That the Parliament calls on the UK Government to scrap the punitive two-child limit, which limits the amount of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit a family can receive and undermines action to reduce child poverty in Scotland; notes that an estimated two thirds of children in poverty live in working households, 10% of all employees in Scotland are stuck in low pay, and that 72% of that group are women, and welcomes, therefore, the proposal for a New Deal for Working People, which has been endorsed by the TUC and includes plans to ban zero-hours contracts, outlaw fire and rehire practices, and raise the minimum wage in order to tackle insecure work and to make sure that work pays as a key route to ending poverty.
Supported by: Patrick Harvie, Paul McLennan, Emma Roddick
Result 78 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 22 did not vote Agreed
Scottish National Party
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That the Parliament calls on the UK Government to scrap the punitive two-child limit, which limits the amount of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit a family can receive and undermines action to reduce child poverty in Scotland.
Submitted by: Paul O'Kane, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Supported by: Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Result 75 for, 28 against, 3 abstained, 23 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Result 28 for, 78 against, 0 abstained, 23 did not vote Disagreed