Scottish Government Priorities: Eradicating Child Poverty - Amendment
Submitted by:
Douglas Ross,
Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
Date lodged:
Monday, 10 June 2024
Motion reference: S6M-13566.3
Current status:Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 11 June 2024
As an amendment to motion S6M-13566 in the name of John Swinney (Scottish Government Priorities: Eradicating Child Poverty), leave out from "warns" to end and insert "notes that around 24% of children live in poverty in Scotland and that this rate has remained largely unchanged since 2007; recognises that the number of children in temporary accommodation has reached over 9,000, which is an 8% increase on the previous figure; calls on the Scottish Government to use the powers that it has to take action, rather than produce more strategies, to tackle child poverty; notes that the Scottish Government has abandoned plans to close the poverty-related attainment gap and that its plans to roll out free childcare have been described as ‘fragile’; agrees that the Scottish Government has failed to deliver all of the devolved benefits that could help tackle child poverty; regrets that the Scottish Government is reportedly returning £450 million of EU structural funds that could be used to tackle child poverty, and calls on the Scottish Government to work constructively with the UK Government to ensure that all children get the best start in life."
Vote
Result27 for, 87 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not voteVote Defeated