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Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission

  • Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 September 2026
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S7M-01022
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 03 September 2026

That the Parliament notes the publication of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government, Ambitious for Scotland, and its actions aimed at eradicating child poverty and supporting families with the cost of living; recognises the ambition to go further by transforming the childcare offer for families, delivering a £2 bus fare cap across all of Scotland, and investing record public sector funding in affordable housing; welcomes the focus on ensuring support for families is integrated, person-centred and accessible, including through delivery of the £20 million Whole Family Support Third Sector Fund; supports the commitment to build on action set out in the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan for 2026-31, which is estimated to keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty this year, and to going further and faster so that every child has the chance to succeed regardless of their circumstances, and commits to working together to drive continued progress toward the eradication of child poverty in Scotland.


Supported by: Siobhian Brown, Simita Kumar, Màiri McAllan


Vote

Result 36 for, 63 against, 15 abstained, 15 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

Reform UK

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

No Party Affiliation

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0

Against

0

Abstained

0

Did not vote


Amendments

Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour

Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01022.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026

Supported by: Paul Sweeney

Result 35 for, 68 against, 9 abstained, 17 did not vote Disagreed


Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission: Amendment 2

Submitted by: Holly Bruce, Glasgow Southside, Scottish Green Party

Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01022.2

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026

Result 15 for, 83 against, 13 abstained, 18 did not vote Disagreed


Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission: Amendment 3

Submitted by: James Adams, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01022.3

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026


Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission: Amendment 4

Submitted by: Morven-May MacCallum, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats

Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01022.4

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026

Result 59 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 16 did not vote Agreed


Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission: Amendment 5

Submitted by: Julie MacDougall, Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK

Date lodged: Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Motion reference: S7M-01022.5

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 3, 2026

Result 21 for, 90 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Disagreed