Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality
- Submitted by: Elaine Smith, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2018
- Motion reference: S5M-14406
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Motions as amended
That the Parliament notes with concern the recent publication of a number of reports that show that deep-rooted poverty and inequality persists in Scotland’s communities; notes that the Scottish Government has used devolved powers to challenge and address root causes of poverty and inequality, including setting targets to help eradicate child poverty by 2030, fully mitigating the so-called bedroom tax, launching the Carer’s Allowance Supplement, extending access to free sanitary products, implementing recommendations from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group, increasing the Fair Food Fund and committing to a Disability Employment Action Plan; believes that UK Government policies are a significant driver of poverty and inequality, including welfare reforms that will lead to an annual cut to people in Scotland of £3.7 billion by 2020-21; calls on the UK Government to publish its analysis of the impact of Universal Credit on people’s incomes, and further calls on it to immediately halt the roll-out in Scotland and use the UK Budget to address its fundamental flaws, reinstating work allowances, reversing the two-child limit and lifting the benefits freeze.
Supported by:
Monica Lennon
Vote
Result 66 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 60 for
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- Alasdair Allan
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- Angela Constance
- Angus MacDonald
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- Ash Regan
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- David Torrance
- Derek Mackay
- Emma Harper
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- Gail Ross
- George Adam
- Gil Paterson
- Gillian Martin
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Ivan McKee
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jeane Freeman
- Jenny Gilruth
- Joan McAlpine
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- John Swinney
- Kate Forbes
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kevin Stewart
- Linda Fabiani
- Mairi Gougeon
- Maree Todd
- Maureen Watt
- Michael Matheson
- Michael Russell
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Richard Lyle
- Rona Mackay
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Ruth Maguire
- Sandra White
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Shona Robison
- Stewart Stevenson
- Stuart McMillan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Gordon Lindhurst
- Graham Simpson
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Jeremy Balfour
- John Scott
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Maurice Corry
- Maurice Golden
- Michelle Ballantyne
- Miles Briggs
- Murdo Fraser
- Peter Chapman
- Rachael Hamilton
- Tom Mason
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- Iain Gray
- Jackie Baillie
- James Kelly
- Johann Lamont
- Kezia Dugdale
- Lewis Macdonald
- Mary Fee
- Monica Lennon
- Neil Bibby
- Neil Findlay
- Pauline McNeill
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Leonard
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Original motion text
That the Parliament notes with concern the recent publication of a number of reports that show that deep-rooted poverty and inequality persists in Scotland’s communities; understands that revelations from these reports include that, in the last 12 months, at least 94 rough sleepers died on Scotland’s streets and that at least one in 10 people living in the poorest areas of Scotland ran out of food due to a lack of money, and that life expectancy in Scotland has fallen for the first time in 35 years and remains the lowest of all nations in the UK; believes that, while UK Government changes to the benefit system are a significant driver of poverty, the Scottish Government has failed to use the devolved powers adequately to challenge and address the root causes of poverty and inequality, including those perpetuated by the policies of the UK Government, and, in doing so, calls for an end to austerity in Scotland.
Accepted amendments
Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Aileen Campbell, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Result 61 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed
Amendments that have not been voted on
Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001
Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001
Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Michelle Ballantyne, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 24, 2018