Delivering Record Social Security Investment in Scotland to Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis and Inequality - Amendment 1
Submitted by:
Paul O'Kane,
West Scotland, Scottish Labour.
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-12079.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 07 February 2024
As an amendment to motion S6M-12079 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Delivering Record Social Security Investment in Scotland to Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis and Inequality), leave out from "Government's" to end and insert "Child Payment; notes the stubbornly high waiting times for Child Disability Payment, where the median processing time was 106 days, and for Adult Disability Payment, where the median processing time was 83 days, according to the latest statistical releases; is concerned by the Scottish Government’s failure to sufficiently and swiftly address these long processing times, which are driving some people to rely on foodbanks, according to reports from third sector organisations; is further concerned by the rise of in-work poverty in Scotland, with over one in 10 workers locked in persistent low pay according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and agrees that a UK Labour administration will implement a New Deal for Working People that will end in-work poverty and implement a fundamental reform of the Universal Credit system to provide a real safety net for those who need it."
Vote
Result18 for, 94 against, 3 abstained, 14 did not voteDisagreed