Motion
Programme for Government – Eradicating Child Poverty
S6M-14322.3 · Amendment · lodged by Chapman, Maggie
Lodged on
04 Sep 2024Heard / answered on
05 Sep 2024Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 05 Sep 2024
As an amendment to motion S6M-14322 in the name of Jenny Gilruth (Programme for Government – Eradicating Child Poverty), leave out from "; further notes" to "once and for all" and insert ", but also notes the Child Poverty Action Group's finding that Scottish Government policy is not yet adequate to ensure that child poverty targets are met, and that bold, decisive action is required; believes that part of that bold, decisive action must include increasing the Scottish Child Payment to at least £40 a week by the end of the current parliamentary session, providing accessible employability support, especially for lone parents, and establishing an independent review of childcare in Scotland to ensure the provision of what is most needed, as well as robust rent controls to complement affordable housing; notes with deep concern the apparent change in position from the Scottish Government on free school meal provision for all primary school children, with the Programme for Government only committed to expanding free school meals to those in receipt of the Scottish Child Payment in P6 and P7; calls on the Scottish Government to urgently confirm whether it is still its intention to complete the full roll-out that was previously promised; believes that the previously promised Human Rights Bill for Scotland would have provided the framework for improving Scotland’s public services, delivering its minimum core obligations, and thereby eradicating child poverty; expresses its deep dismay that the Human Rights Bill does not appear in the Programme for Government; calls on the Scottish Government to ensure that the burdens of its financial decisions do not fall upon the shoulders of Scotland's most marginalised people, including families in poverty".
Lodged by
Chapman, Maggie
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
05 Sep 2024
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
8Against
113Abstain
0Not voted
8In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) (Green)
Green
Chamber
· 05 Sep 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 05 September 2024
This is a time of want and of need. People are afraid. Some are angry, and some are beyond desperate. Far too many children are hungry, cold, sleeping in unsafe places and excluded from going on the …
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 05 Sep 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 05 September 2024
The next question is, that amendment S6M-14322.3, in the name of Maggie Chapman, which seeks to amend motion S6M-14322, in the name of Jenny Gilruth, on the programme for government—eradicating child…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 05 Sep 2024 · Meeting of the Parliament 05 September 2024
The result of the division on amendment S6M-14322.3, in the name of Maggie Chapman, is: For 8, Against 113, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-14322Original motion03 Sep 2024 · Motion For Debate · Gilruth, JennyThat the Parliament notes the actions set out in the Programme for Government 2024-25 that focus on eradicating child poverty as the single greatest priority for the Scottish Government; recognises that sustained and cohesive effort is needed across all levels of government and in all parts of society to deliver on this national mission, especially a...
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S6M-14322.3Selected itemDefeated 8/11304 Sep 2024 · Amendment · Chapman, MaggieAs an amendment to motion S6M-14322 in the name of Jenny Gilruth (Programme for Government – Eradicating Child Poverty), leave out from "; further notes" to "once and for all" and insert ", but also notes the Child Poverty Action Group's finding that Scottish Government policy is not yet adequate to ensure that child poverty targets are met, and tha...