Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Beth Winter (Labour), on Tuesday, 3 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 62 members in total.

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Universal Basic Income pilots

That this House acknowledges that the current system of social security provision in the UK is not sufficient to provide financial security nor protect public health during the covid-19 outbreak; asserts that the provision of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) would establish a targeted system with no gaps and an income floor that nobody could fall below, with the effect of reducing poverty without reducing the incentive to work; notes that local authorities and devolved Governments across the four nations of the UK have called for pilots of UBI in their communities; and calls on the Government to provide co-operation through the Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions, in addition to financial support, to enable those pilots to take place.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1092 

Session

2019-21

Other sponsors

Jonathan Edwards

Jim Shannon

Ronnie Cowan

Claudia Webbe

Kenny MacAskill

Subjects

Pilot schemes Basic income

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk