Parliament Workbench
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Standard Motion · S4M-07172 · Session 4

Atos Chief Executive

Lodged by Kevin Stewart SNP Lodged 26 Jun 2013 26 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament condemns the reported £280,000 pay rise in 2012 for Thierry Breton, the chief executive of Atos; understands that Atos is in receipt of £1.6 billion in UK Government contracts following it being hired by the Department for Work and Pensions to assess disabled people who claim benefits; further understands that the increase has taken his total annual pay package to £2,329,250; believes that disabled people who claim benefits receive a maximum of £131.50 per week, and calls for a redistribution of wealth in society so that the most vulnerable are not continually pushed into levels of poverty that it deems unacceptable.

Signatures by party

26 MSPs besides the lodger · 1 from other parties
SNP 25Green 1

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Vote

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.

Amendments

1
  1. Atos Chief Executive
    Liam McArthur LD Lodged 27 Jun 2013
    No recorded vote

Supporters

26 MSPs

SNP 25 Green 1

Show all 26 supporters by party

SNP 25

Green 1

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

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-07172 by reference.