As an amendment to motion S7M-00128 in the name of Màiri McAllan (Expanding Childcare), leave out from "and supports" to end and insert “but notes that parents must be provided with the choice that they were promised as part of the rollout of 1,140 hours of funded childcare by introducing fairer rates for private, voluntary and independent providers to cover the actual costs of delivering high-quality early learning and childcare (ELC); believes that working families need to be prioritised in any extension of ELC funding, starting with shifting the 1,140 funded hours to start on a child’s third birthday, thus treating this as a critical part of our economic infrastructure that would help parents return to work, close the gender pay gap and raise additional tax revenues; calls for local authorities to be brought together to strike a partnership agreement that ensures parents who live in one council area but work in another have choice on where their child attends nursery, thus guaranteeing that funding really does follow the child; considers that childcare options in remote and rural areas can be more limited; therefore believes that there needs to be a new support package for childminders in these areas, and calls on the Scottish Government to make sure that there is no postcode lottery for childcare in Scotland.”
Submitted by: Màiri McAllan, Clydesdale, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Thursday, May 21, 2026
Supported by: Siobhian Brown, Katie Hagmann, Ben Macpherson
Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Supported by: Holly Bruce, Q Manivannan
Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Submitted by: Katherine Sangster, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Labour, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Submitted by: Meghan Gallacher, Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Submitted by: Angela Ross, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Reform UK , Date lodged: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Current status: Due in the chamber on Wednesday, May 27, 2026