Mr Dodds urged the House to support his party's motion calling on the government to review the impact of its decision and to announce in the Autumn Statement "urgent steps to ease the burden on pensioner households".

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The results will inform the Scottish Government's Literacy Action Plan, due for publication in the autumn 2010, which will outline the next steps to further raise standards of literacy from early years through to adult learning.

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