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Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty

  • Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-08589
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 18 April 2023

That the Parliament commits to continuing the national mission on tackling child poverty; acknowledges that the most recent poverty statistics remain too high and that all levels of government must take action to reduce poverty and inequality in society; recognises the pressure being placed on household finances due to rising inflation, high energy bills and soaring increases to food costs, and that this cost of living crisis disproportionately impacts households on low incomes and is likely to exacerbate unacceptably high levels of child poverty; welcomes plans for an anti-poverty summit to guide future action on tackling poverty; acknowledges the significant action that the Scottish Government has already taken to tackle the cost of living and child poverty, including the tripling of the Fuel Insecurity Fund, expanding and increasing the value of the Scottish Child Payment and introducing new family benefits, mitigating the benefit cap as far as possible within devolved powers, the provision of 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare, and offering universal free school meals to all pupils in P1 to P5, and calls on the UK Government to match the ambition shown by the Scottish Government and reverse the harmful welfare reform policies implemented since 2015, which would lift an estimated 70,000 people, including 30,000 children, out of poverty in Scotland in 2023-24.


Supported by: Paul McLennan, Emma Roddick

Vote

Result 67 for, 30 against, 17 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S6M-08589.1

Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, April 17, 2023

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Result 26 for, 84 against, 3 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-08589.2

Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, April 17, 2023

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Result 20 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated

Motion ref. S6M-08589.3

Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, April 17, 2023

Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Result 17 for, 94 against, 3 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated