Conservative motion calling on the Scottish Government to drop its plans for an independence referendum bill has failed at Holyrood.
Tory MSP Jamie Greene put forward a motion saying the Government "should drop its plans for a further Referendum Bill and focus on closing the attainment gap".
Following a debate in the Scottish Parliament, MSPs instead voted by 65 to 55 in favour of an amendment by Education Secretary John Swinney.
This said the educational attainment gap was caused by poverty, which was "exacerbated by the policy choices of the Conservative administration at Westminster".During the Programme for Government announced on September 1, Nicola Sturgeon said she would publish a draft Bill proposing terms and timing for an.
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