Cost of Living Support (Amendment 2)
S6M-05106.2: As an amendment to motion S6M-05106 in the name of Mark Griffin (Cost of Living Support), leave out from "calls on" to end and insert "agrees that the Scottish Government, in consultation with COSLA, should examine all options to recover this money through a council tax levy on second homes and long-term empty homes in order to support local cost-of-living responses on a fair and equitable basis."

Original motion(S6M-05106):
That the Parliament notes that, under the UK Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme, second home owners across Scotland will receive a double payment of the £400 credit for their energy bills; considers that this funding would be better used to support low-income households struggling with the cost of living crisis, and calls on the Scottish Government to allow local authorities to recover this money through a one-off increase to the council tax levied on second homes in order to support local cost of living responses.