As an amendment to motion S7M-01022 in the name of Shirley-Anne Somerville (Eradicating Child Poverty, the Scottish Government’s Defining Mission), insert at end "; calls for decisive and committed action to disrupt financial inequality between women and men, and recognises the need for targeted action to confront women’s poverty as a vital part of realising its mission to eradicate child poverty; supports the progressive increase to the Scottish Child Payment to £40 per week for all children, not just those under one year old, with the goal of increasing this to £55 per week by the end of the current Parliamentary session, and believes that an increase to the Scottish Child Payment for young parents must be made to compensate for the UK Government’s Young Parent Penalty."
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Submitted by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, Dunfermline, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, September 3, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-00438
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 17, 2026
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, September 3, 2026
Motion reference: S7M-00438.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, September 17, 2026