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Police Scotland Underfunded in Draft Budget - Amendment

  • Submitted by: Humza Yousaf, Glasgow Pollok, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 February 2020
  • Motion reference: S5M-20979.3
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 26 February 2020

As an amendment to motion S5M-20979 in the name of Liam Kerr (Police Scotland Underfunded in Draft Budget), leave out from "believes" to end and insert "values the hard work of police officers and staff in keeping local communities safe; welcomes the ongoing work by Police Scotland to develop a workforce strategy that will inform the workforce mix, including specialist staff and community police officers required to deliver the 10-year policing strategy, Serving a Changing Scotland; recognises that this workforce requires capital investment, including to green the police fleet and to deliver a transformed police service; further recognises the exceptional and unprecedented demands currently facing policing in Scotland, including planning for a no-deal EU exit and COP26; supports the return of the £125 million of VAT previously paid to the UK Government, and recognises that discussions on the draft Budget 2020-21 are ongoing."


Vote

Result 58 for, 54 against, 6 abstained, 11 did not vote Vote Passed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Scottish Liberal Democrats

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Related motion

Motion ref. S5M-20979

Police Scotland Underfunded in Draft Budget

Submitted by: Liam Kerr, North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, February 24, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Result 58 for, 54 against, 6 abstained, 11 did not vote Vote Passed


Defeated related amendments

Motion ref. S5M-20979.2

Police Scotland Underfunded in Draft Budget - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: James Kelly, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Result 26 for, 85 against, 7 abstained, 11 did not vote Vote Defeated


Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S5M-20979.1

Police Scotland Underfunded in Draft Budget - Amendment - Amendment

Submitted by: John Finnie, Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001