As an amendment to motion S6M-07805 in the name of Ben Macpherson (Update on the Social Security Programme Business Case), leave out from "recognises" to end and insert "notes that the Scottish Government has ceded control of vital benefits to the Department for Work and Pensions until the second half of the decade, creating a further year's delay for hundreds of thousands of potential recipients of Scottish benefits; further notes that costs for delivering the social security programme are spiralling out of control, with higher than predicted estimates for IT and staffing; acknowledges that the Scottish Government’s changes to the winter payment will leave many people in Scotland out of pocket over winter, during a cost of living crisis; calls on the Scottish Government to commit to no one losing out financially from its new Winter Heating Payment, and notes that the lack of transparency on plans to fund increased costs of Social Security Scotland's implementation have led to the inability of key organisations such as Audit Scotland to properly scrutinise Scottish Government policy."
Result 54 for, 64 against, 0 abstained, 11 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: Ben Macpherson, Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2023
Supported by: Christina McKelvie, Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Result 94 for, 23 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, February 6, 2023
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Result 35 for, 84 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote Vote Defeated