Tackling Poverty and Building a Fairer Country - Amendment
- Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Motion reference: S6M-00263.3
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 08 June 2021
As an amendment to motion S6M-00263 in the name of Shona Robison (Tackling Poverty and Building a Fairer Country), leave out from second "the impact of" to end and insert "that it is the responsibility of both the Scottish and UK governments to work for the eradication of poverty in Scotland and to implement social security policies that support this goal; believes that further steps are required to make workplaces fairer, including through payment of the Scottish Living Wage; commits to using all the powers available in Scotland to reform carers benefits, move from the ‘safe and secure’ transition of disability benefits to addressing their eligibility and adequacy as soon as possible, to increase incomes and lift people in Scotland out of poverty, and calls on the Scottish Government to double the Scottish Child Payment to £20 a week at the earliest opportunity and introduce a supplement for families with a disabled person in them".
Vote
Result 54 for, 67 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Defeated
Scottish National Party
- 0 for
- 60 against
- 0 abstained
- 4 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adam, Karen
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Brown, Siobhian
- Callaghan, Stephanie
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Natalie
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Dunbar, Jackie
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- Fairlie, Jim
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Forbes, Kate
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gilruth, Jenny
- Gougeon, Mairi
- Grahame, Christine
- Gray, Neil
- Harper, Emma
- Haughey, Clare
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- MacDonald, Gordon
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Rona
- Macpherson, Ben
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAllan, Màiri
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLennan, Paul
- McMillan, Stuart
- McNair, Marie
- Minto, Jenni
- Nicoll, Audrey
- Regan, Ash
- Robison, Shona
- Roddick, Emma
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Collette
- Stewart, Kaukab
- Stewart, Kevin
- Swinney, John
- Thomson, Michelle
- Todd, Maree
- Tweed, Evelyn
- Whitham, Elena
- Yousaf, Humza
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 28 for
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- Balfour, Jeremy
- Briggs, Miles
- Cameron, Donald
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Carson, Finlay
- Dowey, Sharon
- Findlay, Russell
- Fraser, Murdo
- Gallacher, Meghan
- Golden, Maurice
- Gosal, Pam
- Greene, Jamie
- Gulhane, Sandesh
- Halcro Johnston, Jamie
- Hamilton, Rachael
- Hoy, Craig
- Kerr, Liam
- Kerr, Stephen
- Lockhart, Dean
- Lumsden, Douglas
- Mundell, Oliver
- Ross, Douglas
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Webber, Sue
- White, Tess
- Whittle, Brian
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Scottish Labour
- 22 for
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Bibby, Neil
- Boyack, Sarah
- Choudhury, Foysol
- Clark, Katy
- Duncan-Glancy, Pam
- Grant, Rhoda
- Griffin, Mark
- Johnson, Daniel
- Lennon, Monica
- Leonard, Richard
- Marra, Michael
- McNeill, Pauline
- Mochan, Carol
- O'Kane, Paul
- Rowley, Alex
- Sarwar, Anas
- Smyth, Colin
- Sweeney, Paul
- Villalba, Mercedes
- Whitfield, Martin
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0Scottish Green Party
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- Burgess, Ariane
- Chapman, Maggie
- Greer, Ross
- Harvie, Patrick
- Mackay, Gillian
- Ruskell, Mark
- Slater, Lorna
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0Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Related motion
Tackling Poverty and Building a Fairer Country
Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, June 7, 2021
Supported by: Ben Macpherson, Christina McKelvie
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Result 68 for, 53 against, 0 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Passed
Accepted related amendments
Tackling Poverty and Building a Fairer Country - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, June 7, 2021
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Result 70 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed
Defeated related amendments
Tackling Poverty and Building a Fairer Country - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, June 7, 2021
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Result 28 for, 71 against, 22 abstained, 8 did not vote Vote Defeated
Tackling Poverty and Building a Fairer Country - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, June 7, 2021
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Result 26 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Defeated