Contents
- Time for Reflection
- Business Motion
- Topical Question Time
- Draft Budget 2018-19 (Equalities and Human Rights Levers)
- Women’s Right to Vote (Centenary)
- Decision Time
- Cyber-resilience (Young People)
Decision Time
The first question is, that motion S5M-10214, in the name of Christina McKelvie, on making the most of equalities and human rights levers, be agreed to.
Motion agreed to,
That the Parliament notes the findings and recommendations in the Equalities and Human Rights Committee’s 7th Report, 2017, (Session 5), Looking Ahead to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2018-19: Making the Most of Equalities and Human Rights Levers (SP Paper 246).
The next question is, that amendment S5M-10285.2, in the name of Ruth Davidson, which seeks to amend motion S5M-10285, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The next question is, that amendment S5M-10285.1, in the name of Richard Leonard, which seeks to amend motion S5M-10285, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote, be agreed to.
Amendment agreed to.
The final question is, that motion S5M-10285, in the name of Nicola Sturgeon, on celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote, as amended, be agreed to.
Motion, as amended, agreed to,
That the Parliament recognises that it is 100 years since the Representation of the People Act 1918, which finally gave some women the right to vote, and the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918, which allowed women to stand for the UK Parliament; welcomes the activity taking place in Scotland and across the UK to celebrate and commemorate the centenary of women’s suffrage; further welcomes the considerable progress that has been made in women’s political representation over the last 100 years; recognises that the country is still far from achieving equal representation at any level of politics; welcomes campaigns such as #AskHerToStand, which encourage women to consider a career in politics; pays tribute to the suffragettes and suffragists who fought to ensure women’s right to vote, in some cases at considerable personal sacrifice; commends the many organisations and individuals that continue to work to realise women’s equal representation in public office as parliamentarians, local councillors and across society, and accepts that there is more work to be done to achieve equal representation for women.