Child Benefit

As an amendment to motion S4M-05521 in the name of Nicola Sturgeon (Child Benefit), leave out from "and recognises" to end and insert “; notes the assessment of Tom MacInnes, the author of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s report, Monitoring poverty and social exclusion in Scotland 2013, that “with the political debate dominated by the referendum on independence, it’s important to point out that the issues that are central to tackling poverty, such as health, childcare, schools and housing fall within current legislative powers of the Scottish Government.  The problems highlighted in this report cannot wait; action can and should be taken now”, and therefore calls on the Scottish Government to act now and use its powers to tackle poverty and inequality in Scotland."