Funding For Money Advice In Scotland

EDM number 270 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Lazarowicz on 11/12/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Insolvency and Voluntary organisations.

That this House notes and welcomes the additional funding provided in the Pre-Budget Report to citizens advice bureaux for face to face debt advice services in England; notes that there was additional consequential funding of £1 million to the devolved administration in Scotland as a result; notes that the Scottish National Party (SNP) administration in Holyrood failed to indicate how they were allocating this funding, despite pressure from a range of stakeholders, for two weeks; congratulates the campaign of Citizens Advice Scotland and money advice services in Scotland to force the SNP administration in Holyrood into a public commitment; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Scotland to continue to engage with the voluntary and advice sector in Scotland.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.