Breach of Human Rights

The motion

That the Parliament considers that the UK Government's underoccupancy penalty is in direct contradiction to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the right to a private and family life; understands that the so-called bedroom tax will affect families in which the children do not live with them permanently or every week; understands and welcomes comments from Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People, Tam Baillie, who said that the bedroom tax is a breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; recognises comments from the Chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, Alan Miller, who said that, had the UK Government carried out a human rights impact assessment, the bedroom tax would “not have survived”, and that eviction as a result of bedroom tax arrears would breach Article 8 of the ECHR, and looks forward to the result of any review that might take place of the bedroom tax that would see the policy overturned.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 25 Ind 2 Green 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-06336 by reference.