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Keeping the Lifeline - A Call to Cancel the Cut to Universal Credit - Amendment

  • Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
  • Motion reference: S6M-01405.1
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 28 September 2021

As an amendment to motion S6M-01405 in the name of Shona Robison (Keeping the Lifeline - A Call to Cancel the Cut to Universal Credit), leave out from first “agrees” to end and insert “welcomes the support that universal credit has provided to half a million people in Scotland throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; further welcomes the decision to extend the temporary £20 per week uplift for six months during the height of the pandemic, as called for by parties across the Scottish Parliament; believes that, with the removal of most restrictions, this is the right time for the uplift to be reviewed; notes that the introduction of universal credit has been a key driver of employment and contributed to employment levels rising to record levels before the pandemic; further notes that the UK’s unemployment rate has now fallen for six consecutive months; welcomes that the UK Government’s Kickstart Scheme has already helped 63,000 young people into new positions; notes that UK Government spending during the pandemic has delivered an additional £14.5 billion for the Scottish Government, and calls on the Scottish Government to work constructively with the UK Government in the pursuit of a jobs-led recovery from the pandemic.”

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Result 28 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Defeated

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Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-01405

Keeping the Lifeline - A Call to Cancel the Cut to Universal Credit

Submitted by: Shona Robison, Dundee City East, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 27, 2021

Supported by: Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Result 88 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Vote Passed