Extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Early day motion 895, tabled 17 September 2020 by John Nicolson (Scottish National Party). Signed by 20 members.

That this House recognises the importance of retaining jobs in industries still affected by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic; further recognises that the cliff-edge October cut-off date of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is set to result in hundreds of thousands of avoidable redundancies; notes research from the Trussell Trust that the end of coronavirus job and income support is expected to spark a 61 per cent rise in food bank use this winter, plunging families across Scotland and the rest of the UK into poverty; and calls on the Government to act in line with other countries such as France, Ireland and Germany by extending the Job Retention Scheme into 2021.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 12, Plaid Cymru 3, Alliance 1, DUP 1, Independent 1, Labour 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.