As an amendment to motion S5M-20635 in the name of Joe FitzPatrick (Drugs and Alcohol: Preventing and Reducing Harms), insert at end “, for example, by extending the involvement of the Scottish Government in the development of UK-wide policy frameworks on drugs; agrees with the Scottish Affairs Committee that there is undoubtedly more that the Scottish Government can do within its existing powers to address problem drug use, and calls on the Scottish Government to coordinate a plan for a Scotland-wide network of heroin-assisted treatment facilities, divert people caught in possession of drugs for personal use into treatment and cease imprisonment in these cases, helping save lives."
Result 20 for, 94 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated
Scottish National Party
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Scottish Labour
Scottish Green Party
Scottish Liberal Democrats
Independent
No Party Affiliation
Submitted by: Joe FitzPatrick, Dundee City West, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Supported by: Jeane Freeman, Clare Haughey
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, January 30, 2020
Result 86 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Passed
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Supported by: Liam Kerr
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, January 30, 2020
Result 28 for, 86 against, 0 abstained, 15 did not vote Vote Defeated
Submitted by: Monica Lennon, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, January 30, 2020