Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 09 February 2022
09 Feb 2022 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
I acknowledge that safe and secure transfer is, of course, crucial for disabled people, ensuring that they receive the money that they want. However, they were made promises in 2017 and it is now 2022. A considerable time has passed and the cost-of-living crisis is biting.
Therefore, despite our disappointment, Scottish Labour will vote for the regulations, but I would like the record to show that we are voting for them because disabled people have waited long enough, so they must proceed. The current PIP system is so appalling that we will not block an attempt to improve it. However, we will do all that we can to ensure that the promises that the Government made to disabled people will not be broken or delayed any longer.
16:52In the same item of business
The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone)
NPA
The next item of business is consideration of 11 Parliamentary Bureau motions. I ask George Adam, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move motions S6M-...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
I call Pam Duncan-Glancy. 16:50
Pam Duncan-Glancy (Glasgow) (Lab)
Lab
I will not press motion S6M-013148 to a vote, but I want to put some comments on the record. The regulations that are in front of us today will not change so...
Jeremy Balfour (Lothian) (Con)
Con
Does the member agree that, if the disabled community had known six years ago where we would end up, it would, by and large, not have accepted that, and does...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
I agree, and we heard as much in the Social Justice and Social Security Committee. In 2017, in response to Scottish Labour’s call for assurances that the sy...
Elena Whitham (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)
SNP
Does the member agree that, at this point in time, it is most important that we ensure safe case transfer for all people who are in receipt of disability liv...
Pam Duncan-Glancy
Lab
I acknowledge that safe and secure transfer is, of course, crucial for disabled people, ensuring that they receive the money that they want. However, they we...
The Minister for Social Security and Local Government (Ben Macpherson)
SNP
As always, I appreciate input from, and the contributions of, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Jeremy Balfour and other members on the adult disability payment regulations...
Jeremy Balfour
Con
Given that the Scottish Parliament has not changed any of the criteria, does the minister agree that we might get a nicer “No” but it will still be a “No” an...
Ben Macpherson
SNP
We need to be conscious of the fact that we have a hybrid social security system at the moment and that two important streams of work are taking place. The f...
The Presiding Officer
NPA
The questions on the motions will be put at decision time. I am minded to take a motion without notice to bring forward decision time. Motion moved, That...