Controlling the Rising Benefits Bill in Scotland: Amendment 3
Submitted by:
Shirley-Anne Somerville
Date lodged:
Tuesday, 09 December 2025
Motion type: Amendment
Motion reference: S6M-20056.3
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 10 December 2025
As an amendment to motion S6M-20056 in the name of Alexander Stewart (Controlling the Rising Benefits Bill in Scotland), leave out from first “believes” to end and insert “reaffirms its commitment to the social security principles contained in the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 and unanimously adopted by the Parliament, including that social security is an investment in the people of Scotland and is itself a human right; welcomes the abolition of the two-child limit across the UK; calls on the UK Labour administration to go further and scrap other damaging welfare reforms implemented by the previous UK administration, including the benefit cap, and supports the Scottish Government’s commitment to reinvest funding to end the two-child limit in further measures to tackle child poverty in Scotland.”
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68 for, 49 against, 5 abstained, 7 did not vote
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Scottish National Party
59 for
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Minto, Jenni
Callaghan, Stephanie
Allan, Dr Alasdair
Roddick, Emma
Macpherson, Ben
Stevenson, Collette
Harper, Emma
Matheson, Michael
Grahame, Christine
Coffey, Willie
Whitham, Elena
Dornan, James
Swinney, John
Gougeon, Mairi
Robison, Shona
Sturgeon, Nicola
Fairlie, Jim
Gibson, Kenneth
McKee, Ivan
Yousaf, Humza
Stewart, Kaukab
Arthur, Tom
Robertson, Angus
Lochhead, Richard
Maguire, Ruth
Thomson, Michelle
MacDonald, Gordon
McLennan, Paul
McMillan, Stuart
Ewing, Annabelle
Tweed, Evelyn
Gilruth, Jenny
Adamson, Clare
MacGregor, Fulton
Adam, George
Somerville, Shirley-Anne
Haughey, Clare
Torrance, David
Hyslop, Fiona
Todd, Maree
McAllan, Màiri
Brown, Siobhian
Forbes, Kate
FitzPatrick, Joe
Dey, Graeme
Don-Innes, Natalie
Brown, Keith
Martin, Gillian
Constance, Angela
Doris, Bob
Adam, Karen
Mackay, Rona
Beattie, Colin
Stewart, Kevin
Dunbar, Jackie
Hepburn, Jamie
Kidd, Bill
Nicoll, Audrey
Gray, Neil
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Gulhane, Sandesh
Whittle, Brian
Burnett, Alexander
Gosal, Pam
Ross, Douglas
Mountain, Edward
Smith, Liz
Carlaw, Jackson
Briggs, Miles
Mundell, Oliver
White, Tess
Fraser, Murdo
Hamilton, Rachael
Webber, Sue
Halcro Johnston, Jamie
Gallacher, Meghan
Wells, Annie
Eagle, Tim
Hoy, Craig
Kerr, Stephen
Kerr, Liam
Carson, Finlay
Stewart, Alexander
Golden, Maurice
McCall, Roz
Findlay, Russell
Lumsden, Douglas
Dowey, Sharon
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Sarwar, Anas
Mochan, Carol
Russell, Davy
O'Kane, Paul
Leonard, Richard
Sweeney, Paul
Bibby, Neil
Duncan-Glancy, Pam
Whitfield, Martin
Grant, Rhoda
Johnson, Daniel
Clark, Katy
Villalba, Mercedes
Lennon, Monica
McNeill, Pauline
Boyack, Sarah
Griffin, Mark
Baker, Claire
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Rowley, Alex
Marra, Michael
Scottish Green Party
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Slater, Lorna
Harvie, Patrick
Chapman, Maggie
Mackay, Gillian
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Ewing, Fergus
Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Greene, Jamie
McArthur, Liam
Rennie, Willie
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Related motion
Motion reference: S6M-20056
Submitted by: Alexander Stewart, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, December 8, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Result
72 for, 29 against, 21 abstained, 7 did not vote
Agreed
Amendments
Motion reference: S6M-20056.1
Submitted by: Jeremy Balfour, Lothian, Independent, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Motion reference: S6M-20056.2
Submitted by: Claire Baker, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, December 10, 2025