Challenge Poverty Week (Amendment 1)
S6M-14820.1: As an amendment to motion S6M-14820 in the name of John Swinney (Challenge Poverty Week), leave out from &ldquo;must&rdquo; to end and insert &ldquo;and the Scottish Government must both reverse the introduction of means testing for the Winter Fuel Payment; notes that the Scottish National Party administration has failed to reduce poverty during its 17 years in power; recognises that the best way to tackle poverty is to provide high-quality healthcare and educational and employment opportunities for people across Scotland, with appropriate levels of housing, and condemns the Scottish Government&rsquo;s failure to achieve any of these objectives.&rdquo;

Original motion(S6M-14820):
That the Parliament agrees in this Challenge Poverty Week that the UK Government must reverse the introduction of means testing for the Winter Fuel Payment.