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First Minister Jack McConnell has refused to intervene in the long-running nursery nurse pay dispute.
He spoke as striking nurses lobbied MSPs at Holyrood ahead of a parliamentary vote on their pay claim.

West of Scotland MSP Frances Curran led the debate for the SSP.
With about 100 nursery nurses in the public gallery, the mother-of-one told parliament: "I appreciate the time and care, day in and day out, that all of you invest in my son and thousands of children like him."
Ms Curran said the executive had given nursery nurses more duties and responsibilities but no more pay.
"It is a double standard, it is rich and it is utter hypocrisy," she said.