As an amendment to motion S5M-05282 in the name of Nicola Sturgeon (Child Tax Credit Cuts), leave out from "is fundamentally" to end and insert "notes that the UK Government has a duty to manage public finances carefully for future generations; considers that the UK Government has sought to curb increasing welfare spending by reducing benefits to those on higher incomes, such as child benefit; notes that the two-child limit on child tax credits will not apply to current recipients; considers that the Scottish Government has the power to reverse the two-child limit on tax credits by using newly devolved powers if it so chooses; further considers that exemptions to the two-child policy, such as that given to women who are victims of rape, must be implemented as compassionately as possible and monitored closely, and believes that more must be done to help women in Scotland in these circumstances by, for example, increasing the number of sexual assault referral centres that are available."
Result 31 for, 91 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Defeated
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
No Party Affiliation
Submitted by: Nicola Sturgeon, Glasgow Southside, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, April 24, 2017
Supported by: Angela Constance
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Result 91 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Kezia Dugdale, Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, April 24, 2017
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Result 91 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Monday, April 24, 2017
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Result 91 for, 31 against, 0 abstained, 7 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, April 24, 2017