The Parliamentary news service has notified the following recent activity:
Debates
| Date | Department | Forum | Title |
| Wed 06 May 2020 | HM Treasury | Commons Chamber | Universal Basic Income 6 speeches (389 words) |
| Found: Universal Basic Income <p> What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues | |||
| Mon 04 May 2020 | Department for Work and Pensions | Commons Chamber | Covid-19: DWP Update 75 speeches (9,931 words) |
| Found: simpler universal basic payment with a longer view towards universal basic income. Millions have | |||
Tweets
| Date | Department or MP |
| 4 May 2020, 10:31 p.m. | Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party – Inverclyde) |
| Tomorrow I shall be making my case to the @CommonsBBCom for a debate on Universal Basic Income. I have cross party support from @theSNP @UKLabour @LibDems @TheGreenParty @Plaid_Cymru but no Conservatives @basicincome_uk @BasicIncomeScot @BasicIncomeOrg | |
| 6 May 2020, 2:09 p.m. | Ronnie Cowan (Scottish National Party – Inverclyde) |
| The @CommonsBBCom would appreciate it if I could find people to speak against UBI in my requested debate. That is a perfectly reasonable request. Calling all MPs from all parties that don’t agree with a Universal Basic Income, do you want to debate it? @BorisJohnson | |
| 11 May 2020, 8:09 a.m. | Caroline Lucas (Green Party – Brighton, Pavilion) |
| Essential workers struggling to survive on insecure, inadequate wages? UC unreliable, unfair & slow? Others with nothing at all? This has to end Step 5: A Basic Income for all, guaranteeing security #GreenStepsToBetter More here https://t.co/cQBQYMZ5iB https://t.co/mnQcGYtENj | |
| 6 May 2020, 2:10 p.m. | Patrick Grady (Scottish National Party – Glasgow North) |
| Despite packages of support for those affected by #COVID19, many people are still falling through the cracks. A universal basic income is an idea whose time has come – I’m disappointed that the UK govt continues to dismiss it out of hand. #UBI https://t.co/5Lvi076BSd | |
| 6 May 2020, 8:09 p.m. | Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party – Glasgow South) |
| Thanks to my colleague @ronniecowan for taking the time to talk to @CathcartSNP branch members about Universal Basic Income. Some robust debate about the nuts and bolts of the idea and how it would work in practice. Next week we have @ShonaRobison & @jenjensuperjen joining us! https://t.co/uLVJt5D4IE | |
| 8 May 2020, 9:39 a.m. | Dr Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party – Central Ayrshire) |
| @mandyj2000 We have already written to Chancellor to make JRS More flexible and all MPs will be dealing with 100s of constituents falling through the gaps – that is why we asked for a Universal Basic Income – to ensure everyone had enough to get through the crisis. | |
| 8 May 2020, 4:31 p.m. | Margaret Ferrier (Scottish National Party – Rutherglen and Hamilton West) |
| When surveyed, people who received universal basic income instead of regular unemployment benefits reported better financial well-being, mental health and cognitive functioning, as well as higher levels of confidence in the future: Read more: https://t.co/SbHxLv3ZUc https://t.co/FWL0QtsTOe | |
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