House of Commons – Jan. 20, 2020 – 17

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 33), That the amendment be made. Amendment: Amendment proposed: at the end of the Question to add: “but particularly regrets the Government’s intention to use the Immigration Bill to end freedom of movement within Europe;

believes that freedom of movement has brought immeasurable social, cultural and economic benefits to the people of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the European Union as a whole;

further believes that freedom of movement should be maintained irrespective of the UK’s future membership status of the European Union;

notes that the Gracious Speech lacked proposals for bills that expand parental leave, protect the NHS, introduce tougher legal targets to address the climate emergency, increase the minimum wage to an equal wage, bring justice to the 3.8 million women born in the 1950s who will be denied their pensions at the proper age, and abolish nuclear weapons;

further regrets that the Gracious Speech does not contain provision to end the freeze of social security benefits or scrap the two-child limit and so-called rape clause attached to child tax credits;

rejects the Government’s proposals for leaving the European Union;

and believes the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill must not become law unless and until it has received legislative consent from the Senedd and the Scottish Parliament.”.—(Ian Blackford.)