As an amendment to motion S5M-09000 in the name of Maureen Watt (Suicide Prevention in Scotland), after "complex area" insert "; notes the link between suicide and socioeconomic disadvantage, with the suicide rate being three times higher in the most deprived communities; believes that suicide prevention should be rooted in efforts to reduce overall poverty and inequality; recognises that adequate funding of frontline services is vital to the success of local suicide prevention and that continuing austerity is harmful to this work; acknowledges calls for the new suicide prevention strategy to have robust evaluation and reporting mechanisms".
Result 77 for, 27 against, 0 abstained, 25 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Maureen Watt, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, November 20, 2017
Motion reference: S5M-09000
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Supported by: Aileen Campbell, Shona Robison
Result 77 for, 0 against, 27 abstained, 25 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, November 20, 2017
Motion reference: S5M-09000.1
Submitted by: Annie Wells, Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, November 20, 2017
Motion reference: S5M-09000.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Michelle Ballantyne, Liam Kerr