Scotland’s Ferries - Amendment
- Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Motion reference: S6M-03712.2
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 23 March 2022
As an amendment to motion S6M-03712 in the name of Graham Simpson (Scotland’s Ferries), leave out from "believes that islanders" to end and insert "agrees that ferry services provide an essential lifeline to island and remote rural communities and their economies; recognises that, through adverse weather events and COVID-19 causing many cancellations on the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services routes, this has been a challenging winter for island residents, businesses and communities; commends the vessel masters for the key role that they are trained to play in ensuring people’s and vessels’ safety with the decisions that they make about how and when ferries can sail; acknowledges that technical issues causing some vessels to be further laid up have added to people’s frustrations and inconvenience; notes that, since 2007, over £2 billion has been invested in service contracts, new vessels and infrastructure and that, in the current five-year period, a further £580 million has been committed, enabling harbour investments, two new vessels for Islay to be built and the purchase of the MV Loch Frisa; further notes the Scottish Government commitment to publish the Islands Connectivity Plan by the end of 2022; welcomes that the Scottish Government saved Ferguson Marine, the last commercial shipyard on the Clyde, from closure, rescuing more than 300 jobs and ensuring that two new ferry vessels will be delivered, while noting the planned revised timetable and costs for completion of these two vessels; condemns the recent actions by P&O Ferries in the strongest possible terms, and makes clear the Scottish Government’s support for P&O Ferries employees, and agrees that "fire and rehire" practices should be outlawed and have no place in a fairer, greener Scotland."
Vote
Result 62 for, 50 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote Vote Passed
Scottish National Party
- 56 for
- 0 against
- 0 abstained
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- Alasdair Allan
- Angela Constance
- Annabelle Ewing
- Ash Regan
- Audrey Nicoll
- Ben Macpherson
- Bill Kidd
- Bob Doris
- Christine Grahame
- Clare Adamson
- Clare Haughey
- Colin Beattie
- Collette Stevenson
- David Torrance
- Elena Whitham
- Emma Harper
- Emma Roddick
- Evelyn Tweed
- Fergus Ewing
- Fiona Hyslop
- Fulton MacGregor
- George Adam
- Gillian Martin
- Gordon MacDonald
- Graeme Dey
- Humza Yousaf
- Jackie Dunbar
- Jamie Hepburn
- Jenni Minto
- Jenny Gilruth
- Jim Fairlie
- Joe FitzPatrick
- John Mason
- Karen Adam
- Kate Forbes
- Kaukab Stewart
- Keith Brown
- Kenneth Gibson
- Kevin Stewart
- Mairi Gougeon
- Màiri McAllan
- Maree Todd
- Marie McNair
- Michael Matheson
- Michelle Thomson
- Natalie Don
- Neil Gray
- Paul McLennan
- Richard Lochhead
- Rona Mackay
- Ruth Maguire
- Shona Robison
- Siobhian Brown
- Stephanie Callaghan
- Tom Arthur
- Willie Coffey
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Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Alexander Burnett
- Alexander Stewart
- Annie Wells
- Craig Hoy
- Dean Lockhart
- Donald Cameron
- Douglas Lumsden
- Douglas Ross
- Dr. Sandesh Gulhane
- Edward Mountain
- Graham Simpson
- Jackson Carlaw
- Jamie Greene
- Jamie Halcro Johnston
- Liam Kerr
- Liz Smith
- Maurice Golden
- Meghan Gallacher
- Miles Briggs
- Oliver Mundell
- Pam Gosal
- Rachael Hamilton
- Russell Findlay
- Sharon Dowey
- Stephen Kerr
- Sue Webber
- Tess White
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Scottish Labour
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- Mark Griffin
- Martin Whitfield
- Mercedes Villalba
- Monica Lennon
- Neil Bibby
- Pam Duncan-Glancy
- Paul Sweeney
- Pauline McNeill
- Rhoda Grant
- Richard Leonard
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Related motion
Scotland’s Ferries
Submitted by: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, March 21, 2022
Supported by: Sharon Dowey, Meghan Gallacher
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Result 79 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Vote Passed
Defeated related amendments
Scotland’s Ferries - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Neil Bibby, West Scotland, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Supported by: Rhoda Grant, Paul Sweeney
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Result 50 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 17 did not vote Vote Defeated