内容摘要：Mr Baker, who delivers the classes alongside Garry Ferguson, said he hoped to find a facility on the north side of Sunderland, which is also easily accessible on public transport, so the sessions could reach more people.

Mr Baker, who delivers the classes alongside Garry Ferguson, said he hoped to find a facility on the north side of Sunderland, which is also easily accessible on public transport, so the sessions could reach more people.

"The unacceptable length of time taken to get approval for, commission and complete mitigation works means that schools are suffering increasing numbers of in-year pupil transfers to neighbouring schools, as parents start to lose confidence in the school and vote with their feet," the ASCL said in its"ASCL members in Raac-affected schools are also reporting reduced admission applications for September 2024.

"The impact of this will have a long tail and manifest in financial detriment at school level for many years."The ASCL proposed "recovery" funding for Raac schools to "provide catch-up for pupils with lost or impacted learning"."In the longer term, it is essential that the government commits to providing sufficient funding to totally eradicate Raac in the school and college estate," it added.

The ASCL's submission to the Treasury follows warnings from Prof Stephen Gorard, of Durham University.Prof Gorard, who carried out an assessment of Raac's impact on St Leonard's Catholic School in the city,

some parents had moved their children to other schools.

In the most recent government list,"This is a model that has been in place and worked in Oregon since the late 1990s, and more recently in all of the states in Australia and New Zealand. It commands overwhelming public support in those jurisdictions, as well as the confidence of the medical profession.

"We need to get the detail of any bill here in Scotland right, but there is no reason we can't follow a similar path."He urged MSPs to vote in favour of the bill and help create "the most compassionate, safe and suitable law for Scotland".

In October last year, First Minister John Swinney said he had "not come to a final view" on the issue but added that the proposed age threshold of 16 was "a very significant issue in my mind" which MSPs will have to "wrestle" with.MPs in England and Wales