As an amendment to motion S7M-00128 in the name of Màiri McAllan (Expanding Childcare), leave out from “acknowledges” to end and insert "notes with concern that many families still face limited availability and choice of early learning facilities and high childcare costs, which is a barrier particularly for mothers seeking to return to work; understands that the funded childcare current model has resulted in wage inequalities, a severe decline in childminders and unfair distribution of funding between local authority-run nurseries and the private, voluntary and independent sector; believes that, should the Scottish Government wish to extend childcare policy, it should fix the current funding model and address staff shortages within the sector, and calls on the Scottish Government to publish a clear and properly-funded timetable for expanding childcare support from nine-months-old, with reassurances of working with the sector, detailing any learnings from the pilot scheme they said they would introduce in 2023."
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: Willie Rennie, Fife North East, Scottish Liberal Democrats, 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