Welfare Benefits for People Living with Disabilities
- Submitted by: Margaret Burgess, Cunninghame South, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 November 2014
- Motion reference: S4M-11494
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Motions as amended
S4M-11494 Margaret Burgess: Welfare Benefits for People Living with Disabilities—That the Parliament notes the damaging and destructive impact of the UK Government’s welfare policies on disabled people across Scotland; recognises that around 105,000 working age disabled people will lose some or all of their disability benefits by 2018 as the result of the replacement of disability living allowance with personal independence payment (PIP), with a loss of at least £1,120 per year and, as a consequence of changes in eligibility to the mobility component, 47,000 disabled people are expected to lose up to £2,964 per year; notes that wider benefit reforms are having a disproportionate impact on disabled people, who already face higher costs of living, and calls on the UK Government to halt the roll out of PIP, which will severely disadvantage disabled people across Scotland.
Supported by:
Keith Brown, Shona Robison
Vote
Result 64 for, 46 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 59 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 5 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Allard, Christian
- Beattie, Colin
- Biagi, Marco
- Brodie, Chic
- Brown, Keith
- Burgess, Margaret
- Campbell, Aileen
- Campbell, Roderick
- Coffey, Willie
- Constance, Angela
- Crawford, Bruce
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Don, Nigel
- Doris, Bob
- Dornan, James
- Eadie, Jim
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- FitzPatrick, Joe
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gibson, Rob
- Grahame, Christine
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Ingram, Adam
- Keir, Colin
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- Lyle, Richard
- MacAskill, Kenny
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacDonald, Gordon
- MacKenzie, Mike
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- Maxwell, Stewart
- McAlpine, Joan
- McDonald, Mark
- McKelvie, Christina
- McLeod, Aileen
- McLeod, Fiona
- McMillan, Stuart
- Neil, Alex
- Paterson, Gil
- Robertson, Dennis
- Robison, Shona
- Russell, Michael
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Thompson, Dave
- Torrance, David
- Watt, Maureen
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
- Yousaf, Humza
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Scottish Labour
- 0 for
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- 0 abstained
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Baker, Claire
- Baker, Richard
- Baxter, Jayne
- Beamish, Claudia
- Chisholm, Malcolm
- Fee, Mary
- Ferguson, Patricia
- Grant, Rhoda
- Gray, Iain
- Griffin, Mark
- Hilton, Cara
- Kelly, James
- Macdonald, Lewis
- Macintosh, Ken
- Malik, Hanzala
- Marra, Jenny
- Martin, Paul
- McCulloch, Margaret
- McDougall, Margaret
- McMahon, Michael
- McTaggart, Anne
- Murray, Elaine
- Pearson, Graeme
- Pentland, John
- Rowley, Alex
- Simpson, Dr Richard
- Smith, Elaine
- Stewart, David
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
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- Brown, Gavin
- Buchanan, Cameron
- Carlaw, Jackson
- Davidson, Ruth
- Fergusson, Alex
- Fraser, Murdo
- Goldie, Annabel
- Johnstone, Alex
- Lamont, John
- Milne, Nanette
- Scanlon, Mary
- Scott, John
- Smith, Liz
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Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Independent
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Scottish Green Party
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Original motion text
That the Parliament notes the damaging and destructive impact of the UK Government's welfare policies on disabled people across Scotland; recognises that around 105,000 working age disabled people will lose some or all of their disability benefits by 2018 as the result of the replacement of disability living allowance with personal independence payment (PIP), with a loss of at least £1,120 per year and, as a consequence of changes in eligibility to the mobility component, 47,000 disabled people are expected to lose up to £2,964 per year; notes that wider benefit reforms are having a disproportionate impact on disabled people, who already face higher costs of living, and calls on the UK Government to halt the roll out of PIP, which will severely disadvantage disabled people across Scotland.
Defeated amendments
Welfare Benefits for People Living with Disabilities - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Johnstone, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Supported by: Nanette Milne
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Result 17 for, 93 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote Vote Defeated
Welfare Benefits for People Living with Disabilities - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Jackie Baillie, Dumbarton, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Result 30 for, 80 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote Vote Defeated
Amendments that have not been voted on
Welfare Benefits for People Living with Disabilities - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Jim Hume, South Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001