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Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 09 February 2022

09 Feb 2022 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Parliamentary Bureau Motions
Macpherson, Ben SNP Edinburgh Northern and Leith Watch on SPTV

As always, I appreciate input from, and the contributions of, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Jeremy Balfour and other members on the adult disability payment regulations.

There are votes in Parliament that really make a difference for a lot of people, both now and in the future; this is one of them. The regulations will mark a significant milestone in the Scottish Government’s delivery of a new social security system that is robust, secure, ambitious and compassionate.

Adult disability payment will be the 12th benefit to be administered by Social Security Scotland, and it will be the organisation’s most complex undertaking to date. It will benefit all of our constituents if we support Social Security Scotland in that endeavour, given the difference that it will make in the communities that we represent.

The regulations will enable the Scottish Government to take a very different approach to delivering disability assistance, which has been developed around our principles of dignity, fairness and respect.

In 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...