There are three questions to be put as a result of today’s business. The first question is, that motion S4M-08916, in the name of John Swinney, on the draft Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament agrees that the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014 [draft] be approved.
The next question is, that amendment S4M-08950.1, in the name of Elaine Murray, which seeks to amend motion S4M-08950, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, on responding to the challenges of new psychoactive substances in Scotland, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The next question is, that motion S4M-08950, in the name of Roseanna Cunningham, on responding to the challenges of new psychoactive substances in Scotland, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament acknowledges that drug markets are changing internationally with the increased global availability of new psychoactive substances (NPS); recognises the challenges that NPS pose to Scotland in the areas of enforcement, public health, prevention and research, challenges that are common to other parts of the UK and internationally, and endorses a collective and co-ordinated approach to responding to NPS in Scotland by all organisations and individuals that have a role to play in addressing the supply of these substances through enforcement activity, reducing the demand in their use through prevention, ensuring that services are able to respond and looking at what can be learned from approaches from across the UK and elsewhere and promoting public understanding of the dangers of NPS.
Meeting closed at 17:01.Previous
New Psychoactive Substances