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Motion · S6M-00908 · 18 Aug 2021

Calls for a Doubling of the Scottish Child Payment in the 2021 Programme for Government

Lodged by Jeremy Balfour Standard Motion 14 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament understands that a coalition of 120 anti-poverty organisations, children’s charities, community groups, think tanks, trade unions, faith leaders and academics have written to the First Minister urging her to “do the right thing”, by using the forthcoming Programme for Government to commit to doubling the Scottish Child Payment in the 2021-22 budget; shares the view expressed by the coalition that doubling the payment now would “signal that ending child poverty will be a defining priority for this Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament”; understands that all five of the main political parties committed to the move ahead of the 2021 Holyrood elections; considers that the Scottish Government has failed to set a timescale for the doubling of the payment, stating only that it will take place by the end of the current parliamentary session in 2026, and urges the Scottish Government to act on this clear and urgent call from a wide cross-section of Scottish society.

Supporters (14)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.