Regardless of people’s politics or views, are we going to tolerate a situation in which, according to the Child Poverty Action Group’s forecast, that progress will be reversed, or should we in this country take the ability to control the welfare system and ensure that, whatever else happens, the children of Scotland will not be made to suffer the brunt of the economic recession that we have endured? The Deputy First Minister and I attended the launch of “Poverty in Scotland 2014” this morning, and CPAG made it clear that it does not want the Scottish Government’s focus on the independence debate to cloud its view of the things that we should be doing now.