like Willie Rennie don't tell us is that
:25:00. > :25:05.why his party was in Government with the Tories for 12 -- five yes, the
:25:06. > :25:09.budget of this Parliament was cut by ?2 billion. That is what Willie
:25:10. > :25:14.Rennie and his colleagues did to the budget of this Parliament. But we
:25:15. > :25:19.have continued to protect what matters in Scotland. That is why we
:25:20. > :25:23.have increased the health budget by ?3 billion, and will increase it
:25:24. > :25:26.further over the life of this Parliament. So we will continue to
:25:27. > :25:34.do whatever we can to protect the budget of this Parliament and
:25:35. > :25:39.protect our vital public services. First Minister, you will recall that
:25:40. > :25:42.on 19th may strike action by further education lecturers in the college
:25:43. > :25:50.sector was suspended to allow negotiations to continue. This came
:25:51. > :25:57.after invitations of phase one of the agreements. It may be the end of
:25:58. > :26:00.August however before it reaches their bank accounts. They are angry
:26:01. > :26:04.and feel betrayed, and threats of further strike action are emerging.
:26:05. > :26:10.This is not what was agreed a matter of weeks ago, when John Swinney
:26:11. > :26:14.intervened personally and asked for the strike to be called off. Does
:26:15. > :26:16.the First Minister agree that further education lecturers
:26:17. > :26:20.suspended the strike in good faith and should be paid exactly what was
:26:21. > :26:25.agreed without further delay, and when I raise this with First
:26:26. > :26:28.Minister in April she said employers should go the extra mile. With the
:26:29. > :26:31.First Minister say whether she believes they have gone the
:26:32. > :26:37.distance, and while the talks are failing despite the Scottish
:26:38. > :26:41.Government's appointment of the facilitator. I was very pleased
:26:42. > :26:45.firstly that an agreement was struck which allowed strike action to be
:26:46. > :26:53.called off, which -- because strike action was in the body's interests.
:26:54. > :26:57.-- nobody's interests. That agreement was not easy to reach, and
:26:58. > :27:01.of course the Government did intervene in the way that Monica
:27:02. > :27:05.Lennon has outlined. That agreement that was reached, and I do respect
:27:06. > :27:11.now that agreement to be implemented, so that we can make
:27:12. > :27:16.sure that is no further risk of strikes that would be damaging to
:27:17. > :27:19.our colleges. Webmaster to as the First Minister what progress the
:27:20. > :27:24.Government is making to get more than people into modern
:27:25. > :27:29.apprenticeships. -- to ask. We saw statistics this week showing that we
:27:30. > :27:34.have exceeded our modern apprenticeship target of 26,004 16,
:27:35. > :27:42.2017, implies I think recognising the value they bring to our
:27:43. > :27:46.workforce. The latest modern apprenticeship figures show we are
:27:47. > :27:48.on track to meet our target by 2020, and we are committed to enhancing
:27:49. > :27:56.the publisher programme to respond to the needs of an -- pliers. --
:27:57. > :28:02.employers. I agree with the First Minister when she talks about the
:28:03. > :28:09.impact of Tory austerity of communities up and down Scotland.
:28:10. > :28:14.But when is this Government is going to start defending this community
:28:15. > :28:19.is? This year we see ?170 million of cuts to local public services. Our
:28:20. > :28:27.public services cannot continue, will she defend them moving forward?
:28:28. > :28:32.Won we have had this debate in the chamber so many times. There is an
:28:33. > :28:36.additional ?400 million of investment for local services this
:28:37. > :28:41.year, compared to last year, that includes things like extra money for
:28:42. > :28:44.social care and of course the ?120 billion that is going direct to
:28:45. > :28:49.headteachers to help us close the attainment gap. In addition, it is
:28:50. > :28:54.this Government that is spending more than ?100 billion every year
:28:55. > :29:00.mitigating the impact of Tory cuts like bedroom tax. So this Government
:29:01. > :29:03.is continuing to do everything we can to support local services but
:29:04. > :29:11.also mitigate the impact of damaging Tory cuts. It is the damage that
:29:12. > :29:18.Tory cuts are doing that makes it all the more astounding that so many
:29:19. > :29:21.Labour councillors seem so keen to do deals with the Tories to get them
:29:22. > :29:33.into administration in different councils. Can as the First Minister
:29:34. > :29:38.what the estimate is for the number of additional children who will be
:29:39. > :29:49.living in poverty by 2021, as a result of Tory tax and welfare
:29:50. > :29:59.policies? I don't think child poverty's funny. The Tories are
:30:00. > :30:04.laughing at this question, this answer comes not from my officials,
:30:05. > :30:16.but the Institute for Fiscal Studies. By 2021, they estimate that
:30:17. > :30:21.an additional 1 million children across the UK will be living in
:30:22. > :30:26.poverty. That will take the total number to more than 5 million, a
:30:27. > :30:33.cousin to the entire population of Scotland. That is why we need strong
:30:34. > :30:36.voices standing against Tory cuts and the Tory assault on the poorest
:30:37. > :30:39.in our society.