Motion · S4M-14317 · 21 Sep 2015
Pension Credit for Members of Enclosed Religious Orders
The motion
That the Parliament understands that only two groups of pensioners, prisoners and members of fully-enclosed religious orders, are denied pension credit; believes that it is unacceptable to classify people in religious orders in the same way as prisoners; recognises that the number of people in such orders, and therefore the cost to the Treasury of extending pension credit to them, is small; understands that not having access to pension credit causes real hardship to groups of pensioners, and calls on the UK Government to extend it to people in these types of religious orders.
Supporters (26)
- Patricia Ferguson 21 Sep 2015
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 21 Sep 2015
- Adam Ingram 21 Sep 2015
- Bill Kidd 21 Sep 2015
- Mike MacKenzie 21 Sep 2015
- Joan McAlpine 21 Sep 2015
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 21 Sep 2015
- Dr Richard Simpson 21 Sep 2015
- Kevin Stewart 21 Sep 2015
- Jean Urquhart 21 Sep 2015
- Colin Beattie Scottish National Party 22 Sep 2015
- Rob Gibson 22 Sep 2015
- John Mason 22 Sep 2015
- Anne McTaggart 22 Sep 2015
- Gil Paterson 22 Sep 2015
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 22 Sep 2015
- Dennis Robertson 23 Sep 2015
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 24 Sep 2015
- Roderick Campbell 24 Sep 2015
- James Dornan 24 Sep 2015
- Angus MacDonald 24 Sep 2015
- Christina McKelvie 24 Sep 2015
- Dave Thompson 25 Sep 2015
- Nigel Don 29 Sep 2015
- Sandra White 28 Oct 2015
- Mark McDonald 2 Nov 2015
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.