Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ian Murray (Labour), on Tuesday, 6 September 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 26 members in total.

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CITIZENS ADVICE SCOTLAND REPORT

That this House welcomes the Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) report, Paying More to be Poor, which examines the causes and impacts of the poverty premium on low income consumers in Scotland; applauds CAS for its work drawing attention to this issue and highlighting the ways in which low income consumers pay more for essential goods and services; understands that such consumers are more likely to use more expensive payment methods, such as pre-payment energy meters and pay-as-you-go mobile telephones; believes that those consumers can also have high repayment burdens for credit and loans and that these costs can have negative physical and mental health effects; and further welcomes the commitment by CAS to working with interested stakeholders across the public, private and third sectors, and the UK and Scottish Governments, to tackle the poverty premium at its root.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

405 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Alan Meale

Martyn Day

Patrick Grady

Natalie McGarry

Chris Stephens

Subjects

Consumers Low incomes Poverty Scotland Citizens Advice Scotland

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk