Meeting of the Parliament 23 April 2014
I am disappointed with James Kelly’s response. He indicated that he is not prepared to support our amendment, even though the Labour Party indicates that it is in favour of what the amendment says. The Scottish Government should support our amendment, too. It is a test: if the Government is in favour of relieving the pressure on people on low and middle incomes, it should support our amendment.
I move amendment S4M-09740.1, to insert at end:
“; welcomes the UK Government’s decision to increase the national minimum wage (NMW) from October 2014; further welcomes that the UK Government accepted in full the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations, including plans for bigger increases to the NMW in the future than have occurred in recent years; notes that a worker on the adult NMW working a 36-hour week, 52 weeks a year, will receive £355 a year more in their pay packet; welcomes the increase in the income tax personal allowance to £10,000 in 2014-15; notes that the UK Government’s policy on income tax has lifted 224,000 of the lowest earners in Scotland out of income tax altogether, with over two million people benefiting from a tax cut, and supports plans to increase the personal allowance to £12,500 in the next UK parliamentary term.”
16:14Motions, questions or amendments mentioned by their reference code.
- S4M-09740.1 Living Wage Motion