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Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape

  • Submitted by: Kenneth Gibson, Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
  • Motion type: Motion For Debate
  • Motion reference: S6M-15086
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Thursday, 31 October 2024

Motions as amended

That the Parliament welcomes the Finance and Public Administration Committee’s 7th Report, 2024 (Session 6), Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach (SP Paper 642); agrees with the recommendation that a dedicated committee should be established to carry out a “root and branch” review, with the purpose of creating a clear strategic framework to underpin and provide more coherence and structure to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) supported body landscape, which should complete its work by June 2025, and further agrees that, while this review is undertaken, there should be a moratorium on creating any new SPCB supported bodies, or expanding the remit of existing bodies, while recognising that, for proposals within bills that have already been introduced, these are now for the Parliament to take a decision on, respecting the lead committees’ roles in scrutinising legislation within their remits.


Supported by: Ross Greer, Michael Marra, Michelle Thomson

Vote

Result 92 for, 24 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Agreed

Scottish National Party

For
  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Willie Coffey
  • Angela Constance
  • Graeme Dey
  • Natalie Don-Innes
  • Bob Doris
  • James Dornan
  • Jackie Dunbar
  • Annabelle Ewing
  • Jim Fairlie
  • Joe FitzPatrick
  • Kate Forbes
  • Kenneth Gibson
  • Jenny Gilruth
  • Mairi Gougeon
  • Christine Grahame
  • Neil Gray
  • Emma Harper
  • Clare Haughey
  • Jamie Hepburn
  • Fiona Hyslop
  • Bill Kidd
  • Richard Lochhead
  • Gordon MacDonald
  • Fulton MacGregor
  • Rona Mackay
  • Ben Macpherson
  • Ruth Maguire
  • Gillian Martin
  • Michael Matheson
  • Màiri McAllan
  • Ivan McKee
  • Christina McKelvie
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Shona Robison
  • Emma Roddick
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville
  • Kaukab Stewart
  • Kevin Stewart
  • Nicola Sturgeon
  • Michelle Thomson
  • Maree Todd
  • David Torrance
  • Evelyn Tweed
  • Elena Whitham
  • Humza Yousaf
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Fergus Ewing
  • Angus Robertson
  • Collette Stevenson
  • John Swinney

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For
  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Maurice Golden
  • Jamie Greene
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Roz McCall
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Sue Webber
  • Annie Wells
  • Tess White
  • Brian Whittle
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Russell Findlay
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Edward Mountain
  • Graham Simpson

Scottish Labour

For
0
Against
  • Jackie Baillie
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • Foysol Choudhury
  • Katy Clark
  • Pam Duncan-Glancy
  • Rhoda Grant
  • Mark Griffin
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Monica Lennon
  • Richard Leonard
  • Michael Marra
  • Pauline McNeill
  • Carol Mochan
  • Paul O'Kane
  • Alex Rowley
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Colin Smyth
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Claire Baker

Scottish Green Party

For
  • Ariane Burgess
  • Maggie Chapman
  • Ross Greer
  • Patrick Harvie
  • Gillian Mackay
  • Mark Ruskell
  • Lorna Slater
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For
0
Against
  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
  • Beatrice Wishart
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alex Cole-Hamilton

Independent

For
  • John Mason
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

Alba Party

For
  • Ash Regan
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
0

No Party Affiliation

For
0
Against
0
Abstained
0
Did not vote
  • Alison Johnstone

Original motion text

That the Parliament welcomes the Finance and Public Administration Committee’s 7th Report, 2024 (Session 6), Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape: A Strategic Approach (SP Paper 642); agrees with the recommendation that a dedicated committee should be established to carry out a "root and branch" review, with the purpose of creating a clear strategic framework to underpin and provide more coherence and structure to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) supported body landscape, and further agrees that, while this review is undertaken, there should be a moratorium on creating any new SPCB supported bodies, or expanding the remit of existing bodies.


Accepted amendments

Motion ref. S6M-15086.3

Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape - Amendment 3 - Amendment

Submitted by: Ivan McKee, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Supported by: Shona Robison
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024

Result 84 for, 25 against, 7 abstained, 13 did not vote Agreed


Defeated amendments

Motion ref. S6M-15086.2

Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Sarah Boyack, Lothian, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024

Result 24 for, 92 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Disagreed


Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-15086.1

Scotland’s Commissioner Landscape - Amendment 1 - Amendment

Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Thursday, October 31, 2024