Cashback For Communities

EDM number 1384 in 2015-16, proposed by John McNally on 19/04/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Community care and Crime.

That this House commends the work of the Scottish Government in using £17 million, seized from criminal activity, to invest back into communities across Scotland, in order to provide free activities and programmes as part of the CashBack for Communities initiative; recognises that this valuable enterprise enables young people to profit from these schemes, provided from money seized from law-breaking and corruption; applauds this extremely worthy system, introduced by Holyrood, and further recognises that it sets a creditable example for the rest of the UK in its commitment to distribute funds made from criminality for the better good; recognises that these funds are invested into the community for society's good and gain, assisting those most adversely affected in order to introduce services and facilities that will benefit young people, and assist in preventing them becoming involved in crime; and furthermore praises the efforts made by Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson in writing to the Home Office to outline possible ways to strengthen the Proceeds of Crime legislation, thereby making it much tougher for those propagating and benefitting from a life of crime to hide the funds made from fraudulent activity.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.