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Chamber and committees

Education: Amendment 1

  • Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-19754.1
  • Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 19 November 2025

As an amendment to motion S6M-19754 in the name of Pam Duncan-Glancy (Education), insert at end “; notes with deep concern the decline in standards and increasing pupil violence, which are intensifying pressures on teachers and support staff; believes that these trends reflect years of underinvestment and a failure to provide the support and resources needed to maintain safe and effective learning environments, and calls on the Scottish Government to deliver urgent action to raise attainment, improve discipline in classrooms and support teachers to deliver the high-quality education that every young person in Scotland deserves.”


Vote

Result 53 for, 63 against, 0 abstained, 13 did not vote Disagreed

Scottish National Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Labour

Scottish Green Party

Independent

Scottish Liberal Democrats

No Party Affiliation

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0
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0
Abstained
0
Did not vote

Reform UK

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0
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0
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0

Related motion

Motion ref. S6M-19754

Education

Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025

Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Result 63 for, 54 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote Agreed


Amendments

Motion ref. S6M-19754.2

Education: Amendment 2: Amendment

Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Supported by: Natalie Don-Innes, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Result 64 for, 53 against, 1 abstained, 11 did not vote Agreed