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Education: Amendment 2

  • Submitted by: Jenny Gilruth, Mid Fife and Glenrothes, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 November 2025
  • Motion type: Amendment
  • Motion reference: S6M-19754.2
  • 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), leave out from "that pupils" to end and insert "the challenges in Scotland’s schools post-COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with attendance and an increase in additional support needs (ASN); welcomes the additional funding agreed to in the Budget for 2025-26 to support outcomes for children with ASN, and to support and enhance the ASN workforce; acknowledges the key role that staff and teachers play to support children to succeed; welcomes the agreement last week, which ensures that Scotland’s teachers remain the highest paid in the UK, with an uplift of 7.5% over two years; remains committed to undertaking further work to reduce teacher workload, which sits alongside the commitment to reduce class contact time, and agrees to recognise and celebrate the successes of Scotland’s young people."


Vote

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

Scottish National Party

For

  • George Adam
  • Karen Adam
  • Clare Adamson
  • Alasdair Allan
  • Tom Arthur
  • Colin Beattie
  • Keith Brown
  • Siobhian Brown
  • Stephanie Callaghan
  • Willie Coffey
  • 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
  • Paul McLennan
  • Stuart McMillan
  • Marie McNair
  • Jenni Minto
  • Audrey Nicoll
  • Angus Robertson
  • Shona Robison
  • 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

  • Angela Constance
  • Emma Roddick
  • Collette Stevenson
  • John Swinney

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

For

0

Against

  • Miles Briggs
  • Alexander Burnett
  • Jackson Carlaw
  • Finlay Carson
  • Sharon Dowey
  • Tim Eagle
  • Russell Findlay
  • Murdo Fraser
  • Maurice Golden
  • Dr Pam Gosal MBE
  • Jamie Halcro Johnston
  • Rachael Hamilton
  • Craig Hoy
  • Liam Kerr
  • Stephen Kerr
  • Douglas Lumsden
  • Roz McCall
  • Edward Mountain
  • Oliver Mundell
  • Douglas Ross
  • Liz Smith
  • Alexander Stewart
  • Sue Webber
  • Annie Wells
  • Tess White
  • Brian Whittle

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Meghan Gallacher
  • Dr Sandesh Gulhane

Scottish Labour

For

0

Against

  • Jackie Baillie
  • Claire Baker
  • Neil Bibby
  • Sarah Boyack
  • 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
  • Davy Russell
  • Anas Sarwar
  • Paul Sweeney
  • Mercedes Villalba
  • Martin Whitfield

Abstained

0

Did not vote

0

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

Independent

For

  • John Mason

Against

  • Jeremy Balfour
  • Foysol Choudhury

Abstained

  • Ash Regan

Did not vote

  • Fergus Ewing
  • Colin Smyth

Scottish Liberal Democrats

For

0

Against

  • Liam McArthur
  • Willie Rennie
  • Beatrice Wishart

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Alex Cole-Hamilton
  • Jamie Greene

No Party Affiliation

For

0

Against

0

Abstained

0

Did not vote

  • Alison Johnstone

Reform UK

For

0

Against

  • Graham Simpson

Abstained

0

Did not vote

0

Related motion

Education

Submitted by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Glasgow, Scottish Labour

Date lodged: Monday, November 17, 2025

Motion reference: S6M-19754

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Supported by: Paul Sweeney, Martin Whitfield

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


Amendments

Education: Amendment 1

Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Date lodged: Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Motion reference: S6M-19754.1

Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 19, 2025

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