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For the avoidance of doubt, I am not accusing anyone of being in favour of the Trade Union Bill—quite frankly, I do not see how any right-thinking person could be in favour of it—and I do not feel the need to rehearse my trade union credentials in order to back up what I am saying.
We have lost thousands of classroom assistants, teacher vacancies are up to 700—thousands more want to give up, too—and a school that is less than 3 miles from Scotland’s Parliament is desperate for maths teachers.
The question is, that motion S5M-09257, in the name of Angela Constance, on stage 1 of the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill, be agreed to. Are we agreed?
The motion is therefore agreed to unanimously and the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill is passed. Applause. Motion agreed to, That the Parliament agrees that the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill be passed.