Roll out of Universal Credit - Amendment
- Submitted by: Adam Tomkins, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2017
- Motion reference: S5M-08035.2
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 03 October 2017
As an amendment to motion S5M-08035 in the name of Jeane Freeman (Roll out of Universal Credit), leave out from "calls" to end and insert "recognises universal credit’s core purpose of ensuring that work always pays; agrees with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s assessment in April 2017 that universal credit 'remains the right thing to do', that the 'current system is fragmented and traps people in poverty', that the 'prospect of an integrated benefit system that responds to people's changing circumstances is a prize worth having' and that universal credit is 'an important tool for tackling poverty'; acknowledges that universal credit is a reserved benefit, but that Scottish ministers have significant powers to adapt its delivery in Scotland; welcomes regulations coming into force in Scotland, which will enable recipients to request changes to the way that their payments are made; recognises serious criticisms of the way that initial payments are delayed and the impact of these delays on vulnerable people; calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that, as universal credit is rolled out further, these concerns are addressed as a matter of urgency and, to that end, welcomes the announcement by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on 2 October 2017 that claimants wanting advance payments will get them within five days or, if they are in immediate need, on the same day."
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Result 23 for, 75 against, 0 abstained, 31 did not vote Vote Defeated
Scottish National Party
- 0 for
- 50 against
- 0 abstained
- 13 did not vote
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- Aileen Campbell
- Alasdair Allan
- Alex Neil
- Angela Constance
- Angus MacDonald
- Annabelle Ewing
- Ash Regan
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bruce Crawford
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- David Torrance
- Emma Harper
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- George Adam
- Gillian Martin
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Ivan McKee
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jeane Freeman
- Joan McAlpine
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- Kate Forbes
- Keith Brown
- Kevin Stewart
- Linda Fabiani
- Mairi Gougeon
- Maree Todd
- Mark McDonald
- Maureen Watt
- Michael Russell
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Rona Mackay
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Ruth Maguire
- Sandra White
- Shona Robison
- Stewart Stevenson
- Stuart McMillan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Adam Tomkins
- Alexander Burnett
- Alison Harris
- Bill Bowman
- Brian Whittle
- Dean Lockhart
- Donald Cameron
- Finlay Carson
- Gordon Lindhurst
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Jeremy Balfour
- John Scott
- Liam Kerr
- Margaret Mitchell
- Maurice Corry
- Maurice Golden
- Miles Briggs
- Oliver Mundell
- Peter Chapman
- Rachael Hamilton
- Tom Mason
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Scottish Labour
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- Alex Rowley
- Anas Sarwar
- Claire Baker
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- Colin Smyth
- Daniel Johnson
- David Stewart
- Iain Gray
- James Kelly
- Johann Lamont
- Kezia Dugdale
- Mark Griffin
- Mary Fee
- Neil Bibby
- Neil Findlay
- Pauline McNeill
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Related motion
Roll out of Universal Credit
Submitted by: Jeane Freeman, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, October 2, 2017
Supported by: Angela Constance
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Result 75 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 31 did not vote Vote Passed
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Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, October 2, 2017
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Result 75 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 31 did not vote Vote Passed
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Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, October 2, 2017
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Result 75 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 31 did not vote Vote Passed
Roll out of Universal Credit - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Rowley, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, October 2, 2017
Supported by: Mark Griffin
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Result 75 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 31 did not vote Vote Passed