As an amendment to motion S5M-10716 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Reversal of the UK Government’s Two-child Benefit Cap), insert at end "; 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."
Result 75 for, 28 against, 3 abstained, 23 did not vote Agreed
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
No Party Affiliation
Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, October 2, 2023
Supported by: Patrick Harvie, Paul McLennan, Emma Roddick
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Result 78 for, 29 against, 0 abstained, 22 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