Motion
UK Government Welfare Reforms
S6M-17242.1 · Amendment · lodged by O'Kane, Paul
Lodged on
22 Apr 2025Heard / answered on
23 Apr 2025Watch the chamber session on SPTV · lands on the meetings recorded on 23 Apr 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-17242 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (UK Government Welfare Reforms), leave out from “calls” to end and insert “agrees that any reforms to social security policy must respect the dignity of work, while also being fair and protecting the most vulnerable who are unable to work; notes the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper and that its proposals are currently under consultation; recognises that a number of the areas covered in the Green Paper are devolved to the Scottish Parliament and will therefore not change as a result of the Spring Statement; notes the proposals within the Green Paper to support and encourage people into good work and to reduce bureaucracy for those in receipt of social security; welcomes that this is backed up by a £1 billion commitment for employability services across the UK; acknowledges that well-paid, secure work is the most sustainable route out of poverty; welcomes, therefore, the action taken by the UK Labour administration to increase the National Living Wage and improve rights for workers through the Employment Rights Bill, and is concerned that the disability employment gap in Scotland is wider than elsewhere in Great Britain, that one in four people in Scotland rely on welfare spending from the Scottish Government to cover their living costs and that there are as many as 84,000 young people in Scotland who are not in work, education or training.”
Lodged by
O'Kane, Paul
alone — no additional MSPs have signed on.
Amendment division result
23 Apr 2025
Defeated
Show MSPs
For
14Against
100Abstain
0Not voted
14In the Official Report
Debated in chamber — 3 contributions reference this
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Paul O’Kane
Lab
Chamber
· 23 Apr 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 23 April 2025
I was just coming on to talk about ADP and PIP and trying to understand our devolved context in relation to ADP. The reforms to PIP are at UK level; we have already explored that in the opening speec…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 23 Apr 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 23 April 2025
The next question is, that amendment S6M-17242.1, in the name of Paul O’Kane, which seeks to amend motion S6M-17242, in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville, on UK Government welfare reforms, be agree…
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The Presiding Officer
NPA
Chamber
· 23 Apr 2025 · Meeting of the Parliament 23 April 2025
The result of the division on amendment S6M-17242.1, in the name of Paul O’Kane, is: For 14, Against 100, Abstentions 0. Amendment disagreed to.
Amendments and how the chamber decided
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S6M-17242Original motion17 Apr 2025 · Motion For Debate · Somerville, Shirley-AnneThat the Parliament calls on the UK Labour administration to immediately scrap its damaging social security reforms, as announced in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper; highlights the UK Government’s own impact analysis, which shows that 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, will be...
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S6M-17242.1Selected itemDefeated 14/10022 Apr 2025 · Amendment · O'Kane, PaulAs an amendment to motion S6M-17242 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (UK Government Welfare Reforms), leave out from “calls” to end and insert “agrees that any reforms to social security policy must respect the dignity of work, while also being fair and protecting the most vulnerable who are unable to work; notes the Pathways to Wo...