Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parliament notes that the independence referendum is scheduled to take place in just over four-and-a-half months; is proud of the fact that Scotland enters this period recognised globally as an open, tolerant and inclusive nation; agrees that only independence will guarantee Scotland governments that reflect the views of its people on all matters; notes that for 35 of the 69 years since 1945, Scotland has been governed by UK administrations with no electoral mandate in Scotland; regrets that decisions taken by the UK Government will remove £6 billion in welfare payments from Scotland, especially from its most vulnerable families, resulting in up to 100,000 more children living in poverty; agrees that an independent Scotland would, per person, be one of the wealthiest nations in the developed world and that Scotland can more than afford to be an independent country, and notes that Scotland spends less of both its GDP and public revenues on social protection than the UK as a whole and that, with independence, the people of Scotland would have the power to abolish the so-called bedroom tax, halt the introduction of universal credit...