Motion · S5M-20110.3 · 3 Dec 2019

Achieving a Fairer Scotland

Lodged by Pauline McNeill (Scottish Labour) Amendment 0 supporters

The motion

As an amendment to motion S5M-20110 in the name of Aileen Campbell (Achieving a Fairer Scotland), insert at end "; regrets the rise in poverty in Scotland and believes that more ambition is required across government to tackle inequality and improve people’s quality of life; calls on the Scottish Government to address the barriers to benefit uptake and reduce housing costs; agrees that universal credit, the two-child cap and pernicious UK welfare reforms must be scrapped, and believes that tackling the climate emergency must be done in a fair way, recognising the growing inequalities and insecurities facing people across Scotland."

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.