Creating a Fairer Scotland, Our Disability Delivery Plan
- Submitted by: Jeane Freeman, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 December 2016
- Motion reference: S5M-02948
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 08 December 2016
Motions as amended
That the Parliament recognises the importance of the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities in drawing attention to the human rights of disabled people around the world; acknowledges that there is a need for a transformational change to achieve disability equality and therefore welcomes the publication of the report, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: Our Delivery Plan to 2021 for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; expresses its thanks to all the individuals and organisations who responded and contributed to the consultation on this plan and agrees that the Scottish Government should continue to engage with disabled people as the experts in the continued actions that need to be taken to ensure that rights and independent living can be enjoyed and that as a society the long-term ambitions set out in the plan can be achieved; agrees that the Scottish Government should be firmly committed to implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in full so that disabled people in Scotland can realise all of their human rights; condemns the actions and welfare cuts of the UK Government, which have led the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to conclude that there have been “grave and systematic violations” of disabled people’s human rights; recognises that the new Scottish social security system will be a vital tool to ensure that disabled people have independence, decent incomes and fairer working lives; further recognises that two fifths of people in poverty live in a household with at least one disabled person and that the costs associated with a disability can average £550 per month, and agrees that new disability benefits powers will give the Parliament and the Scottish Government both the substantial responsibility and opportunity to support Scotland’s disabled people by halting and reversing the worst effects of Tory social security cuts, under a system that is based on the principles of dignity and respect.
Supported by:
Angela Constance, Kevin Stewart
Vote
Result 88 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 59 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 4 did not vote
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- Aileen Campbell
- Alasdair Allan
- Alex Neil
- Angela Constance
- Angus MacDonald
- Annabelle Ewing
- Ash Regan
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Bruce Crawford
- Christina McKelvie
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- Derek Mackay
- Emma Harper
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- Gail Ross
- George Adam
- Gil Paterson
- Gillian Martin
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Ivan McKee
- James Dornan
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jeane Freeman
- Jenny Gilruth
- Joan McAlpine
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- John Swinney
- Kate Forbes
- Keith Brown
- Kevin Stewart
- Linda Fabiani
- Maree Todd
- Mark McDonald
- Maureen Watt
- Michael Matheson
- Michael Russell
- Nicola Sturgeon
- Paul Wheelhouse
- Richard Lochhead
- Richard Lyle
- Rona Mackay
- Roseanna Cunningham
- Ruth Maguire
- Sandra White
- Shirley-Anne Somerville
- Shona Robison
- Stewart Stevenson
- Stuart McMillan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
- David Torrance
- Fergus Ewing
- Kenneth Gibson
- Mairi Gougeon
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- 0 for
- 30 against
- 0 abstained
- 0 did not vote
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0Against
- Adam Tomkins
- Alexander Burnett
- Alexander Stewart
- Alison Harris
- Annie Wells
- Brian Whittle
- Dean Lockhart
- Donald Cameron
- Douglas Ross
- Edward Mountain
- Finlay Carson
- Gordon Lindhurst
- Graham Simpson
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie Greene
- Jeremy Balfour
- John Lamont
- John Scott
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Margaret Mitchell
- Maurice Corry
- Maurice Golden
- Miles Briggs
- Murdo Fraser
- Oliver Mundell
- Peter Chapman
- Rachael Hamilton
- Ross Thomson
- Ruth Davidson
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0Scottish Labour
- 19 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 4 did not vote
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- Alex Rowley
- Claudia Beamish
- Colin Smyth
- Daniel Johnson
- David Stewart
- Iain Gray
- James Kelly
- Jenny Marra
- Johann Lamont
- Kezia Dugdale
- Lewis Macdonald
- Mark Griffin
- Mary Fee
- Monica Lennon
- Neil Bibby
- Neil Findlay
- Pauline McNeill
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Leonard
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0Abstained
0Did not vote
- Anas Sarwar
- Claire Baker
- Elaine Smith
- Jackie Baillie
Scottish Green Party
- 5 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
- 1 did not vote
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- Alison Johnstone
- Andy Wightman
- John Finnie
- Patrick Harvie
- Ross Greer
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- Mark Ruskell
Scottish Liberal Democrats
- 5 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
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- Alex Cole-Hamilton
- Liam McArthur
- Mike Rumbles
- Tavish Scott
- Willie Rennie
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0Original motion text
That the Parliament recognises the importance of the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities in drawing attention to the human rights of disabled people around the world; acknowledges that there is a need for a transformational change to achieve disability equality and therefore welcomes the publication of the report, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: Our Delivery Plan to 2021 for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; expresses its thanks to all the individuals and organisations who responded and contributed to the consultation on this plan and agrees that the Scottish Government should continue to engage with disabled people as the experts in the continued actions that need to be taken to ensure that rights and independent living can be enjoyed and that as a society the long-term ambitions set out in the plan can be achieved; agrees that the Scottish Government should be firmly committed to implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in full so that disabled people in Scotland can realise all of their human rights, and condemns the actions and welfare cuts of the UK Government, which have led the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to conclude that there have been “grave and systematic violations” of disabled people’s human rights.
Accepted amendments
Creating a Fairer Scotland, Our Disability Delivery Plan - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Mark Griffin, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Supported by: Pauline McNeill, Alex Rowley
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, December 8, 2016
Result 87 for, 30 against, 0 abstained, 10 did not vote Vote Passed
Defeated amendments
Creating a Fairer Scotland, Our Disability Delivery Plan - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Adam Tomkins, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Supported by: Finlay Carson
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, December 8, 2016
Result 30 for, 88 against, 0 abstained, 9 did not vote Vote Defeated
Amendments that have not been voted on
Creating a Fairer Scotland, Our Disability Delivery Plan - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001
Creating a Fairer Scotland, Our Disability Delivery Plan - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001