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Meeting of the Parliament [Last updated 18:37]

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 2, 2026


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Decision Time

17:32

The Presiding Officer (Kenneth Gibson)

There are eight questions to be put as a result of today’s business. If the amendment in the name of Helen McDade is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Jackie Baillie will fall.

The first question is, that amendment S7M-01003.5, in the name of Helen McDade, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, on the programme for government: improving lives through delivering for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

The Presiding Officer

There will be a division.

There will be a short suspension to allow members to access the digital voting system.

17:33

Meeting suspended.

17:37

On resuming—

The Presiding Officer

One or two members have been having difficulties in accessing the system. If you still do, please raise a point of order in the normal way.

We come to the vote on amendment S7M-01003.5, in the name of Helen McDade, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance. Members should cast their votes now.

The vote is closed.

On a point of order, Presiding Officer—anything to get on the record. [Laughter.] I would have voted no.

Your vote has finally been recorded.

Welcome back! [Laughter.]

The division list for amendment S7M-01003.5 will be published as soon as it is available.

The result of the division on amendment S7M-01003.5, in the name of Helen McDade, is: For 17, Against 93, Abstentions 10.

Amendment disagreed to.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that amendment S7M-01003.1, in the name of Jackie Baillie, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, on the programme for government: improving lives through delivering for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

There will be a division.

The vote is closed.

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.

Thank you. Your vote has been recorded. Welcome back.

The division list for amendment S7M-01003.1 will be published as soon as it is available.

The result of the division on amendment S7M-01003.1, in the name of Jackie Baillie, is: For 52, Against 69, Abstentions 0.

Amendment disagreed to.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that amendment S7M-01003.2 in the name of Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, on the programme for government: improving lives through delivering for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

There will be a division.

The vote is closed.

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.

Your vote has been recorded.

The division list for amendment S7M-01003.2 will be published as soon as it is available.

The result of the division on amendment S7M-01003.2, in the name of Kayleigh Kinross-O’Neill, is: For 40, Against 81, Abstentions 0.

Amendment disagreed to.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that amendment S7M-01003.4, in the name of Miles Briggs, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, on the programme for government: improving lives through delivering for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

There will be a division.

The vote is closed.

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have abstained.

Your abstention has been recorded.

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.

Your vote has been recorded.

The division list for amendment S7M-01003.4 will be published as soon as it is available.

The result of the division on amendment S7M-01003.4, in the name of Miles Briggs, is: For 27, Against 78, Abstentions 16.

Amendment disagreed to.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that amendment S7M-01003.3, in the name of Adam Harley, which seeks to amend motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, on the programme for government: improving lives through delivering for Scotland, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

There will be a division.

The vote is closed. There is a point of order—three guesses. [Laughter.]

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.

Thank you. Your vote has been recorded.

The division list for amendment S7M-01003.3 will be published as soon as it is available.

The result of the division on amendment S7M-01003.3, in the name of Adam Harley, is: For 107, Against 14, Abstentions 0.

Amendment agreed to.

The next question is, that motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, on the programme for government: improving lives through delivering for Scotland, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

There will be a division.

The vote is closed.

On a point of order, Presiding Officer. I would have voted yes.

Thank you. Your vote has been recorded.

The division list on motion S7M-01003, as amended, will be published as soon as it is available.

The Presiding Officer

The result of the division on motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, as amended, is: For 91, Against 19, Abstentions 0.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Motion S7M-01003, as amended, will be published as soon as it is available.

The Presiding Officer

I propose to ask a single question on multiple Parliamentary Bureau motions on committee substitutions and the designation of lead committees. Does any member object?

As no member has objected, the next question is, that motions S7M-00985, S7M-00986, S7M-00987 and S7M-00988, in the name of Jamie Hepburn, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, be agreed to.

Motions agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees that—

Mark Simpson be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Criminal Justice Committee

David Kirkwood be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Kim Schmulian be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee

Julie MacDougall be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Education and Gaelic Committee

Senga Beresford be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Thomas Kerr be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Angela Ross be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Finance and Public Administration Committee

Victor Currie be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Health, Care and Sport Committee

Duncan Massey be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Public Audit Committee

Graham Simpson be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Public Petitions Committee

Helen McDade be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Public Service Reform Committee

Max Bannerman be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Rural Affairs Committee

Julie MacDougall be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee

Jamie Langan be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Amanda Lindsay be appointed as the Reform UK substitute on the Transport Committee

Finlay Carson be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Climate Action Committee

Meghan Gallacher be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Criminal Justice Committee

Liam Kerr be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee

Rachael Hamilton be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Murdo Fraser be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Finance and Public Administration Committee

James Adams be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Rural Affairs Committee

Tim Eagle be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee

Rachael Hamilton be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Alexander Burnett be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Public Audit Committee

Craig Hoy be appointed as the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party substitute on the Public Service Reform Committee

Mark Ruskell be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Climate Action Committee

Laura Moodie be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Criminal Justice Committee

Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Iris Duane be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Education and Gaelic Committee

Ross Greer be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee

Kate Nevens be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Kate Nevens be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Cara McKee be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Health, Care and Sport Committee

Q Manivannan be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Public Petitions Committee

Kristopher Leask be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Public Service Reform Committee

Ariane Burgess be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Rural Affairs Committee

Patrick Harvie be appointed as the Scottish Green Party substitute on the Transport Committee

Donald MacKinnon be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Climate Action Committee

Daniel Johnson be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Criminal Justice Committee

Katy Clark be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Paul Sweeney be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee

Jenny Young be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Education and Gaelic Committee

Jackie Baillie be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Katherine Sangster be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Joe Fagan be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Finance and Public Administration Committee

Jackie Baillie be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Health, Care and Sport Committee

Monica Lennon be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Public Audit Committee

Irshad Ahmed be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Public Petitions Committee

Michael Marra be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Public Service Reform Committee

Carol Mochan be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee

Mark Griffin be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Monica Lennon be appointed as the Scottish Labour Party substitute on the Transport Committee

Andrew Baxter be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Climate Action Committee

Adam Harley be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Education and Gaelic Committee

Alex Cole Hamilton be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Alex Cole Hamilton be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Finance and Public Administration Committee

Duncan Dunlop be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Health, Care and Sport Committee

David Green be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Rural Affairs Committee

Yi-pei Chou Turvey be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee

Sanne Dijkstra-Downie be appointed as the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party substitute on the Transport Committee

Pauline Stafford be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Climate Action Committee

Colm Merrick be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Criminal Justice Committee

Collette Stevenson be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Lloyd Melville be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee

Jackie Dunbar be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Education and Gaelic Committee

Steven Bonnar be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee

Heather Anderson be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee

Alex Kerr be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Finance and Public Administration Committee

David Torrance be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Health, Care and Sport Committee

Zen Ghani be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Public Audit Committee

Laura Mitchell be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Public Petitions Committee

Paul McLennan be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Public Service Reform Committee

David Barratt be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Rural Affairs Committee

Fulton MacGregor be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Social Justice, Housing and Local Government Committee

Patricia Gibson be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

Martyn Day be appointed as the Scottish National Party substitute on the Transport Committee

That the Parliament agrees that the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the legislative consent memorandum on the Immigration and Asylum Bill.

That the Parliament agrees that the Finance and Public Administration Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the supplementary legislative consent memorandum on the Public Office (Accountability) Bill.

That the Parliament agrees that the Economy, Tourism and Energy Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the supplementary legislative consent memorandum on the Sporting Events Bill.

The Presiding Officer

The next question is, that Parliamentary Bureau motion S7M-01014, on parliamentary recess dates, be agreed to.

Motion agreed to,

That the Parliament agrees the following parliamentary recess dates under Rule 2.3.1: 13 to 21 February 2027 (inclusive), 3 to 18 April 2027 (inclusive), 26 June to 29 August 2027 (inclusive), 9 to 24 October 2027 (inclusive), 20 December 2027 to 2 January 2028 (inclusive).

The Presiding Officer

That concludes decision time.

Apologies, folks. Before we move to the members’ business debate, I note that, apparently, there was a slight glitch in updating the system when we were running the vote on motion S7M-01003, so I will just read out the result again.

The result of the division on motion S7M-01003, in the name of Angela Constance, on the programme for government: improving lives through delivering for Scotland, as amended, is: For 92, Against 19, Abstentions 10.

That is the record clarified.

The rest of this Official Report will be published progressively as soon as the text is available.