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Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan said the Scottish Executive should adopt the Welsh Assembly's positive approach.
Mr Sheridan said: "The Welsh Assembly has put into place some radical measures that the executive could very easily implement if they had the political will to do so.
"Policies such as the provision of free breakfasts to all primary school children and the abolition of prescription charges are the kind of progressive policies the executive refuses to even contemplate.
"In stark contrast, the executive seems determined to prevent any kind of progressive change in Scotland."