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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.”

Vote

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

Scottish National Party

For
0
Against
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Angela Constance
  • Angus Robertson
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Ash Regan
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Bill Kidd
  • Bob Doris
  • Christine Grahame
  • Clare Adamson
  • Clare Haughey
  • Colin Beattie
  • Collette Stevenson
  • David Torrance
  • Elena Whitham
  • Emma Harper
  • Emma Roddick
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • George Adam
  • Gillian Martin
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Graeme Dey
  • Humza Yousaf
  • Ivan McKee
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • James Dornan
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Jenni Minto
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • John Mason
  • John Swinney
  • Karen Adam
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Keith Brown
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Maree Todd
  • Marie McNair
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Neil Gray
  • Paul McLennan
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Rona Mackay
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Shona Robison
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Willie Coffey
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Michael Matheson
  • Natalie Don
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Ruth Maguire

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Brian Whittle
  • Craig Hoy
  • Dean Lockhart
  • Donald Cameron
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Douglas Ross
  • Dr. Sandesh Gulhane
  • Edward Mountain
  • Finlay Carson
  • Graham Simpson
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Liam Kerr
  • Liz Smith
  • Maurice Golden
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Miles Briggs
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Pam Gosal
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Russell Findlay
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Sue Webber
  • Tess White
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Annie Wells
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Jamie Greene

Scottish Labour

For
0
Against
  • Alex Rowley
  • Carol Mochan
  • Claire Baker
  • Colin Smyth
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Katy Clark
  • Mark Griffin
  • Martin Whitfield
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Michael Marra
  • Monica Lennon
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Richard Leonard
  • Sarah Boyack
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Neil Bibby
  • Paul O'Kane

Scottish Green Party

For
0
Against
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Lorna Slater
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Ross Greer
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Beatrice Wishart
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

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