Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty
- Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 April 2023
- Motion reference: S6M-08589
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 18 April 2023
That the Parliament commits to continuing the national mission on tackling child poverty; acknowledges that the most recent poverty statistics remain too high and that all levels of government must take action to reduce poverty and inequality in society; recognises the pressure being placed on household finances due to rising inflation, high energy bills and soaring increases to food costs, and that this cost of living crisis disproportionately impacts households on low incomes and is likely to exacerbate unacceptably high levels of child poverty; welcomes plans for an anti-poverty summit to guide future action on tackling poverty; acknowledges the significant action that the Scottish Government has already taken to tackle the cost of living and child poverty, including the tripling of the Fuel Insecurity Fund, expanding and increasing the value of the Scottish Child Payment and introducing new family benefits, mitigating the benefit cap as far as possible within devolved powers, the provision of 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare, and offering universal free school meals to all pupils in P1 to P5, and calls on the UK Government to match the ambition shown by the Scottish Government and reverse the harmful welfare reform policies implemented since 2015, which would lift an estimated 70,000 people, including 30,000 children, out of poverty in Scotland in 2023-24.
Supported by:
Paul McLennan, Emma Roddick
Vote
Result 67 for, 30 against, 17 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 60 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 4 did not vote
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- Alasdair Allan
- Angela Constance
- Angus Robertson
- Annabelle Ewing
- Ash Regan
- Audrey Nicoll
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Clare Haughey
- David Torrance
- Elena Whitham
- Emma Harper
- Emma Roddick
- Evelyn Tweed
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- George Adam
- Gillian Martin
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Ivan McKee
- Jackie Dunbar
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jenni Minto
- Jenny Gilruth
- Jim Fairlie
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- John Swinney
- Karen Adam
- Kate Forbes
- Kaukab Stewart
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kevin Stewart
- Màiri McAllan
- Maree Todd
- Marie McNair
- Michael Matheson
- Michelle Thomson
- Natalie Don
- Neil Gray
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Paul McLennan
- Richard Lochhead
- Rona Mackay
- Ruth Maguire
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Shona Robison
- Siobhian Brown
- Stephanie Callaghan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Alexander Burnett
- Alexander Stewart
- Annie Wells
- Brian Whittle
- Craig Hoy
- Donald Cameron
- Douglas Lumsden
- Dr. Sandesh Gulhane
- Edward Mountain
- Graham Simpson
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Jeremy Balfour
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Maurice Golden
- Meghan Gallacher
- Miles Briggs
- Murdo Fraser
- Oliver Mundell
- Pam Gosal
- Rachael Hamilton
- Roz McCall
- Russell Findlay
- Sharon Dowey
- Stephen Kerr
- Sue Webber
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Scottish Labour
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- Claire Baker
- Colin Smyth
- Daniel Johnson
- Foysol Choudhury
- Mark Griffin
- Martin Whitfield
- Monica Lennon
- Neil Bibby
- Pam Duncan-Glancy
- Paul O'Kane
- Paul Sweeney
- Pauline McNeill
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Leonard
- Sarah Boyack
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Defeated amendments
Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, April 17, 2023
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Result 26 for, 84 against, 3 abstained, 16 did not vote Vote Defeated
Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Monday, April 17, 2023
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Result 20 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated
Supporting Scotland with Cost of Living and Reducing Child Poverty - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, April 17, 2023
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Result 17 for, 94 against, 3 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated