Three Years On - Brexit and Workers’ Rights - Amendment 1
Submitted by:
Alexander Stewart,
Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Date lodged:
Monday, 30 January 2023
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-07710.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 31 January 2023
As an amendment to motion S6M-07710 in the name of Richard Lochhead (Three Years On - Brexit and Workers’ Rights), leave out from "acknowledges that, post-Brexit" to end and insert "welcomes the UK’s proud record of protecting and enhancing workers’ rights and welcomes the fact that it has gone further than the EU in a number of areas; notes that, from April 2023, the UK’s minimum wage of £10.42 per hour will be among the highest in the world; understands that maternity leave entitlement is nearly three times higher in the UK compared to the EU equivalent and that the UK introduced the right to paternity leave 17 years before the EU did; recognises that the UK Government is working with industry to reduce labour shortages through programmes such as the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme, and calls on the Scottish Government to work constructively with the UK Government to ensure that workers in Scotland continue to experience the high standard of rights that they rightly expect."
Vote
Result30 for, 89 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not voteDisagreed