Council Tax and Pensioner Poverty

As an amendment to motion S2M-04363 in the name of Mr John Swinney (Council Tax and Pensioner Poverty), leave out from first “council tax” to end and insert “Scottish Executive has established the independent inquiry into local government finance consistent with the Partnership Agreement of May 2003; notes that the Labour Party has submitted clear and detailed proposals to support changes to the council tax, and further notes that the Liberal Democrats have submitted clear and detailed proposals to support a local income tax and that the inquiry is due to report in the future.”