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Mobile Phones in Schools - Amendment 1

  • Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
  • Motion reference: S6M-19123.1
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 01 October 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-19123 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Mobile Phones in Schools), leave out from “banned” to end and insert "subject to a clear national ban in classrooms, recognising the strong evidence of how distracting they are and how disruptive they can be to pupils’ ability to learn and teachers’ ability to teach; acknowledges that while headteachers and local authorities have some powers to restrict the use of mobile phones, existing Scottish guidance is weak, and calls, therefore, on the Scottish Government to update its guidance with clear national direction on what is expected."


Vote

Result 49 for, 62 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Vote Defeated

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Independent

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Scottish Liberal Democrats

Reform UK

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0
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Did not vote

No Party Affiliation

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0
Did not vote

Alba Party

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Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-19123

Mobile Phones in Schools

Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, September 29, 2025

Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Result 85 for, 26 against, 0 abstained, 18 did not vote Vote Passed


Amendments that have not been voted on

Motion ref. S6M-19123.2

Mobile Phones in Schools - Amendment 2 - Amendment

Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, October 1, 2025