Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment
- Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Motion reference: S6M-08589.1
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 18 April 2023
As an amendment to motion S6M-08589 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty), leave out from the second “acknowledges” to end and insert “; recognises the fact that child poverty levels have remained the same since 2007, with 9,130 children living in temporary accommodation; expresses disappointment in the Scottish Government’s failure to close the attainment gap and to deliver free school meals for all primary school children; recognises that the Scottish Government has missed its deadline of devolving all social security benefits, and calls on the Scottish and UK governments to work together in order to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry.”
Vote
Result 26 for, 84 against, 3 abstained, 16 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
- 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
- Grahame, Christine
- Gray, Neil
- Harper, Emma
- Haughey, Clare
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- MacDonald, Gordon
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Rona
- Macpherson, Ben
- Maguire, Ruth
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAllan, Màiri
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLennan, Paul
- McNair, Marie
- Minto, Jenni
- Nicoll, Audrey
- Regan, Ash
- Robertson, Angus
- Robison, Shona
- Roddick, Emma
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stewart, Kaukab
- Stewart, Kevin
- Sturgeon, Nicola
- Swinney, John
- Thomson, Michelle
- Todd, Maree
- Torrance, David
- Tweed, Evelyn
- Whitham, Elena
- Yousaf, Humza
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 26 for
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- Balfour, Jeremy
- Briggs, Miles
- Burnett, Alexander
- Cameron, Donald
- 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
- Lumsden, Douglas
- Mountain, Edward
- Mundell, Oliver
- Simpson, Graham
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Webber, Sue
- Wells, Annie
- Whittle, Brian
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Scottish Labour
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- Baker, Claire
- Bibby, Neil
- Boyack, Sarah
- Choudhury, Foysol
- Duncan-Glancy, Pam
- Grant, Rhoda
- Griffin, Mark
- Johnson, Daniel
- Lennon, Monica
- Leonard, Richard
- McNeill, Pauline
- Mochan, Carol
- O'Kane, Paul
- Rowley, Alex
- Smyth, Colin
- Sweeney, Paul
- Whitfield, Martin
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Scottish 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
Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, April 17, 2023
Supported by: Paul McLennan, Emma Roddick
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Result 67 for, 30 against, 17 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Passed
Defeated related amendments
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
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