The Cost of Living

As an amendment to motion S4M-07872 in the name of Jackie Baillie (The Cost of Living), leave out from first "notes" to end and insert "recognises that, as a result of the economic crisis and the consequent need to cut the deficit, there has been a squeeze on living standards, and supports the positive action that the UK Government has taken to ameliorate this squeeze, including increasing the personal allowance to £10,000 by April 2014, which will benefit 2.2 million taxpayers in Scotland and take 224,000 out of tax altogether, keeping mortgage rates low, cutting fuel duty and freezing the current level of fuel duty until 2015, announcing a new scheme to help families with childcare costs and delivering the biggest ever cash rise in the basic state pension in 2012 of £5.30 thanks to the so-called triple lock guarantee."