Achieving a Fairer Scotland
- Submitted by: Aileen Campbell, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2019
- Motion reference: S5M-20110
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Motions as amended
That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the Fairer Scotland Action Plan, Shifting the Curve and the Life Chances of Young People in Scotland, Progress Report 2019; notes the steps being taken towards achieving a fairer and more prosperous Scotland, including the commitment to introduce the Scottish Child Payment, which is a brand new benefit to tackle child poverty head on; further notes the 2018 annual report on Welfare Reform’s estimate that UK Government social security spending will reduce by up to £3.7 billion in Scotland by 2020-21; acknowledges the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights 2019 report, which stated that the UK Government’s austerity cuts and welfare reforms are a key driver of serious hardship, increased food bank use and homelessness; regrets the rise in poverty in Scotland and believes that more ambition is required across government to tackle inequality and improve people’s quality of life; calls on the Scottish Government to address the barriers to benefit uptake and reduce housing costs; agrees that universal credit, the two-child cap and pernicious UK welfare reforms must be scrapped, and believes that tackling the climate emergency must be done in a fair way, recognising the growing inequalities and insecurities facing people across Scotland; regrets the rise in poverty in Scotland and believes that more ambition is required across government to tackle inequality and improve people’s quality of life; calls on the Scottish Government to address the barriers to benefit uptake and reduce housing costs; agrees that universal credit, the two-child cap and pernicious UK welfare reforms must be scrapped, and believes that tackling the climate emergency must be done in a fair way, recognising the growing inequalities and insecurities facing people across Scotland; TEST TEST TEST.
Supported by:
Christina McKelvie, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kevin Stewart
Vote
Result 70 for, 22 against, 0 abstained, 37 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 51 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 11 did not vote
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- Adam, George
- Adamson, Clare
- Allan, Dr Alasdair
- Arthur, Tom
- Beattie, Colin
- Brown, Keith
- Campbell, Aileen
- Constance, Angela
- Crawford, Bruce
- Cunningham, Roseanna
- Dey, Graeme
- Doris, Bob
- Ewing, Annabelle
- Ewing, Fergus
- Fabiani, Linda
- Forbes, Kate
- Freeman, Jeane
- Gibson, Kenneth
- Gilruth, Jenny
- Gougeon, Mairi
- Grahame, Christine
- Harper, Emma
- Hepburn, Jamie
- Hyslop, Fiona
- Kidd, Bill
- Lochhead, Richard
- Lyle, Richard
- MacDonald, Angus
- MacDonald, Gordon
- MacGregor, Fulton
- Mackay, Rona
- Macpherson, Ben
- Maguire, Ruth
- Martin, Gillian
- Mason, John
- Matheson, Michael
- McAlpine, Joan
- McKee, Ivan
- McKelvie, Christina
- McMillan, Stuart
- Paterson, Gil
- Regan, Ash
- Robison, Shona
- Ross, Gail
- Somerville, Shirley-Anne
- Stevenson, Stewart
- Stewart, Kevin
- Todd, Maree
- Watt, Maureen
- Wheelhouse, Paul
- White, Sandra
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
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- Balfour, Jeremy
- Bowman, Bill
- Burnett, Alexander
- Cameron, Donald
- Chapman, Peter
- Corry, Maurice
- Fraser, Murdo
- Greene, Jamie
- Harris, Alison
- Kerr, Liam
- Mason, Tom
- Mitchell, Margaret
- Mountain, Edward
- Smith, Liz
- Stewart, Alexander
- Tomkins, Adam
- Wells, Annie
- Whittle, Brian
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Scottish Labour
- 13 for
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- Baillie, Jackie
- Beamish, Claudia
- Bibby, Neil
- Boyack, Sarah
- Gray, Iain
- Johnson, Daniel
- Lamont, Johann
- Lennon, Monica
- Macdonald, Lewis
- Marra, Jenny
- McNeill, Pauline
- Smyth, Colin
- Stewart, David
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Scottish Green Party
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Independent
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Original motion text
That the Parliament welcomes the publication of the Fairer Scotland Action Plan, Shifting the Curve and the Life Chances of Young People in Scotland, Progress Report 2019; notes the steps being taken towards achieving a fairer and more prosperous Scotland, including the commitment to introduce the Scottish Child Payment, which is a brand new benefit to tackle child poverty head on; further notes the 2018 annual report on Welfare Reform’s estimate that UK Government social security spending will reduce by up to £3.7 billion in Scotland by 2020-21, and acknowledges the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights 2019 report, which stated that the UK Government’s austerity cuts and welfare reforms are a key driver of serious hardship, increased food bank use and homelessness.
Accepted amendments
Achieving a Fairer Scotland - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Pauline McNeill, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Result 70 for, 21 against, 0 abstained, 38 did not vote Vote Passed
Defeated amendments
Achieving a Fairer Scotland - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Result 18 for, 74 against, 0 abstained, 37 did not vote Vote Defeated
Achieving a Fairer Scotland - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Result 23 for, 69 against, 0 abstained, 37 did not vote Vote Defeated