I WRITE to offer unreserved support for Frances Curran's Free School Meals Bill. Apart from the obvious benefit this would have in helping to combat the increasing problem of obesity in our children (and consequently improving the health of our society for generations to come), this would be one of the most positive and effective steps that could be taken to reduce poverty. The following incident should illustrate the absolute necessity for such a measure, if indeed proof were needed.
SNP Councillor Jim Towers writes in The Scotsman