As an amendment to motion S6M-10490 in the name of Elena Whitham (Drug Law Reform), leave out from “supports” to end and insert “notes that, under the Scottish National Party administration, funding for Alcohol and Drug Partnerships fell by over £46 million in real terms between 2014-15 and 2019-20; welcomes the statement by the Lord Advocate, which will allow a pilot safer drug consumption room in Glasgow to go ahead, but regrets that it has taken almost seven years since the initial proposal for this progress to be made; regrets that more than 4,000 lives have been lost due to drugs since a public health emergency was declared in 2019; is concerned that, 14 months on from the recommendations of the Drug Deaths Taskforce, no formal application has been made to establish drug checking services in Scotland and medication assisted treatment standards are yet to be fully implemented, and calls on the Scottish Government to desist with finding constitutional disagreements and focus on using devolved powers and resources to improve rehabilitation services and tackle the root causes of addiction.”
Result 21 for, 90 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Disagreed
Submitted by: Elena Whitham, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, September 18, 2023
Motion reference: S6M-10490
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Supported by: Humza Yousaf
Result 66 for, 45 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Sue Webber, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, September 18, 2023
Motion reference: S6M-10490.1
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Result 28 for, 66 against, 17 abstained, 18 did not vote Disagreed
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, September 18, 2023
Motion reference: S6M-10490.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, September 19, 2023