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Challenge Poverty Week: Amendment 4

  • Submitted by: Patrick Harvie, Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2024
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-14820.4
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 08 October 2024

As an amendment to motion S6M-14820 in the name of John Swinney (Challenge Poverty Week), insert at end “and scrap the two-child limit, and further agrees that the Scottish Government must respect the will of the Scottish Parliament and reverse its decisions on peak rail fares and free school meals, continue to build a more progressive tax system in Scotland by reforming the unfair council tax, writing off council tax debt, and giving local authorities the power to use wealth taxes to raise revenue for public services, take the necessary steps towards a minimum income guarantee that are within devolved powers, and ensure that affordable housing and sustainable funding for the third sector are prioritised.”


Related motion

Challenge Poverty Week

Submitted by: John Swinney, Perthshire North, Scottish National Party

Date lodged: Monday, October 7, 2024

Motion reference: S6M-14820

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Supported by: Jamie Hepburn, Paul McLennan, Shirley-Anne Somerville, Kaukab Stewart

Result 99 for, 14 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Agreed


Amendments

Challenge Poverty Week: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Russell Findlay, West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Monday, October 7, 2024

Motion reference: S6M-14820.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Result 26 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote Disagreed


Challenge Poverty Week: Amendment 2

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Date lodged: Monday, October 7, 2024

Motion reference: S6M-14820.2

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 8, 2024


Challenge Poverty Week: Amendment 3

Submitted by: Anas Sarwar, Glasgow, Scottish Labour

Date lodged: Monday, October 7, 2024

Motion reference: S6M-14820.3

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Result 16 for, 96 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote Disagreed