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Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality

  • Submitted by: Elaine Smith, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2018
  • Motion reference: S5M-14406
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Motions as amended

That the Parliament notes with concern the recent publication of a number of reports that show that deep-rooted poverty and inequality persists in Scotland’s communities; notes that the Scottish Government has used devolved powers to challenge and address root causes of poverty and inequality, including setting targets to help eradicate child poverty by 2030, fully mitigating the so-called bedroom tax, launching the Carer’s Allowance Supplement, extending access to free sanitary products, implementing recommendations from the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group, increasing the Fair Food Fund and committing to a Disability Employment Action Plan; believes that UK Government policies are a significant driver of poverty and inequality, including welfare reforms that will lead to an annual cut to people in Scotland of £3.7 billion by 2020-21; calls on the UK Government to publish its analysis of the impact of Universal Credit on people’s incomes, and further calls on it to immediately halt the roll-out in Scotland and use the UK Budget to address its fundamental flaws, reinstating work allowances, reversing the two-child limit and lifting the benefits freeze.


Supported by: Monica Lennon

Vote

Result 66 for, 54 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed

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Original motion text

That the Parliament notes with concern the recent publication of a number of reports that show that deep-rooted poverty and inequality persists in Scotland’s communities; understands that revelations from these reports include that, in the last 12 months, at least 94 rough sleepers died on Scotland’s streets and that at least one in 10 people living in the poorest areas of Scotland ran out of food due to a lack of money, and that life expectancy in Scotland has fallen for the first time in 35 years and remains the lowest of all nations in the UK; believes that, while UK Government changes to the benefit system are a significant driver of poverty, the Scottish Government has failed to use the devolved powers adequately to challenge and address the root causes of poverty and inequality, including those perpetuated by the policies of the UK Government, and, in doing so, calls for an end to austerity in Scotland.

Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S5M-14406.4

Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Aileen Campbell, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Result 61 for, 59 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed

Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S5M-14406.1

Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001

Motion ref. S5M-14406.2

Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001

Motion ref. S5M-14406.3

Ending Austerity, Poverty and Inequality - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: Michelle Ballantyne, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 24, 2018